This website is a report on the results of each initiative based on the Soka University Grand Design, which the university implemented until FY2020.
Click here for "Soka University Grand Design 2021-2030," which started in FY2021.

Plan Percentage
Complate
Education Strategies
Establishment the School got Excellence in Educational Development (SEED)
100%
Enhancement of the Soka Core Program and systematization of liberal arts education
100%
Launch of the Global Citizenship Program (GCP)
100%
Improvement of the learning and student portfolio
100%
Establishment of courses that develop writing skills and communication skills
100%
Enhancing “Career courses”
100%
Expansion of E-learning contents within and outside of campus
100%
Enhancement of pre-enrollment study programs
100%
Further development of University Studies and Soka Education courses (SOKA program 21)
100%
Creation of a roadmap for curriculum reforms
100%
Establishment of courses developing both language skills and non-language skills utilizing placement tests
100%
Start of campus tours led by students
100%
Establishment of the Social Work major
100%
Establishment of courses requiring a junior paper at the end of the 3rd year
100%
Launch of Learning Commons, Student Performance Acceleration Center (SPACe)
100%
Launch of the Faculty of Nursing
100%
Development of active learning that generates interest in further learning
100%
Launch of the Faculty of International Liberal Arts
100%
Establishment of the Faculty of Science and Engineering
90%
Establishment of the First-Year Education Promotion Bureau
100%
Development of general education courses nurturing competencies demanded in the 21st century
100%
Reorganization of undergraduate faculties
100%
Launch of 5-year combined bachelor’s and master’s degree program
100%
Reforms on high school and university articulation and admissions
100%
Establishment of an environment for the new development of ICT education
100%
Plan Percentage
Complate
Research Strategies
The start of MEXT- Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities
100%
Start of the Next Generation Joint Research project
100%
University-wide implementation of priority-based allocation of university research funds
90%
Introduction of on-campus research subsidy system
100%
To start the Faculty Comprehensive Performance Assessment
100%
Formulation of the guidelines for FD activities in 2011 and onwards
100%
Development and improvement of a screening system by the Institutional Review Board for Human Research
100%
Strengthening the function of the Soka Education Research Institute
100%
Reformation of the graduate school
100%
Strengthening measures to prevent fraudulent research activities
100%
Obtaining more competitive research funds
100%
Launch of the Research Promotion Center
100%
Holding the Soka Education International Conference
100%
Plan Percentage
Complate
Student Support Strategies
Full implementation of the smoke-free campus policy
100%
Full implementation of the student attendance management system
100%
Establishment of the University-wide Career Committee
100%
Implementation of the "Determine-Your-Provisional-Career-Path System"
100%
Specifying a numerical target for career outcomes rate
100%
Provision of support to apartment and commuting students
100%
Implementation of the Student Dormitory Advisory System
100%
Expansion of scholarship programs
100%
Enactment of the Student Life Policy
100%
Shuttle bus service between Shinjuku and Soka University
100%
Strengthening communication skills of faculty and staff members
100%
Announcement and implementation of the Guidelines on Student Extracurricular Activities
90%
Internationalization of student dormitories
100%
100 yen breakfast service
100%
Provision of support for the job placement or further schooling of students who intend to return to their hometown after graduation
100%
Strengthening the expansion of support for students’ employability
100%
Learning and career support for international students
100%
Plan Percentage
Complate
International Strategies
Expansion of education programs with overseas universities
100%
Installment of the Japan Studies Center
100%
The Enhancement of the “Japan Studies Program” classes held in English
100%
Provision of the “Short- term Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Study Program”
100%
Establishment of Study Abroad Courses for students with intermediate English proficiency
100%
Expansion of accredited study abroad programs
100%
Expansion for dispatching international students
95%
Expansion of accepting international students
100%
Launch of the English for Study Abroad (ESA) program
100%
Launch of the English for Career Development (ECD) program
100%
Implementation of overseas dispatch of students through ISEP( International Student Exchange Program)
100%
Participation in multilateral inter-university network
100%
Holding commemorative events with overseas partner institutions
100%
Pre-arrival Admission System / Admission with conditions
100%
Establishment of overseas offices (Korea etc.)
100%
Internationalization of faculty and staff composition
90%
Launch of the Global Core Center
100%
Provision of syllabi in English
100%
Deliberation on “domestic cultural experience programs”
100%
Expansion of scholarship programs for international students
100%
Development of English-Track (English-medium) programs
100%
Project to promote the use of English for university internal documents
100%
Establish the Graduate School of Peace and Global Citizen Education Research
100%
Plan Percentage
Complate
Correspondence Education
Reforms on correspondence education system
100%
Establishment of the Learning Support Services, etc.
100%
Establishment of the Soka Core Program implementing the new curriculum
100%
Utilization of e-learning for learning outside of classes
100%
Establishment of Correspondence Education Faculty of Letters
100%
Plan Percentage
Complate
PR planning・Stakeholder Provision
Promoting branding initiatives
100%
Launch of the Stakeholder Coordination Promotion Bureau
50%
Revamping of the university website
100%
Active dissemination of information/Active disclosure of information
100%
Strengthening internal communication
100%
Development of the Branding Strategy 2015-2020
100%
Fortifying the department serving for the alumni (Alumni Relations Department)
100%
Completion of the “History of the founding 50 years”
100%
Commemorative ceremony of the founding 50th anniversary
100%
Plan Percentage
Complate
Administration Management Planning
Establishment of risk management system
90%
Strengthening compliance
100%
Establishment of the Graduate School Council
100%
Establishment of the University Education and Research Council
100%
Launch of President's Office meetings
100%
Review of the Staff Performance Assessment System
100%
Restructuring of the administration system
100%
Preparation room for support of female faculty
100%
Strengthening the governance of the operational management (swifter decision-making/reorganization/streamlining)
80%
Plan Percentage
Complate
Campus・Finance Planning
Establishment and improvement of on-campus information infrastructure
100%
Strengthening the function of the library as an information base
100%
Establishment of the General Construction Committee and campus renovation and restructuring
100%
Establishment of the Financial Plan Study Committee
100%
The project of building the educational complex Global Square
100%
Formulation of a mid-to-long term financial plan
100%
45th Anniversary Donation Project
100%
Implementation of the 50th Anniversary Donation Project
100%