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Standards
The JUAA Standards for Professional Graduate Public Policy Schools serve as criteria for JUAA to evaluate and accredit professional graduate public policy schools, as well as a guideline for the schools to maintain and improve their quality. The Standards consist of:
1. Goals
2. Educational Program, Instruction and Outcomes
3. Faculty Structure
4. Student Admissions
5. Education and Research Environment and Student Services
6. Administration
7. Accountability |
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Objectives and Characteristics
| The JUAA conducts Certified Evaluation and Accreditation for professional graduate public policy schools to assure and enhance the quality of their academic activities by focusing on: |
1) the Educational Goals |
| The JUAA evaluates the academic activities of each school, shedding light on how each school strives to attain the educational goals declared by the school itself. |
2) Continuous Improvement |
| Each accredited professional graduate public policy school is required to submit a Progress Report based on the accreditation results, demonstrating improvement on insufficiencies or non-compliances identified in the accreditation evaluation. The JUAA encourages the school to make improvements, providing continuous support through reviewing the Progress Report. |
3) Peer Review |
| The evaluators assigned in Certified Evaluation and Accreditation for professional graduate public policy schools are mainly professional graduate public policy school faculty members who take part in the evaluation as peers. |
4) Characteristic Good Practices |
| The characteristics and excellent activities identified in the process of evaluation are publicized widely as good practices. |
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Schools Subject to Evaluation
| Applicable schools to JUAA’s Certified Evaluation and Accreditation are those meeting the following requirements |
| 1) The titles of degrees confferd must be Master of Public Policy (professional), Master of International and Administration Policy (professional), Master of Public Management (professional), or other equivalent titles. |
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Evaluation Process
The accreditation is implemented in a process as follows:
The applicant-school conducts a self-study based on the evaluation items specified by JUAA (①) and submits a Self-study Report. The Professional Graduate Public Policy School Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Committee reviews this Report. (②). The Committee sends evaluators to each applicant-school (③). Taking the results of this site visit into consideration, the Committee drafts the accreditation results and forwards it to the applicant-public policy school for opinions (④). After hearing the opinions of the applicant-school, the Committee formulates the final results of the accreditation, which will be notified to the applicant-school, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and disclosed to the general public (⑤). The accredited public policy school submits a Progress Report within 2 years after the accreditation concerning issues identified in the accreditation evaluation (⑥). The JUAA reviews the status of improvements and provides feedback to each school(⑦). |
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Accreditation Mark
| The JUAA issues an accreditation mark to each university satisfying the Standards to certify its accredited status |
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