KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY（吉備国際大学）
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
 By the establishment of departments with clear roles centering on the Core Center, such as theeducational development department, research promotion department and social contribution
department, discussions corresponding to each role have been enabled and this initiative is worthyof evaluation.
 Due to the introduction of a class attendance management system, students who miss twoconsecutive classes can be quickly identified, the list of these students is shared among therelevant faculty and staff, tutors and those in charge of seminars can quickly check the situation
regarding students whose attendance may lead to dropping out of the university or taking a leaveof absence, and the fact that a system in which collaboration between faculty and staff led by theDepartment Chair has been developed is worthy of high evaluation.
 With the support of an Educational Support Group consisting of parents, guardians, faculty andstaff, the student cafeteria provides a 100-yen Breakfast for students living alone who tend to go
to school without eating breakfast. The university’s efforts to strive for health support in order tomaintain the health of students is worthy of high evaluation.
 The fact that the university secures scholarships in collaboration with local governments, andconducts financial assistance for students, is an excellent initiative by a university deeply rooted
in the community and worthy of high evaluation.
 The Branding Committee has been established under the direct jurisdiction of the President,
opportunities are proactively provided to listen to the opinions of the Student Council’srepresentatives, and based on the requests and so on of students, study space has been secured,and a system developed for preparing equipment, etc. These initiatives are worthy of highevaluation.
 In the results of the graduation questionnaire completed by graduates in March 2020 andSeptember 2021, several of the matters regarding student satisfaction with the university as awhole received high scores, and the fact that in order to investigate the reasons for this, all sorts
of investigations by the university are conducted including the timing of the questionnaire, its
methodology and how it is analyzed is worthy of high evaluation.
 Faculty are obliged to complete a Class Improvement Report in line with the results of the classquestionnaires, and this organizational initiative is worthy of evaluation.
Recommendations for improvement The fill rates of the total capacity of the Department of Nursing, Department of OccupationalTherapy, and Department of Agricultural Regional Vitalization are below 70%. Accordingly,improvements are required towards securing entrants.