National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education

• 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.

• 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 who did recognisable extra studies.
• Awarding degrees to the graduates of the Japan Coast Guard Academy.

History

• 1991: The Study Centre for Academic Degree Awarding and Committee for Study for Creation of Academic Degree Awarding Institution was established in the Graduate University for Advanced Studies .
• 1992: The NIAD was established.
• 1994: The NIAD was expanded to NIAD-UE.
• 2002: The first publication of the results of evaluation.
• 2003: Relocated to the current campus in Kodaira.
• 2016: The NIAD-QE was established.