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{{Short description|Public university in Osaka, Japan}}
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| native_name = {{lang|ja|大阪大学}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Osaka University
| image = [[File:Osaka University logo.svg|150px|Osaka University logo]]
| native_name = {{lang|ja|大阪大学}}
| motto = {{lang|ja|地域に生き世界に伸びる}}
| mottoeng = Live Locally, Grow Globally
| image = [[File:Osaka University logo.svg|150px|Osaka University logo]]
| established = [[Kaitokudo]] founded 1724; Osaka Imperial University established 1931
| motto = {{lang|ja|地域に生き世界に伸びる}}
| type = [[National university|Public (National)]]
| mottoeng = Live Locally, Grow Globally
| president = [[Shojiro Nishio]]
| established = [[Kaitokudo]] founded 1724; Osaka Imperial University established 1931
| city = [[Toyonaka]]/[[Suita]]/[[Minoh]]
| type = [[National university|Public (National)]]
| province = [[Osaka]]
| president = [[Shojiro Nishio]]
| country = [[Japan]]
| city = [[Toyonaka]]/[[Suita]]/[[Minoh]]
| students = 23,226<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/about/profile/profile2021 |title=大阪大学プロフィール|date=2021|publisher=大阪大学 企画部 広報課 |language=ja |format=PDF |access-date=18 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718123218/https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/about/profile/files/profile2021.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref>
| province = [[Osaka]]
| undergrad = 15,075<ref name="Profile"/>
| country = [[Japan]]
| postgrad = 8,151<ref name="Profile"/>
| students = 23,226<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/about/profile/profile2021 |title=大阪大学プロフィール|date=2021|publisher=大阪大学 企画部 広報課 |language=ja |format=PDF |access-date=18 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718123218/https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/about/profile/files/profile2021.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref>
| undergrad = 15,075<ref name="Profile"/>
| doctoral = 3,374<ref name="Profile"/>
| other = 537 <small>(research students and auditors)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/about/data/students.html |title=学生数（学部学生、大学院学生、非正規生） |date=1 May 2021 |publisher= |access-date=18 July 2021}} 特別聴講学生を含まない。
| postgrad = 8,151<ref name="Profile"/>
| doctoral = 3,374<ref name="Profile"/>
| other = 537 <small>(research students and auditors)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/about/data/students.html |title=学生数（学部学生、大学院学生、非正規生） |date=1 May 2021 |publisher= |access-date=18 July 2021}} 特別聴講学生を含まない。
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| faculty = 3,357<ref name="Profile"/>
| faculty = 3,357<ref name="Profile"/>
| administrative_staff = 3,672<ref name="Profile"/>
| administrative_staff = 3,672<ref name="Profile"/>
| budget = 156.604 billion yen <small>(2021)</small><ref name="Profile"/><ref name="Outline">{{cite web|url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/outline/outline.html|title=Facts & Figures on the University|website=www.osaka-u.ac.jp|access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
| budget = 186.718 billion yen <small>(2023)</small><ref name="Profile"/><ref name="Outline">{{cite web|url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/public-relations/profile/profile2023|access-date=18 May 2024 |title=2023年版 }}</ref>
| campus = [[Suburban]], 1.51 km²<ref name="Profile"/><ref name="Outline"/>
| campus = [[Suburban]], 1.58 km²<ref name="Outline"/>
| colors = {{color box|#465DAA}} [[Sky blue]]
| colors = {{color box|#465DAA}} [[Sky blue]]
| free_label = Authorized Student Groups
| free_label = Authorized Student Groups
| free = 59 sports-related, 70 culture-related<ref>[https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/campus/circle-club/ Introduction to Official Student Groups]. Accessed on 2018-12-18.</ref>
| free = 59 sports-related, 70 culture-related<ref>[https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/campus/circle-club/ Introduction to Official Student Groups]. Accessed on 2018-12-18.</ref>
| affiliations =
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| mascot = Dr. Wani<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/sp/drwani/ |title=大阪大学 ワニ博士 |website=www.osaka-u.ac.jp |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref>
| mascot = Dr. Wani<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/sp/drwani/ |title=大阪大学 ワニ博士 |website=www.osaka-u.ac.jp |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en|osaka-u.ac.jp}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en|osaka-u.ac.jp}}
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{{nihongo|'''Osaka University'''|大阪大学|Ōsaka daigaku}}, abbreviated as {{nihongo|'''Handai'''|阪大|}}, is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Osaka Prefecture]], Japan. It is one of Japan's former [[Imperial Universities]], a [[Designated National University]] and listed as a "Top Type" university in the [[Top Global University Project]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Designated National University Corporation Osaka University|url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/oumode/OU_vision_2018/dnuc/top|access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref> The university is often ranked among the top three public universities in Japan, along with the [[University of Tokyo]] and [[Kyoto University]].
{{nihongo|'''Osaka University'''|大阪大学|Ōsaka daigaku}}, abbreviated as '''OU''' or {{nihongo|'''Handai'''|阪大|}}, is a [[List of national universities in Japan|national]] [[research university]] in [[Osaka]], Japan. The university traces its roots back to [[Edo period|Edo-era]] institutions [[Tekijuku]] (1838) and [[Kaitokudō|Kaitokudo]] (1724), and was officially established in 1931 as the sixth of the [[Imperial Universities]] in Japan, with two faculties: [[science]] and [[medicine]]. Following the [[Educational reform in occupied Japan|post-war educational reform]], it merged with three pre-war [[Higher school (Japan)|higher schools]], reorganizing as a comprehensive university with five faculties: science, medicine, letters, law and economics, and [[engineering]].<ref name=":0" /> After the merger with [[Osaka University of Foreign Studies]] in 2007, Osaka University became the largest national university in Japan by undergraduate enrollment.


