Cyber University（サイバー大学）
Evaluation summary
Standard 1. Mission and Objectives, etc.
The University is a for-profit university under the Fukuoka Asian Business Special Zone System.
The University’s founding philosophy is to “Offer many people willing to learn with an opportunity
to acquire extensive, high-quality education without the constraints of location, time, individual
environment or situation, and strives to nurture capable personnel who will form tomorrow’s society”.
Currently, commuting to a physical university campus for the Department of Information Technologyand Business, Faculty of Information Technology and Business, is not necessary as the university
endeavors to nurture advanced IT experts by providing a diversity of learners with learning
opportunities through online education utilizing media.
The University’s founding philosophy, mission, goals, and educational objectives are also firmly
reflected in the three mission statements prescribed under the Cyber University Mid-term Objectives,
which are important action objectives for university operation. These objectives have been madewidely known to all faculty and staff, and a faculty and department as well as departments and centersof the Academic Affairs Division, committees/councils, and other educational and researchorganizations have been established and provide appropriate management and operation necessary
for achieving the afore-mentioned objectives.
Good point The University’s development of online education utilizing media that does not require students
to commute to a physical university campus is a distinctive education style that can be highly
evaluated.
Standard 2. Students
The University’s admission policy is prescribed in accordance with the University’s educational
objectives and is made publicly available and known through the University website, application
guidelines etc. Specifically, the selection of entrants is carried out appropriately in accordance withclear evaluation criteria based on a Checklist of Reasons for Application and Determination Rules,
under a system whereby the Applicant Selection Committee determining whether or not an applicant
will or will not be accepted and the President makes the final decision following deliberation by theFaculty Council.
Student numbers are appropriately secured in accordance with yearly enrollment quotas and total
capacity.
Due to the University’s special characteristic of providing online education only, a support system
for learning and class instruction through collaboration between faculty and staff by way of support
organizations such as the Class Support Center, Student Support Center, and System Support Center
have been established to ensure that faculty and staff members respond to students’ questions within24 hours as a rule as part of fundamental guidelines, and this support system is functioning effectively.
As well as focusing on liberal arts education, the University is endeavoring to strengthen its efforts
in the career design field as a subject group supporting social and professional independence. Inaddition, the University provides internship programs with SoftBank Corporation and othercooperating companies that enable students to gain work experience.
With the increase in student numbers, a Student Support Center has been established on theFukuoka Campus in addition to that at the Tokyo Office, improving student support services.
Good point From a situation where student enrolments fell short of yearly enrollment quotas up until theacademic year 2015, the University has been constantly implementing a range of measures andthe number of entrants has been steadily increasing, and this point can be highly evaluated.
Standard 3. Educational Curriculum
In accordance with the University’s diploma policy, Skill Sets setting out attainment targets foreach subject have been prescribed, and credits are awarded based on evaluation of students’achievement of the attainment targets. The University has also established Rules for Early Graduation,
creating a system whereby those students who fulfill the necessary performance requirements may
graduate early in three or three-and-a-half years, and some students are graduating early under thissystem.
A new Cloud Campus has been designed and constructed as a learning management system foruse in operation of the Internet University. A curriculum policy is formulated so as to be consistent
with the diploma policy expressing the quality and abilities to be achieved, and these are madepublicly available and known through the University website.
Systematic curriculum has been formulated in accordance with the curriculum policy. Eighteducational programs are operated within three courses, and subject curriculum charts have beenformulated for each program.
Instructional design methods have been incorporated into the design and development of classcontent, and efforts are being made to further enhance educational quality. Although the University
only provides learning through the internet, teaching methods are continually being adjusted anddeveloped, such as the introduction of online debating classes.
Good points
 The University’s establishment of Skill Sets setting out attainment targets for all subjects inaccordance with the University’s diploma policy, and awarding of credits based on Skill Sets canbe highly evaluated.
 That the Cloud Campus learning management system received the Grand Prize of the second IMSJapan Award in November 2017 and that the University has been accredited as an LTI® (Learning
Tool Interoperability®) tool provider can be highly evaluated.
 The University’s introduction of instructional design methods in the development of class content,

