2000年後,日本高等教育實施大學認證評鑑制度、國立大學法人化,並大力推動大學國際化。此一連串重大改革的主要目的乃是以「品質保證」和「績效責任」的方式,來提升大學的國際競爭力。2007年5月16日,安倍晉三首相更召開「亞洲閘道(Gateway)戰略會議」,提出最重要的十個項目,作為日本今後和亞洲各國合作的願景。其中,大學國際化政策的相關決議有二:其一為「以新留學政策,建構亞洲高度人才網絡通路」;其二為「增加競爭性的經費與建構評鑑機制來推動國際化」,足見日本已將大學國際化提升為國策目標之一,國際化指標的建構也迅速地進行。因此,本文嘗試分析比較:1.大學評價‧學位授與機構「國際合作與交流活動」評鑑;2.「大學國際戰略本部強化事業」;3.大阪大學「大學國際化評鑑指標建構相關實證研究」等三個大學國際化指標系統的內涵與特色,以作為我國制訂相關政策的參考。
Since 2000, Japan started another wave of higher education reform including the third-party evaluation, national university incorporationalization, and university internationalization, in order to enhance university competitiveness by going through with quality assurance and accountability. Furthermore, the Premier of Japan, Abe Shinzo advocated to promote new international student policy, increase competitive fundings and establish evaluation system in ”Asia Gateway Strategy Conference” held in May 16, 2007. It means that developing evaluation indicators for Internationalization of University is a very important policy for Japan's higher education. Therefore, this paper intends to analyze and compare the current three systems of evaluation indicators which have been developed in Japan. Finally, the paper may provide some directions which may be helpful for developing indicators in Taiwan.