Osaka University is one of the most productive research institutions in Japan. Numerous prominent scholars and scientists have attended or worked at Osaka University, such as [[List of Nobel laureates in Physics|Nobel Laureate in Physics]] [[Hideki Yukawa]], manga artist [[Osamu Tezuka]], [[Lasker Award]] winner [[Hidesaburo Hanafusa|Hidesaburō Hanafusa]], author [[Ryōtarō Shiba]], and discoverer of [[Regulatory T cell|regulatory T cells]] [[Shimon Sakaguchi]].
Osaka University (大阪大学, Ōsaka daigaku), abbreviated as Handai (阪大), is a public research university located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's former Imperial Universities, a Designated National University and listed as a "Top Type" university in the Top Global University Project.[6] The university is often ranked among the top three public universities in Japan, along with the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.
Osaka University was one of the earliest modern universities in Japan at its founding in 1931. The history of the institution includes much older predecessors in Osaka such as the Kaitokudō founded in 1724 and the Tekijuku founded in 1838. In 2007, it merged with Osaka University of Foreign Studies and became the largest national university in Japan.
Osaka University is one of the most productive research institutions in Japan. Numerous prominent scholars and scientists have attended or worked at Osaka University, such as Nobel Laureate in Physics Hideki Yukawa, manga artist Osamu Tezuka, Lasker Award winner Hidesaburō Hanafusa, author Ryōtarō Shiba, and discoverer of regulatory T cells Shimon Sakaguchi.