with specialist staff such as instructional designers assisting faculty members in charge of classes
through consulting aimed at improving class content, and other systematic efforts to ensure thequality of educational content can be highly evaluated.
 The University’s efforts to analyze students’ freely written comments on class questionnaires,compile a Compendium of Cyber University Teaching Tips Reflecting Students’ Voices, distributethe compendium to faculty members and proactively utilize it to improve lessons, can be highlyevaluated.
Standard 4. Faculty and Staff
In order to achieve its mission and goals, the University creates a structure for education andlearning management with the cooperation of and in coordination with the Faculty Council andcommittees such as the University Steering Committee. Although there is need for improvement
regarding the stipulation and notification of some important items related to education and learning
for which it is necessary to hear the opinion of the Faculty Council, under the President’s leadership
Approval Rules and Division of Duties Tables have been created and decision-making authority androles for each organizational unit have been established to enable appropriate functioning of theUniversity’s decision-making and education and learning management.
In addition to securing the number of full-time faculty required under the Standards for
Establishment of Online Universities, the University allocates an appropriate number of faculty tospecialist education and liberal arts education.
FD Expert Committee have been invigorated, and FD study groups and training workshops aimed
at improving the quality and abilities of faculty, as well as Class Improvement Consulting by
instructional designers, are being promoted.
Offices have been secured for full-time faculty at the Fukuoka Campus and Tokyo Office, andfaculty are provided with access to the internet and multi-function devices, as well as work computerswith the latest specifications.
With the renovation of the Fukuoka Campus and relocation of the Tokyo Office in 2019, theuniversity is endeavoring to improve the research environment based on the results of Surveys ofAttitudes Towards the Research Environment.
Standard 5. Management, Administration and Finance
The University complies with the SoftBank Group Charter prescribed by its parent company,
SoftBank Group Corp., and the Board of Directors of Cyber University Inc.—as the organizationequivalent to Board of Directors of the University’s incorporated entity—has established Basic
Policies for a System Ensuring Appropriate Business Conduct, making efforts to carry out operations
with discipline and propriety.
Based on the Cyber University Mid-term Targets, the Business Activity Control Planning Officeplays a central role in the University’s continuous efforts to realize its mission and goals.
With regard to profits and losses for the University’s independent business activities, profitability
has been increasing since the academic year 2015 due to the increased income from tuition fees etc.

as the number of entrants has increased.
As the University is a for-profit university, accounting procedures are carried out appropriately inaccordance with GAAP, the Companies Act, and Accounting Regulations based on businessaccounting principles.
Good point The fact that the University, as a university providing online course only, has been able tocontinuously achieve stable profitability since the academic year 2015 with regard to profits andlosses for independent university business activities through increased income from tuition feesetc. due to factors such as an increase in the number of entrants in recent years and an increase in
the retention rate for existing students.
Standard 6. Internal Quality Assurance
Regulations regarding implementation of self-inspections and evaluations are clearly prescribedunder Article 2 of the University Regulations. Specifically, the Business Activity Control Planning
Office has been established as an organization for regularly implementing self-inspections andevaluations and has been positions as an organization under the direct jurisdiction of the President,heightening its effectiveness. Furthermore, to enable the Business Activity Control Planning Office
to function as a center for internal quality assurance, the University has stipulated the office’s
authority in Division of Duties Tables and rules, etc., clarifying the responsibility system. All survey
results—including those of class evaluation questionnaires conducted by FD Expert Committee—
are collected and managed chronologically by the Business Activity Control Planning Office, whosefunctions also include IR (Institutional Research), and these results are utilized in preparing
Inspection/Evaluation Results and Improvement Proposals/Suggestions for each item on theUniversity’s Improvement Task List. In addition, based on survey results and data analysis collectedfrom each division, the Business Activity Control Planning Office implements the University’s
overall PDCA cycle for internal quality assurance while managing and supporting projects being
conducted by individual divisions.
In summary, the University is a for-profit university utilizing the Fukuoka Asian Business Special
Zone System. In accordance with the University’s founding philosophy of “Offering many people
willing to learn with an opportunity to acquire extensive, high-quality education without theconstraints of location, time, individual environment or situation, and striving to nurture capable
personnel who will form tomorrow’s society”, commuting to a physical university campus for theDepartment of IT and Business, Faculty of IT and Business, is currently not necessary as theUniversity endeavors to nurture advanced IT experts by providing a diversity of learners withlearning opportunities through online education utilizing media.
Note that with regard to the University’s unique standards, the general comments on “Standard A.
Social contribution and educational collaboration” should be referred to.

It should be noted that the University has cited the following remarks.
1． Providing educational opportunities completely online: supporting learning for improving
self-value
2． Recurrent education for working adults in the IT field: nurturing advanced IT
experts/enhancing educational curriculum and quality assurance
3． Cloud Campus concept: industry-university educational collaboration through cutting-edge elearning systems