OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY（大妻女子大学）
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○With the rapid changes of the times and social transformation, in order to re-examine the specificideal female image that the university aims to nurture in its students, the university is expeditiously
reviewing its mission and educational objectives while maintaining its founding principles
following the 100th anniversary of its foundation in 2008 and 110th anniversary in 2018. These
initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○Centered on the Future Development Committee—the advisory body for the Chair of the Boardof Directors—mid-level and young faculty and staff are taking the core role in the deliberation
process for formulating mid-term plans, including reviewing mission and educational objectives.
Faculty and staff share the progress status of this planning, and are proactively involved andparticipating in the formulation of the university’s mission, goals, and educational targets. These
initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○In accordance with the Rules Pertaining to Otsuma Women’s University Admission Officers,
several admission officers are appointed from among staff members and work in collaboration
with faculty members from each department and major to evaluate applicants and decide
successful/unsuccessful applicants as well as formulate plans for student recruitment from a
university-wide perspective, creating a fair and appropriate system for selecting entrants. Thisinitiative is worthy of evaluation.
○In response to changes in industrial structure and social structure, an extra-curricular lecture series
entitled the Otsuma Management Academy (OMA) targeting students enrolled in all faculties of
Otsuma Women’s University as well as graduates and other adult women who are working

1members of society is being held for the benefit of women who are and will be active in thebusiness society, local community, and home life. This initiative is worthy of high evaluation.
○ Compiled in accordance with the Otsuma Gakuin Educational Institution Risk ManagementRegulations, the Risk Management Manual includes a range of inventive features, such assummarizing information for each different risk level, and crisis communication training is also
being implemented, thereby increasing effectiveness. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○As the outcome of IR (Institutional Research) activities, reports on the results of IR-related
questionnaires and fact books, etc. are posted on the faculty and staff website on the university’s
intranet and are utilized for understanding the current situation of the university and its
incorporated entity as well as implementing improvement activities. These initiatives are worthyof evaluation.
Recommendations for improvement
None.

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