==History==
==History==
[[File:Osaka Imperial University.jpg|thumb|left|Osaka Imperial University Nakanoshima campus]]
[[File:Osaka Imperial University.jpg|thumb|left|Osaka Imperial University Nakanoshima campus]]
The academic traditions of the university reach back to the {{nihongo|[[Kaitokudō]]|懐徳堂}}, an [[Edo period|Edo-period]] school for local citizens founded in 1724, and the {{nihongo|[[Tekijuku]]|適塾|}}, a school of ''[[Rangaku]]'' for [[samurai]] founded by [[Ogata Kōan]] in 1838. The spirit of the university's humanities programmes is believed to be intimately rooted in the history of the Kaitokudō, whereas that of the natural and applied sciences is based upon the traditions of the Tekijuku.<ref>{{cite web | title = History of the University | publisher = Osaka University | url = http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/history.html | access-date = 2008-02-08}}</ref>
The academic traditions of Osaka University reach back to the {{nihongo|[[Kaitokudō]]|懐徳堂}}, an [[Edo period|Edo-period]] school for local citizens founded in 1724, and the {{nihongo|[[Tekijuku]]|適塾|}}, a school of [[Rangaku]] for [[samurai]] founded by [[Ogata Kōan]] in 1838. The spirit of the university's humanities programmes is believed to be intimately rooted in the history of the Kaitokudō, whereas that of the natural and applied sciences is based upon the traditions of the Tekijuku.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | title = History of the University | publisher = Osaka University | url = http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/history.html | access-date = 2008-02-08}}</ref>
Osaka University traces its modern origins back the founding of '''Osaka Prefectural Medical School''' in downtown [[Osaka City]] in 1869. The school was later designated the '''Osaka Prefectural Medical College''' with university status by the University Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No. 388) in 1919. The Medical College merged with the newly founded College of Science to form '''Osaka Imperial University''' in 1931. Osaka Imperial University was the sixth [[National Seven Universities|imperial university]] in Japan. '''Osaka Technical College''' was incorporated to form the School of Engineering two years later. The entire university was renamed Osaka University in 1947.
Osaka University traces its modern origins back the founding of '''Osaka Prefectural Medical School''' in downtown [[Osaka City]] in 1869. The school was later designated the '''Osaka Prefectural Medical College''' with university status by the University Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No. 388) in 1919. The Medical College merged with the newly founded College of Science to form '''Osaka Imperial University''' in 1931. Osaka Imperial University was the sixth [[National Seven Universities|imperial university]] in Japan. '''Osaka Technical College''' was incorporated to form the School of Engineering two years later. The entire university was renamed Osaka University in 1947.


After merging with Naniwa High School and Osaka High School as a result of the government's education system reform in 1949, Osaka University started its postwar era with five faculties: Science, Medicine, Engineering, Letters, and Law. Since that time new faculties and research institutes have been established, including the first Japanese School of Engineering Science and the School of Human Sciences, which covers such cross-disciplinary research interests as broadly as psychology, sociology, and education. Built on the then-existing faculties, ten graduate schools were set up as part of the government's education system reform program in 1953. Two more graduate faculties were added in 1994.
After merging with Naniwa High School and Osaka High School as a result of the government's education system reform in 1949, Osaka University started its postwar era with five faculties: Science, Medicine, Engineering, Letters, and Law. Since that time new faculties and research institutes have been established, including the first Japanese School of Engineering Science and the School of Human Sciences which covers such cross-disciplinary research interests as broadly as psychology, sociology, and education. Built on the then-existing faculties, ten graduate schools were set up as part of the government's education system reform program in 1953. Two more graduate faculties were added in 1994.


In 1993, Osaka University Hospital was relocated from the [[Nakanoshima]] campus in downtown Osaka to the [[Suita]] campus, completing the implementation of the university's plan to integrate the scattered facilities into the Suita and [[Toyonaka]] campuses. In October 2007, a merger between Osaka University and the [[Osaka University of Foreign Studies]] in [[Minoh]] was completed. The merger made Osaka University one of two national universities in the country with a School of Foreign Studies, along with the [[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies]]. The merger also made Osaka University the largest national university in Japan.
In 1993, Osaka University Hospital was relocated from the [[Nakanoshima]] campus in downtown Osaka to the [[Suita]] campus, completing the implementation of the university's plan to integrate the scattered facilities into the Suita and [[Toyonaka]] campuses. In October 2007, a merger between Osaka University and the [[Osaka University of Foreign Studies]] in [[Minoh]] was completed. The merger made Osaka University one of two national universities in the country with a School of Foreign Studies, along with the [[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies]]. The merger also made Osaka University the largest national university in Japan.
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===Toyonaka campus===
===Toyonaka campus===
The Toyonaka campus is home to faculties of Letters, Law, Economics, Science, and Engineering Science. It is also the academic base for Graduate Schools of International Public Policy, Language and Culture, a portion of Information Science, and the Center for the Practice of Legal and Political Expertise. All undergraduates attend classes on the Toyonaka campus during their first year of enrollment. Sports activities are primarily concentrated on the Toyonaka campus, with the exception of tennis, which is located in Suita.
The [[Toyonaka]] campus is home to faculties of [[Humanities]], [[Law]], [[Economics]], [[Science]], and [[Engineering Science]]. It is also the academic base for Graduate Schools of International Public Policy, Language and Culture, a portion of Information Science, and the Center for the Practice of Legal and Political Expertise. All undergraduates attend classes on the Toyonaka campus during their first year of enrollment. Sports activities are primarily concentrated on the Toyonaka campus, with the exception of tennis, which is located in Suita.


