Accreditation Results(Accreditation Results for School of Veterinary Medicine)

Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Faculty of Veterinary
Science, School of Veterinary Medicine

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2023
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2031）

Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Veterinary
Medicine

Accreditation Resultsfor Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Faculty ofVeterinary Science, School of Veterinary Medicine

The School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary andLife Science University (hereafter “School”), aims to “conduct leading educational andresearch activities in veterinary medicine responsive to emerging social changes, such as
the development of highly advanced veterinary medicine and life sciences, while
cultivating students’ ability to take the initiative in learning, thinking and solving
problems, thereby nurturing future veterinarians who can contribute to the medical
treatment of farm animals, improvement of animal health, development of the livestockindustry, and overall improvement of public health.” The School strives to fulfill theseaims in line with the university's educational philosophy of fostering “outstandingveterinarians, specialists, and researchers with a love for life and a heart for science.”
With respect to the curriculum, subjects are classified into three categories:
Compulsory Subjects (core curriculum), Compulsory Subjects (non-core curriculum),and Elective Subjects. The Compulsory Subjects (core curriculum) are divided into thefive Veterinary Education Model Core Curriculum fields of Social Veterinary Medicine,
Basic Veterinary Medicine, Pathological Veterinary Medicine, Applied Veterinary
Medicine, and Clinical Veterinary Medicine. The Compulsory Subjects (non-corecurriculum) are grouped into the two fields of Basic and Specialized. The ElectiveSubjects are classified into five fields: Languages, Natural Sciences, and Humanities andSocial Sciences, in addition to veterinary-related Specialized Subjects and Advanced
Subjects. More than 90% of the lecture courses (Model Core Curriculum subjects) aretaught by full-time faculty members, and it is particularly noteworthy that the Fish
Pathology and Wildlife Zoology courses are also taught by full-time faculty members.
The School carefully sets the year when the two courses should be offered to students inthe light of the incremental steps taken to deepen their understanding of these fields, andoffers Fish Pathology Clinical Practice and Wildlife Zoology Clinical Practice asadvanced courses taught by full-time faculty members. This is a distinctive feature of theSchool that fosters students’ understanding and enhances the composition of theprogram’s subjects.
In addition, the School has concluded international exchange agreements with
15 universities in Asia, Oceania, and Europe, and not only dispatches its students touniversities and other institutions in many countries but also regularly accepts incoming1

Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Veterinary
Medicineinternational students. The School also provides off-campus training in partnership withAustralian, Thai and Taiwanese institutions, thereby actively promoting the globalizationof veterinary education. These distinctive initiatives are commendable.
There are several areas of improvement the School should address, however.
First, the classification of subjects in Appendix 1 in the University Regulations
does not match the classification in the curriculum map. The School is advised to ensuregreater consistency between Appendix 1 and the curriculum map and to make thecurriculum structure easier to understand. It is also advisable that the subject names inAppendix 1 be designated as the correct official names and that clear-cut requirements beprovided for advancement to a higher level.
Next, the syllabuses of some courses include attendance as a point forconsideration in grading. The School is recommended to enhance its syllabus checksystem by the Veterinary Teaching Affairs Committee.
Furthermore, women account for only a small portion of the faculty members,
and the School should consider ways to correct this imbalance.
The School is also advised to provide medical care for animal species other thansmall animals and cattle by utilizing the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and theaffiliated Fuji Animal Research Farm to enhance the quality of participatory clinicaltraining and other educational activities.
Finally, in terms of social cooperation and contribution, the School should makeuse of the existing Resident Program and other means to offer seminars to local
veterinarians by utilizing the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
To make the improvements mentioned above, the School should adopt the resultsof this accreditation for schools of veterinary medicine, continue its self-study activities
for improvement, and assure and improve the quality of its education to further enhance
its distinctive features.

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