Kyoto University of Advanced Science（京都先端科学大学）
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○Students’ on-campus lives are posted on social media, contributing to high school students’knowledge about the university as well as the admission of students. This initiative is worthy ofevaluation.
○The university provides guidance specifically for international students premised on the students
remaining in Japan after graduation, which displays the university’s efforts to utilize its
individuality to support students. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○The university has devised original educational content/methods such as the Advanced Internship
Program (AIP) and the Global Internship Program (GIP), which enable students to participate inlong-term internships with Kyoto-based companies and companies expanding overseas;
experiential learning at the on-campus Kyogakudo shop; and practical crop cultivation training.
These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○The university employs creative measures to increase the fairness of faculty members’ personnel
evaluations, such as evaluating each faculty member using one of five different evaluation
formats:

Education-focused,

Practical

learning-focused,

Education/Practical

Training,

Education/Research, and Specialized in Research. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○In implementing the personnel appraisal system for staff members, section managers and staffconduct personnel appraisal interviews as part of everyday work activities and provide coaching
on a daily basis in order to train and nurture subordinates. In addition, individual targets are set
based on organizational targets and individual staff members’ achievement/degree of contribution

to achieving these targets is evaluated and the results reflected in staff pay rises and promotions.
These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○An environment conducive to cross-faculty research has been created through such measures as
the establishment of the Institute for Active Health within the Institute of Interdisciplinary
Research. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○Through the President’s Advisory Council, Task Force for Considering Visions for the Future, andSuggestion Box, faculty and staff members’ awareness of issues and ideas is brought to the surface
and incorporated into measures for implementation. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○Standing auditors are active in ensuring that they know the content of the university business aswell as the state of education and learning at the university through efforts such as checking allcontracts that are to be concluded; observing English-language classes; attending regular meetingsof the education and learning division; and understanding the management situation and promoting
improvements regarding problems. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
Recommendations for improvement
None.