===Suita campus===
===Suita campus===
The Suita campus houses faculties of Human Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Engineering. It contains the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and a portion of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology. The campus is also home to the Osaka University Hospital and the Nationwide Joint Institute of Cybermedia Center and Research Center for Nuclear Physics.
The [[Suita]] campus houses faculties of [[Human Sciences]], [[Medicine]], [[Dentistry]], [[Pharmaceutical Sciences]], and [[Engineering]]. It contains the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and a portion of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology. The campus is also home to the Osaka University Hospital and the Nationwide Joint Institute of Cybermedia Center and Research Center for Nuclear Physics.


===Minoh campus===
===Minoh campus===
The Minoh campus was incorporated following the merger with the [[Osaka University of Foreign Studies]] in October 2007. The Minoh campus is home to the School of Foreign Studies, the Research Institute for World Languages, and the Center for Japanese Language and Culture.
The [[Minoh]] campus was incorporated following the merger with the [[Osaka University of Foreign Studies]] in October 2007. The Minoh campus is home to the School of Foreign Studies, the Research Institute for World Languages, and the Center for Japanese Language and Culture.


In addition to these three campuses, the former Nakanoshima campus, the university's earliest campus located in downtown Osaka, served as the hub for the faculty of medicine until the transfer to the Suita campus was completed in 1993.<ref>[http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/history.html History of Osaka University — Osaka University]. Osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved on 2011-06-26.</ref> In April 2004, the Nakanoshima campus became the university's Nakanoshima Center, serving as a venue for information exchange, adult education classes, and activities involving academic as well as non-academic communities.
In addition to these three campuses, the former Nakanoshima campus, the university's earliest campus located in downtown Osaka, served as the hub for the faculty of medicine until the transfer to the Suita campus was completed in 1993.<ref>[http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/history.html History of Osaka University — Osaka University]. Osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved on 2011-06-26.</ref> In April 2004, the Nakanoshima campus became the university's Nakanoshima Center, serving as a venue for information exchange, adult education classes, and activities involving academic as well as non-academic communities.


==Organization==
==Organization==
Osaka University is organized into 11 faculties for undergraduate programs and 16 graduate schools.<ref>[http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/academics/ Undergraduate and Graduate schools & facilities — Osaka University]. Osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved on 2011-06-26.</ref> The undergraduate programs are the School of Letters, School of Human Sciences, School of Foreign Studies, School of Law, School of Economics, School of Science, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Engineering, and School of Engineering Science. The graduate programs are in the Graduate School of Letters, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Graduate School of Economics, Graduate School of Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Dentistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Graduate School of Law (Law School), and United Graduate School of Child Development out of "Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/academics/graduate/gradschool_purpose|title=Departments in our Graduate Schools|website=www.osaka-u.ac.jp|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
Osaka University consists of 11 undergraduate schools and 15 graduate schools. The undergraduate schools include Letters, Human Sciences, Foreign Studies, Law, Economics, Science, (Faculty of) Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, and Engineering Science. At postgraduate level, the schools cover a range of disciplines: Humanities, Human Sciences, Law and Politics, Economics, Science, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Engineering Science, International Public Policy, Information Science and Technology, Frontier Biosciences, Law (Law School), and the United School of Child Development, which is a collaboration with [[Kanazawa University]], [[Hamamatsu University School of Medicine]], [[Chiba University]], and the [[University of Fukui]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Osaka University - Schools & Centers |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/schools |access-date=May 17, 2024 |website=Osaka University}}</ref>


