NIAD-QE will host the International Symposium on CAMPUS Asia Common Quality Assurance Standards Project on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, in a hybrid format (online and in-person), as part of the Inter-University Exchange Project initiative led by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.

The theme of the symposium is "Quality Assurance of Cross-border Higher Education: Sharing Practices, Perspectives, and Regional Approaches."

NIAD-QE had worked in cooperation with quality assurance agencies in China (Education Quality Evaluation Agency of the Ministry of Education: EQEA) and Korea (Korean Council for University Education: KCUE) to develop the "Common Quality Assurance Standards" for four years since FY2021, to support sustainable quality assurance efforts by university consortiums across Asian countries and enhance quality-assured inter-university exchanges within the region.

The "Standards" were finalized in April 2025 and will be disseminated as project outcome at this symposium.

Please see the event website for more details.

■For ONLINE participation:
　Registration form: https://forms.office.com/r/urbXJD5JtG
　Registration deadline: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 5:00PM (JST)

■For In-Person participation (capacity: 100 persons):
　Registration form: https://forms.office.com/r/dGvENcksVE
　Registration deadline: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 5:00PM (JST)
　* Registration will be closed when capacity is reached.

■Guest Speakers
SUGIMURA Miki (President, Sophia University/ Processor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University)
NISHIZAKI Hiromitsu (Professor and Director, Center for Promotion of Internationalization, University of Yamanashi)
Douglas Blackstock (Former President, The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) *as of Symposium date)
Margot Van den Broeck (Policy Advisor, Educational Policy Department, KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven)) [Online Participation]
Dongseok Seo (Senior Director, Office of University Innovation Support of Korean Council for University Education (KCUE))
Shuo Wang (Deputy Director of Institutional Evaluation Division (EQEA)) [Online Participation]
HOTTA Taiji (Visiting professor, Research Department, NIAD-QE)

■Chaired by MORI Rie: Professor, Research Department, NIAD-QE

■Program outline
[Date & Time] Tuesday, November 4th, 2025 2:00PM - 5:30PM JST (5:00AM - 8:30AM GMT)
[Format] Online and in-person
[Capacity] In-person: 100 participants　Online: no capacity
[Venu] National Center of Sciences (NCS) Building 2F 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439
[Register] Free
[Languag] JAPANESE-ENGLISH Simultaneous Interpretation Available

■Secretariat for the International Symposium on CAMPUS Asia Common Quality Assurance Standards Project
International Affairs Division, NIAD-QE
Email: ca-monitoring@niad.ac.jp