SBI Graduate School（SBI 大学院大学）
Evaluation summary
This university has demonstrated satisfactory compliance with the standards of the Japan
Institution for Higher Education Evaluation.
Standards

Evaluation result

Standard 1. Mission and Objectives, etc.

SatisfiedStandard 2. Students

SatisfiedStandard 3. Educational Curriculum

SatisfiedStandard 4. Faculty and Staff

SatisfiedStandard 5. Management, Administration and Finance

SatisfiedStandard 6. Internal Quality Assurance

Satisfied

Good practices○“Pursuit of moral philosophy required for business administration” is given as one of the graduate
school’s individuality and distinctive qualities; its aim is to nurture next-generation leaders withthe “moral philosophy” to shape not only practical abilities but also unshakeable judgement; andmany students are taking this course. This initiative is worthy of high evaluation.
○The graduate school has established a five-year long-term enrollment program to enable working
adults to achieve balance between working and studying. Because it does in fact have many users,
this program is functioning effectively. The initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○There is close cooperation and communication between students and faculty members throughsuch measures as the appropriate allocation of learning staff to establish a system for learning staff
to smoothly receive questions/consultation from students. These initiatives are worthy ofevaluation.
○ There is a Shuko-kai association that graduates may join if they wish to. The association
collaborates with student groups and endeavors to stimulate interpersonal exchange with students.
This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○The Business Planning Seminar provides more practical learning, with not only professional
faculty providing instruction but also investment company executives and other external
evaluators participating in the final report presentation meeting, and results of the seminar
becoming candidates for angel investment. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.

Recommendations for improvement○Course and major names are not stipulated in the Article 2 of Graduate School Regulations;accordingly, improvements are required.
○With regard to student recruitment, acceptance of applications for the 2021 autumn semester was
halted before the deadline due to an increase in applicants, but because of potential impacts
resulting in applicants changing their career or further education choices, improvements arerequired to ensure that applications are accepted up until the usual deadline and selections madeaccordingly.
○ Improvements are required to ensure that the President stipulates and publicizes “importantmatters regarding education and research stipulated by the President as matters in which it isessential to seek the opinions of the Graduate School Committee” in Article 13-3 of the Graduate
School Regulations in accordance with Article 93, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the School Education
Act.
○The graduate school does not formulate a business plan for each fiscal year as required under
Article 45-2 of the Private Schools Act, but rather the Board of Directors and Board of Councilors
deliberate and decide the budget for the following fiscal year using on the Statement of School
Operation Activity’s Income and Expenditure as a business plan. Accordingly, improvements arerequired.
○Account settlement that has not been decided by the Board of Directors are first discussed anddecided by the Board of Councilors; however, improvements are required to ensure that accountsettlement is reported to the Board of Councilors after approval by the Board of Directors and theopinion of the Board of Councilors sought in accordance with Article 46 of the Private Schools
Act and Article 35 of the articles of endowment.
○For several years the university has not prepared or publicized a statement of cash flows by activity
category, and so improvements are required.
○The roles, etc. of seven expert committees, including the Self-Inspection Committee are laid out
in the Academic Year 2021 SBI Graduate School Committee System; however, improvements arerequired in order to formulate rules clarifying in greater detail the roles of each committee as wellas their relationships and positioning.