Osaka University also has 21 research institutes, 4 libraries, and 2 university hospitals.<ref>[http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/history.html History of Osaka University — Osaka University]. Osaka-u.ac.jp (2007-10-01). Retrieved on 2014-06-17.</ref>
Osaka University also has 21 research institutes, 4 libraries, and 2 university hospitals.<ref>[http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/history.html History of Osaka University — Osaka University]. Osaka-u.ac.jp (2007-10-01). Retrieved on 2014-06-17.</ref>
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=== English-medium programs ===
=== English-medium programs ===
Osaka University's School of Human Sciences on the Suita Campus hosts an English-medium four-year undergraduate degree program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g30.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/|title=Human Science International Undergraduate Degree Program OSAKA UNIVERSITY|website=Human Science International Undergraduate Degree Program OSAKA UNIVERSITY|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> The program started in 2011 as a result of the national government's G30 (Global 30) Project. Although the government ended the G30 Project in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/g30/project-m.html|title=DEGREE PROGRAMS in English at Kyushu University {{!}} Our Globalization Project : MEXT's "Global 30" Project {{!}}|website=www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> and replaced it with the [[Top Global University Project]], the Human Sciences International Undergraduate Program at Osaka University continues.
Osaka University's School of Human Sciences on the Suita Campus hosts an English-medium four-year undergraduate degree program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g30.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/|title=Human Science International Undergraduate Degree Program OSAKA UNIVERSITY|website=Human Science International Undergraduate Degree Program OSAKA UNIVERSITY|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> The program started in 2011 as a result of the national government's G30 (Global 30) Project. Although the government ended the G30 Project in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/g30/project-m.html|title=DEGREE PROGRAMS in English at Kyushu University {{!}} Our Globalization Project : MEXT's "Global 30" Project {{!}}|website=www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> and replaced it with the [[Top Global University Project]], the OU Human Sciences International Undergraduate Program continues. Areas of study include sociology, anthropology, philosophy, education, behavioral sciences, psychology, human development, and area studies. Focus is on the development of an interdisciplinary, international, and problem-solving orientation to research and education. The degree programme is based on international benchmarking standards, has competitive entry requirements and attracts students from all over the world. The current director of this programme is Beverley Yamamoto, who leads a UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education.


Osaka University's Graduate School of Humanities hosts another English-medium program in Global [[Japanese Studies]] for graduate students, one of the Graduate Programs for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.let.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/academics/fukupuro_GJS|title=高度副プログラム「グローバル・ジャパン・スタディーズ」(Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies Program in Global Japanese Studies)|language=JA|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
Areas of study include sociology, anthropology, philosophy, education, behavioral sciences, psychology, human development, and area studies. Focus is on the development of an interdisciplinary, international, and problem-solving orientation to research and education. The degree programme is based on international benchmarking standards, has competitive entry requirements and attracts students from all over the world. The current director of this programme is Professor Beverley Yamamoto, who leads a UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education.

Osaka University's Graduate School of Letters hosts another English-medium program in Global [[Japanese Studies]] for graduate students, one of the Graduate Programs for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.let.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/academics/fukupuro_GJS|title=高度副プログラム「グローバル・ジャパン・スタディーズ」(Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies Program in Global Japanese Studies)|language=JA|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>


===Academic alliances===
===Academic alliances===
Osaka University has completed academic exchange agreements with a large number of universities (92 as of 2011) throughout the world and also exchange agreements between schools at Osaka University and schools and institutes in other countries (366 as of 2011). These agreements facilitate the visits of international students studying at Osaka University and the travel of Osaka University students studying at overseas universities, schools, and institutes. In many cases students are able to participate in these exchange agreements without paying additional tuition.<ref>[http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/international/exchange/ University Exchange Agreements — Osaka University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108194639/http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/international/exchange |date=2010-01-08 }}. Osaka-u.ac.jp (2010-11-01). Retrieved on 2011-06-26.</ref>
Osaka University has academic exchange agreements with a large number of universities in other countries and regions. These academic exchange agreements have been concluded on the university-to-university level and also on the school-to-school level. Joint research as well as researcher and student exchanges take place between Osaka University and these universities and schools. At certain of these universities and schools, it is possible for undergraduate and graduate students to take classes and/or engage in research for up to one year without paying tuition to that university or school while retaining their enrollment status at their home university. Inter-university agreements number is 156, and inter-faculty agreements number is 651 as of May 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2024 |title=Osaka University - International Exchange Agreements |url=https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/international/action/index.html |access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>


