Diploma Policy

In order to achieve the education we aim for, degrees will be conferred to those who have been recognized as
obtaining the following competencies (abilities / skills).

Global collaboration Create shared futures	Global civic engagement based on diversity Civic engagement is action toward achieving a better society and toward developing knowledge, skills, and values that make such action possible. In today’s globalized society, global and inclusive civic solidarity beyond state-based “international” collaboration is required. We nurture global citizenship that respects and collaborates with various diversities, including nationality, origin, language, gender, sexuality, and bodies.
Foresight Discover problems	Insights based on critical exploration Being critical means forming one’s ideas after exploring things comprehensively from multiple perspectives. We cultivate insight and foresight by fostering abilities to discover problems and explore them based on liberal arts education.
Strategy Research, analyze, and design	Problem-solving based on analytical investigation Problem-solving is the process of designing, trying out, and evaluating an overarching strategy to engage with an open-ended question or to achieve a goal. We instill the ability to plan flexibly to deal with uncertain or unexpected situations, based on research and analysis.
Energetic drive Achieve with resilience	Striving based on mutual autonomy Executing a project to solve a problem requires teamwork that respects and promotes the autonomy of everyone involved. We promote four interrelated abilities: to create spaces where team members can engage constructively, to communicate effectively while maintaining mutual autonomy, to respond flexibly to difficulties, and to steadily carry out plans with others.
Self-improvement Keep learning	Exploring based on curiosity and reflection Exploring refers to continuous learning beyond the framework of educational institutions to improve one’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Exploring requires curiosity and the ability to reflect on previous learning as well as to connect and transfer it to other situations. We foster the ability to improve oneself by continuing to learn.

Curriculum Policy

• Academic input and practical output for knowledge and skills are repeated in the curricula.
  At our university, students follow curricula to improve their academic skills, acquiring knowledge and skills through “liberal arts courses,” “basic tool courses,” and “practical English,” as well as performing practical output through “project-based learning exercises” and “experiential and practical programs” based on their own awareness of issues and learning status in order to gain the competencies (abilities /skills) described in our Diploma Policy.
• Learning through setting of perspectives
  In order to cultivate the ability to see through to the future for actual social issues from a multilateral / multifaceted and global perspective while also keeping in mind the 17 sustainable development goals that have been set for international society as a whole, the liberal arts courses use a curriculum structure that allows students to select “perspectives” which are the perspectives for looking at issues in alignment with their own interests, gaining knowledge useful for each of these perspectives. The Liberal Arts subjects are set up so that students select a “Perspective” from which to view the issues based on their own interests and can learn useful knowledge about the themes of each perspective. This is to develop students’ ability to look to the future from multifaceted, diverse, and global perspectives for problems in the real world while keeping SDGs in mind.
• Fostering practical global collaboration
  Through a practical English curriculum, offering classes in both English and Japanese, and overseas study-abroad and overseas experiential programs, we not only help students learn the communication skills to collaborate with diverse people around the globe, but by actively accepting foreign students from overseas and providing foreign students and Japanese students a place to learn together and stimulate and empower one another, we nurture the ability to respect diversity and to build relationships of trust and collaborate with people from different values.
• Introducing practical education in collaboration with diverse stakeholders in actual society
  In order to actively incorporate real-life problems into our class activities, a platform will be established in constant cooperation with various entities off the campus, such as private companies, NPOs, international organizations, and local governments. By implementing practical, project-based learning exercises in collaboration with diverse bodies such as corporations, we cultivate the ability to find core problems, strategically draft integrated solutions, and execute that plan to the end. Furthermore, we offer experiential / practical programs out in the “field” of real society including overseas, thus cultivating the ability to respect diversity, collaborate, and the energetic drive to execute plans.

Admissions Policy

Eikei University of Hiroshima aims to foster a cadre of young people who have high aspirations to contribute to local communities and to the world in the midst of uncertain socioeconomic circumstances, as well as to boldly take on unsolved challenges, and to tenaciously pave the way for a new era. We will admit students from Japan and overseas with the following qualities, abilities and aspirations.

• A person who has strong interests in various cultures, history, society in Japan and overseas, and international relations and is willing to learn further by actively communicating with others
• A person who aims to strengthen their own abilities by studying with a sense of purpose and looking ahead to the future
• A person who has gained basic academic skills through high school studies, takes initiative in facing various challenges with a broad perspective while engaging others, and intends to contribute to society at large

Qualifications, Abilities, and Motivations Required of Entrants

• Basic academic skills
• Broad vision
• Strong interest in inquiring about various cultures, histories, societies both at home and abroad, and international relations
• Willingness to learn
• Willingness to strengthen one’s ability
• Willingness to contribute to society
• Positive attitude toward studying with a sense of purpose and a vision for the future
• Positive attitude toward actively communicating with others
• Positive attitude toward taking initiative and involving others in addressing various challenges