Tamagawa K-12 & University has given efforts to continuously improve the quality of its education, through socially-accepted third-party evaluation on actual educational activities. Tamagawa has also participated in various programs to promote education, in order to develop more advanced research activities. Japan University Accreditation Association In compliance with the law, universities must undergo accreditation evaluation within seven years from April 2004 by an institution that has been accredited by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. This is for the improvement of education and research standards, and for the guarantee of the quality of such. It is also executed with the goal of promoting the reform and upgrading of education and research activities at higher education. We underwent an accreditation evaluation (admissions determination screening) by the Japan University Accreditation Association in 2006, and were accredited on April 1, 2007 as conforming to the university standards as determined by the Association. NCA CASI(North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement) Tamagawa Academy was also certified by NCA CASI (North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement) in 2006. NCA CASI is a non-governmental, voluntary organization that accredits some 9,000 worldwide. The certification is granted based on the strict and extensive curricula, the high quality of staff, the appropriate numbers of students, the safe facilities and other criteria necessary for providing the high quality of educational activities. CITA(The Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation) CITA is a U.S. accreditation organization that establishes standards for the quality of schools and recognizes schools that meet those standards. At present, over 32,000 schools in 100 countries and regions of the world have been officially certified by CITA. Tamagawa Academy (Kindergarten to 12th) became the first non-English medium school in Japan to be certified by CITA, based on a strict examination of the educational policies of Tamagawa, the quality of the establishments, facilities and the faculty that work together to realize those policies, the curricula and methods of teaching and the level of satisfaction of all those studying at the school. ISO9001 ISO9001 is an international standard for quality management systems, and was established for the purpose of maintaining and improving the quality of products and services. The Department of Management Science at the Faculty of Engineering obtained ISO9001 certification in March 2004. The certification was awarded for educational quality manual prepared by the Department, which treated classroom lessons as products, the quality of which is to be improved. In March 2006, the certification was also awarded to the Department of Intelligent Information Systems and Media-Network Science, both of whom had fulfilled the requirements in the previous year. ISO14001 ISO14001 is an international standard for environmental management, which aims at preserving the environmental through continuous action. Tamagawa K-12 & University obtained ISO14001 certification in December 2000, the world's first comprehensive school to do so. Activities to enhance environmental awareness are underway in the school and at home. These activities help maintain and improve the environment.