5.1.1. The candidate institution maintains sufficient facilities and equipment to undertake veterinary education, and it effectively operates such facilities and equipment.

• [DESCRIPTION GUIDLINES:]
• The candidate institution shall describe the operating status of its lecture halls, laboratories, small group study rooms (problem based learning rooms etc.), veterinary medical teaching hospital, quarantine facilities for animals with infectious disease, educational support facilities (computer labs, club rooms, exercise/fitness facilities etc.) and other facilities needed in the operation of its proprietary curriculum, for lectures, problem-based learning (PBL), discussions, and classes etc., as well as the interior conditions of its premises (including lighting, heating/air conditioning, noise-proofing, data processing facilities), and its custodial conditions (personnel and budgets, etc.). The candidate institution shall also describe the basic facilities and laboratory equipment furnished at the laboratories for the operation of the curriculum.
• [REFERENCE DATA:]
• - ADDENDA:
  5-1. Distribution table for lecture halls and laboratories
  5-2. List of tools & equipment for each laboratory
  
• - ON-SITE CONFIRMATION:
  1. Confirmation of educational support facilities, including lecture halls, laboratories, clinical facilities, small group study rooms (PBL rooms etc.), computer labs, club rooms, and exercise/fitness facilities etc.
  2. Confirmation of interior conditions for each educational facility
  

• [DESCRIPTION GUIDLINES:]
• The candidate institution shall disclose whether it has secured a veterinary medical library for its students, and shall describe the current status of its possessed books, academic journals, and non-printed data (CD ROMs and on-line databases etc.) and the current status of its operations personnel, while providing details on the its budget for the last three years. The candidate institution shall also describe the current status of its electronic academic information systems and the access procedures for such systems.
• [REFERENCE DATA:]
• - SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION:
  5-1. List of possessed books and non-book resources
  5-2. Budgetary data for purchase of veterinary medical books and non-book resources for the last three years
  
• - ON-SITE CONFIRMATION:
  1. Scale of the veterinary medical library, current status of facilities, status of possessed books and other resources
  2. Current status of electronic scholarly information systems
  

• [DESCRIPTION GUIDLINES:]
• The candidate institution shall describe the current status of its scholarly, administrative, and other data systems, and their state of use, and shall describe total associated budgets for the last three years, including the budget per person.
• [REFERENCE DATA:]
• - SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION:
  5-3. Structure of data and curriculum management systems and manuals
  
• - ON-SITE CONFIRMATION:
  1. Case studies on use of educational data systems
  2. Data on use of educational data systems
  

• [DESCRIPTION GUIDLINES:]
• The candidate institution shall describe the current status and status of use of ranch, farm, slaughterhouse, and emergency medical services for training in animal diagnosis/treatment and livestock sanitation, and shall disclose the total related budget and the budget per student for such services for the last three years.
• [REFERENCE DATA:]
• - ON-SITE CONFIRMATION:
  1. Current status of use of ranch, farm, slaughterhouse, and emergency treatment services
  

5.2.1. The candidate institution provides sufficient office spaces with appropriate interior facilities for faculty.

• [DESCRIPTION GUIDLINES:]
• The candidate institution shall describe the securing of individual research space for full-time faculty and the conditions of interior facilities, including interior lighting, heating and air-conditioning, ventilation, illumination, and telephone and computer networks, etc. The candidate institution shall also record its rate of provision of individual research spaces for full-time faculty.
• [REFERENCE DATA:]
• - ON-SITE CONFIRMATION:
  1. Status of securing faculty research space and confirmation of the surrounding environment
  

• [DESCRIPTION GUIDLINES:]
• The candidate institution shall describe research topics for each subject (for each faculty member) and the corresponding laboratory, the current status of shared laboratories, the current status of equipment for each laboratory and shared laboratory, and the management status thereof. The candidate institution shall also disclose the extent to which equipment needed in the pursuit of research is secured for its research laboratories.
• [REFERENCE DATA:]
• - SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION:
  5-4. List of research laboratories and shared laboratories, and list of faculty using each laboratory, and list of equipment for each laboratory
  
• - ON-SITE CONFIRMATION:
  1. Status of research laboratories for each individual faculty member and each clinical subject
  2. Status of equipment for each research laboratory and management status thereof
  3. Status of equipment for each shared research lab and management status thereof
  

5.3.1. The candidate institution has administrative system and personnel to effectively manage and operate facilities and equipment for veterinary education and research. It has secured the budget and results for maintenance and management of facilities and equipment, processing of surplus equipment, safety management, and general maintenance.

• DESCRIPTION GUIDLINES:
• The candidate institution shall describe the operating conditions of its research facilities, lecture halls, laboratories, small group study rooms (PBL room etc.), and the interior conditions (lighting, heating and air-conditioning, and data processing) and management status thereof, as well as the organization and personnel that manage and operate basic facilities and equipment. The candidate institution shall also describe the operations and enforcement results of the budgets it uses for maintenance, repair, and management of research facilities, lecture halls, labs, and small group study rooms (PBL room etc.).
• REFERENCE DATA:
• - ADDENDA:
  5-3. Regulations on requests for use and management of facilities and equipment
  
• - ON-SITE CONFIRMATION:
  1. Confirmation of facilities and equipment management employees
  2. Details on management of facilities and equipment (use, repair, replacement, inspection, etc.)