NIC/Activities
NIC (National Information Center for Academic Recognition Japan) The National Information Center for Academic Recognition Japan (NIC-Japan) was established on September 1, 2019 as Japan’s official NIC within the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE). It aims to ensure the credibility of Japanese higher education qualifications and to facilitate recognition […]
Qualifications System Japan
The list of higher education qualifications, their awarding institution types, and further accessible education levels are shown below. NIAD-QE awards degrees in two schemes: (1) for graduates of Junior Colleges and Colleges of Technology, who have accumulated credit hours to a certain level of learning (such as a bachelor’s degree); and (2) for those who […]
Higher Education System Japan.
There is no legal definition on the scope of HEIs in Japan. The scope of higher education institutions (HEIs), subject to the Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education (known as the Tokyo Convention) is defined by the “Guideline on Recognition of Higher Education Qualification – Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition […]
Basic Education System Japan
Pre-school education includes kindergartens (幼稚園 yochien), day care centres (保育所 hoikusho), and “centres for early childhood education and care” (認定こども園 nintei-kodomo-en). In relation to elementary and secondary education, typical institutions include elementary schools (小学校 shogakko) for elementary education and lower secondary schools (中学校 chugakko) and upper secondary schools (高等学校 kotogakko) for secondary education. There are also schools for special needs education […]
Education Japan
The education system of Japan starts with pre-school education, followed by six years of elementary education, and six years of secondary education (comprised of three years of lower secondary and three years of upper secondary education), which leads to a wide range of higher education. The nine years of elementary and lower secondary education cover compulsory education. […]
List of Recognized Higher Education Institutions of the Holy See
Academic Institutions recognized by the Holy See The Database of Ecclesiastical Higher Education Institutions – being an authoritative list – includes all higher education institutions that have been erected, approved, or accredited by the Dicastery for Culture and Education (before 2022: Congregation for Catholic Education) as part of the Holy See’s education system (following the […]
Holy See Quality Assurance Agency AVEPRO
The AVEPRO Agency The Holy See’s participation in the Bologna Process (which was formalized on September 19, 2003 during the meeting of European Education Ministers in Berlin) was also motivated by the wish to pursue and achieve a number of objectives that are envisaged by the Bologna Process itself, such as: Hence, the Agency of […]
Quality Culture for Ecclesiastical HEI
Promoting a Quality Culture The purpose of the guide “Promoting a Quality Culture” is to help ecclesiastical Universities/Faculties understand the norms that were introduced by the former Congregation for Catholic Education (CCE), since 2022 the Dicastery for Culture and Education (DCE), also in recent times, and implement them in a standardized way. Such norms and […]
Guide for Academic Institutions
Guide for Academic Institutions The broadly-accepted principle of the autonomy of Universities, and other higher education institutions, provides for concrete decisions on recognition – for academic reasons – to be taken by institution themselves which, however, must abide by international law (the Conventions) as well as national legislation which – normally – transposes and implements […]
Types of Recognition and Procedures
Types of Recognition Recognition is different depending on the reason why people want to have their specific competences recognized. Depending on the type of recognition, the authorities that are involved and/or are responsible for such procedures might change. Legal recognition: recognition of academic degrees for legal purposes. This recognition simply allows people to be called – […]