Osaka University's academic alliances include [[Cornell University]] (1989), [[Harvard University]] (2008), [[Stanford University]] (2008), and the [[California Institute of Technology]] (2008) in the United States, [[McGill University]] (1996) and the [[University of Toronto]] (1999) in Canada, [[Seoul National University]] (2000) and [[Yonsei University]] (1998) in South Korea, [[Peking University]] (2001) and [[Tsinghua University]] (2004) in China, the [[National University of Singapore]] (2008), and [[Australian National University]] (1995). In Europe, alliances include the [[University of Bologna]] (2006), [[University of Geneva]] (2007), and the [[University of Cologne]] (1982). Allied institutions in the United Kingdom include the [[University of Oxford]] (1997) and [[Imperial College London]] (2006).
Osaka University's academic alliances include [[Cornell University]] (1989), [[Harvard University]] (2008), [[Stanford University]] (2008), and the [[California Institute of Technology]] (2008) in the United States, [[McGill University]] (1996), the [[University of Toronto]] (1999) and the [[University of British Columbia]] (2019) in Canada, [[Seoul National University]] (2000) and [[Yonsei University]] (1998) in South Korea, [[Peking University]] (2001) and [[Tsinghua University]] (2004) in China, the [[National University of Singapore]] (2008), the [[National Taiwan University]] (2008), the [[University of Hong Kong]], and [[Australian National University]] (1995). In Europe, alliances include the [[University of Groningen]] (2002), the [[University of Bologna]] (2006), the [[University of Geneva]] (2007), and the [[University of Cologne]] (1982). Allied institutions in the United Kingdom include the [[University of Oxford]] (1997) and the [[Imperial College London]] (2006).


==Academic rankings==
==Academic rankings==
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=== General ===
Osaka University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, as seen in various foreign and domestic rankings. Internationally, Osaka University was ranked 71st among the world's best universities and the third best Japanese university in 2020 according to the [[QS World University Rankings]] produced by [[Quacquarelli Symonds]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Osaka University |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/osaka-university#wurs |website=QS Top Universities |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> Osaka University is third in Japan and 53rd worldwide in the 2019 [[Center for World University Rankings]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Japan - CWUR World University Rankings 2018-2019|url=https://cwur.org/2018-19/japan.php|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref> It is also ranked third in Japan in the 2019 [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World University Rankings 2019| date=26 September 2018 | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/-1/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref> Domestically, the university was ranked third in 2009 and fourth in 2008 and 2010 in the ranking "[[Truly Strong Universities]]" by [[Toyo Keizai]], which measures alumni productivity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toyokeizai.net/business/industrial/detail/AC/7ca97f085eda34ce139f6d1210cef898/page/1/|title=Truly Strong Universities|year=2010|publisher=Toyo Keizai|access-date=April 29, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313183844/http://www.toyokeizai.net/business/industrial/detail/AC/7ca97f085eda34ce139f6d1210cef898/page/1/|archive-date=March 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Osaka University is recognised as a prestigious university, evident in its consistent high rankings both domestically and internationally. In the 2024 [[QS World University Rankings]] by [[Quacquarelli Symonds]], Osaka University was placed 80th globally and 3rd in Japan, after [[University of Tokyo|UTokyo]] and [[Kyoto University|KyotoU]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2024: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?countries=jp |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=QS Top Universities| date=13 May 2024 }}</ref> In the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it was ranked 175th globally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref>


As a research institution, Osaka University ranks highly in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, it is ranked 2nd for innovation in Japan and 22nd worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan |url=http://science.thomsonreuters.com/press/2010/top-20-japanese-research-insts/ |access-date=April 29, 2011 |publisher=Thomson Reuters |archive-date=21 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821023619/http://science.thomsonreuters.com/press/2010/top-20-japanese-research-insts/ |url-status=dead }} This ranking includes 5 non-educational institutions.</ref>
Osaka University is one of the most productive research institutions in Japan. According to [[Thomson Reuters]], Osaka University among the three top research universities in Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://science.thomsonreuters.com/press/2010/top-20-japanese-research-insts/|title=Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan |year=2011 |publisher=Thomson Reuters |access-date=April 29, 2011}} This ranking includes 5 non-educational institutions.</ref> and is the second most innovative university in the country (22nd worldwide).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amers-reuters-ranking-innovative-univ/reuters-top-100-the-worlds-most-innovative-universities-2018-idUSKCN1ML0AZ|title=Reuters Top 100: The World's Most Innovative Universities - 2018| year=2018 |publisher=Thomson Reuters |access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref> Its research is noted in such fields as immunology (first in Japan and fourth in the world), material science (fourth in Japan, fifteenth in the world), and chemistry (fifth in Japan, fourteenth in the world).<ref name=executive>{{cite web |title=Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan |publisher=Thomson Reuters |url=http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ssr/Top_20_Japanese_Research_Insts.pdf |access-date=2012-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608014610/http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ssr/Top_20_Japanese_Research_Insts.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-08 |url-status=dead }} This ranking includes non-educational institutions.</ref> {{ill|Weekly Diamond|ja|週刊ダイヤモンド}} also reported that Osaka University has the seventh highest research funding per researcher in the Japanese {{ill|COE Program|ja|グローバルCOEプログラム}}.<ref>[http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/kikaku/infomation/0227daiyamondokiji.pdf "週刊ダイヤモンド" ダイヤモンド社 February 27, 2010]</ref> Osaka University had the third most patents accepted (150) among Japanese universities during 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/nenji/nenpou2018/honpen/0104.pdf|title=特許行政年次報告書2018年版, Japanese patent office, accessed February 4, 2019.|website=www.jpo.go.jp|language=JA|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref>


