Abstract
Students with a wide range of academic achievement levels have been admitted to Hokkaido Institute of Technology (H.I.T.) since it started administering various types of entrance exams to applicants in addition to achievement tests. Some applicants are able to enter H.I.T. without taking any achievement tests. Therefore it is very important to investigate the actual academic achievement levels of such students and to provide them with an appropriate first-year education based on the results of the investigation. This paper reports on an investigation of freshmen's academic achievement levels and the contents of the first-year education at H.I.T. It also refers to an analysis of the relationship between academic achievement levels at the beginning and at the end of the freshmen year.
