Survey, Research and References

1. Survey, Research, and Events by NIAD-QE

Reports and presentation materials of surveys, research, and events conducted by NIAD-QE.

Japanese Educational Qualifications Framework (March 2025)

The Japanese Educational Qualifications Framework aims to increase the transparency and social understanding of Japanese educational qualifications at home and abroad and ensure qualification holders who wish to pursue higher education or find employment will not be disadvantaged. The result of research conducted by the Research Department of NIAD-QE has served as the base for the formulation of the framework. (The University Quality Assurance Portal)

A survey report on digital credentials in higher education institutions
高等教育機関における電子証明書に関する調査報告書 (March 2022)

[in Japanese only]

Presentations from the Opening Ceremony of NIC-Japan (September 2019)

A survey on systems and usage of diploma supplement
「外国での日本の資格の円滑な承認に関する調査（ディプロマ・サプリメント調査）」の概要報告書 (March 2019)

[in Japanese only]

A survey on information provision needs at Japanese HEIs with increased mobility, focusing on qualification recognition
学生移動（モビリティ）に伴い国内外の高等教育機関に必要とされる情報提供事業の在り方に関する調査 (March 2016)

[in Japanese only]

Information Package (Updated periodically)

NIAD-QE has developed the “information package” as a means for providing comprehensive information on higher education and quality assurance systems in Japan and other countries. It includes “Overviews of the Higher Education and Quality Assurance Systems,” which consolidate basic information on higher education and quality assurance systems in Japan and other countries, and “Glossary of Quality Assurance in Japanese Higher Education,” which explains terms related to higher education and quality assurance systems in Japan in two languages, Japanese and English.  (NIAD-QE website, The University Quality Assurance Portal)

2. References Related to NIC and International Qualification Recognition

A practical guide to recognition: implementing the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education
	Author: UNESCO Year of publication: 2020
European Recognition Manual for Higher Education Institutions (Third edition) (PDF)
	Author: Nuffic Year of publication: 2020 (Third edition)
Guidelines on developing and strengthening qualifications frameworks in Asia and the Pacific: building a culture of shared responsibility
	Author: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific Year of publication: 2018
European Recognition Manual for Higher Education Institutions (Second edition) (PDF)
	Author: Nuffic Year of publication: 2016 (Second edition) Related resources: European Area of Recognition- Introduction Overview in Japanese（by NIAD-QE）
Toolkit for the recognition of foreign qualifications: a reference for Asia-Pacific practitioners
	Author: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific Year of publication: 2013