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What is National Institution for Academic Degrees mean?

The National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (大学改革支援・学位授与機構, Daigaku Kaikaku Shien • Gakui Juyo Kikō), abbreviated NIAD-QE, is Independent Administrative Institution affiliated with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), whose objectives are:

To evaluate education and research activities of Japanese universities and their consortia and to publish the result of the evaluation.To evaluate achievements of higher education-level learning outside mainstream universities and award academic degrees.

As of July 2007, the second objective consists of:

Accrediting the courses of some daigakkō and awarding the graduates of academic degrees.Awarding bachelor's degrees to the graduates of Japanese junior colleges and kōsen (technical colleges) who did recognisable extra studies.Awarding degrees to the graduates of the Japan Coast Guard Academy.

It is headquartered in Kodaira, Tokyo.

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