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Message from the Deputy Director General University reform Promotion Headquarters

Our university established the IR Promotion Office in August 2021. The purpose of the office is to support the promotion of educational reform and the planning, implementation, and verification of decision-making and improvement activities related to strengthening the management base of the academy by collecting and analyzing data from within the university in a centralized manner. As a foundation for supporting educational management, the IR Promotion Office will conduct surveys on students' learning behavior related to the acquisition of knowledge and skills, as well as their satisfaction with university life and post-graduation activities, leading to the practice of "student-centered education" and data-based curriculum and educational improvements. In addition, the office will collect and analyze information on the university's research activities and use the results to improve research capabilities and strengthen branding.

Until now, activities such as "Self-inspection and evaluation" and "FD" have been carried out mainly by the University Evaluation Office of University reform Promotion Headquarters, but a new IR Promotion Office has been established within the headquarters to build a database for making decisions regarding education, research, and management foundations of the entire university and to provide information useful for university management. In order to effectively implement and disseminate this, an "Education Program Officer Team" consisting of faculty members from 9 faculties and 21 departments has been established, and a system has been established in which faculties and departments and the IR Promotion Office work together to operate. Each department's issues and confirmation of data used in work will be shared across departments to promote IR as an organization. In April 2024, University reform Promotion Headquarters will integrate the University Evaluation Office and the IR Promotion Office into the "University Evaluation and IR Office" and launch a new "Education Planning Promotion Office" to strengthen its business execution, planning, and improvement capabilities as a department responsible for quality assurance.

In order for our university, which has as its founding ideal "Unification of Industry and Academia" to increase its presence as a local university and achieve sustainable development, we believe it is important for the university to accurately interpret the situation it finds itself in from data under the leadership of the president and to continually work to improve and enhance itself. Through IR activities, we intend to continue making efforts to establish a system for ensuring the quality of education at our university and to help achieve the vision for our 100th anniversary and the goals outlined in the mid-term plan established to realize that vision.

Vice President and Deputy Director University reform Promotion Headquarters Sen Sotetsu

1. What is IR?

IR (Institutional Research) refers to research activities aimed at improving and enhancing the functions of universities. It involves collecting and visualizing information within the university, managing it as evaluation indicators, and using the results of that analysis in education and research, student support, and university management.

2. Kyushu Sangyo University 's IR activities

Our university is conducting IR activities centered on "educational IR" with the aim of improving educational functions. Specifically, we collect response information from student surveys and educational data (grades, course registration information, etc.) to improve classes, revise curriculum, and reform education such as FD and SD, and to revitalize the internal quality assurance (PDCA cycle) functions of the university as a whole or faculties and departments.

・Image of the implementation process of IR activities

3. About the University Evaluation and Investor Relations Office

(1) Role
Its role is to provide analytical information to the executive staff and other decision makers in university management, and to support evidence-based reform and improvement.
(2) Purpose
Under the direction of the President, the Center collects and analyzes information on education, research, and other activities, and by making proposals based on the results of that analysis, it aims to promote educational reform, such as visualizing learning outcomes, and to strengthen the university's management foundation.
(3) Business
The following tasks will be carried out in order to analyze various data related to the university and support the university executive team in running the university efficiently.
①Collect and analyze various information related to education and research both inside and outside the university.
②Collecting various data related to education, entrance examinations, and employment in order to verify student trends, etc.
3) Research and analysis of educational outcomes
④Providing data necessary for executive decision-making and faculty/department activities

・University Evaluation and IR Office Structure Image

*1 The Education Program Officer is responsible for coordinating the University Evaluation and IR Office and each faculty/center's information provision and coordinating operations within the various faculties/centers in order to smoothly advance educational improvement in the university's IR activities.

4. Student Survey Implementation

For the above purposes, our university conducts various student surveys.
Please see below for an overview of the survey and its results. Survey results will be posted once the survey is completed.

① New Student Survey
We survey all new students about their motivation for enrolling and what they would like to do during their university life.

Results of the 2024 New Student Survey (University)
2024 New Student Survey Results (Junior College)
Results of the 2023 New Student Survey (University)
2023 New Student Survey Results (Junior College)
Results of the 2022 New Student Survey (University)
2022 New Student Survey Results (Junior College)

②Class survey
The survey will target all current students with the aim of improving and enhancing future class content and methods.

③ Evidence of Growth Survey (formerly: Current Student Survey)
All current students will be surveyed about the skills they have acquired and their overall approach to university life.

Results of the 2024 Evidence of Growth Survey (University)
Results of the 2023 Student Survey (University)
Results of the 2022 Current Student Survey (University)
Results of the 2021 Current Student Survey (University)

④Survey for prospective graduates
We survey prospective graduating students about the skills they have acquired throughout their university life and their satisfaction with the university.

Survey results for students planning to graduate in 2023 (university)
Results of the 2023 Graduation Survey (Junior College)
Survey results for students planning to graduate in 2022 (university)
Results of the 2022 Graduation Survey (Junior College)
Results of the 2021 Graduating Students Survey (University)
Results of the 2021 Graduation Survey (Junior College)

⑤Graduate survey
We will survey graduates who have been graduating for three years about the skills they acquired during their time at university, as well as their lives and careers after graduation.

5. Glossary of technical terms

At our university, all faculty members have worked together to create a glossary of technical terms called "KSUpedia - Learning that integration of humanities, sciences, and arts." This glossary aims to support new learning that transcends specialized fields.

6. Activity report

We summarize the IR activities at our university by fiscal year.

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