=== Subjects ===
Osaka University also has a high research reputation in [[Economics]]. [[Repec]] ranked Osaka's economics department second in Japan in 2011.<ref>[https://ideas.repec.org/top/old/1101/top.japan.html Within Country and State Rankings at IDEAS: Japan]. Ideas.repec.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-26.</ref> Osaka University graduates has served as presidents of the [[Japanese Economic Association]] five times in its history.<ref>[http://www.jeaweb.org/eng/AboutPresidents.html Japanese Economic Association – JEA Global Site. Jeaweb.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-26.]</ref>
Its notable research achievements include leading positions in immunology (first in Japan, fourth globally), material science (fourth in Japan, fifteenth globally), and chemistry (fifth in Japan, fourteenth globally).<ref name="executive">{{cite web |title=Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan |url=http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ssr/Top_20_Japanese_Research_Insts.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608014610/http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ssr/Top_20_Japanese_Research_Insts.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-08 |access-date=2012-05-20 |publisher=Thomson Reuters}} This ranking includes non-educational institutions.</ref> It also ranks seventh for research funding per researcher in the Japanese COE Programme and third in Japan for the number of patents accepted in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=特許行政年次報告書2018年版, Japanese patent office, accessed February 4, 2019. |url=http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/nenji/nenpou2018/honpen/0104.pdf |accessdate=March 1, 2023 |website=www.jpo.go.jp |language=JA}}</ref>


In the [[Nature Index|Nature index]] 2024 annual table, Osaka University was ranked 34th globally for its output in selected journals in the fields of natural sciences and Health Sciences research, among all leading research institutions in the world (3rd in Japan).<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Nature Index Tables - Top 200 institutions |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/515S98a/tables/2 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Nature Index Tables - Top 200 institutions}}</ref>
According to the {{ill|Weekly Economist|ja|エコノミスト (日本の雑誌)}}'s 2010 rankings, graduates from Osaka University have the seventh highest employment rate among the 400 major companies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/3865.html|title=Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings |year=2011 |publisher=Weekly Economist |access-date=Apr 29, 2011|language=ja}}</ref>


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===Popularity and selectivity===
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Osaka University is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the highest in Japan.<ref>e.g. {{ill|Yoyogi seminar|ja|代々木ゼミナール}} published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings {{cite web |url=http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422110816/http://yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html |archive-date=2011-04-22 }}</ref><ref>Japanese journalist [[:ja:島野清志|Kiyoshi Shimano]] ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective out of 11 grades) in Japan. {{cite book |script-title=ja:危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版 |year=2011 |publisher=YELL books |id={{ASIN|4753930181|country=jp}} |language=ja}}</ref>
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|+ [[QS World University Rankings|QS]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="QSSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
[[Nikkei Business Publications|Nikkei BP]]'s "[[Brand rankings of Japanese universities]]" ranks Osaka University's brand the second strongest in the [[Kansai region]] after [[Kyoto University]].<ref>[https://consult.nikkeibp.co.jp/info/news/2018/1128ubj_4/ NBPC ニュースリリース「大学ブランド・イメージ調査 2018-2019」（2018年8月実施）【近畿編】] Consult.nikkeibp.co.jp. Retrieved on 2019-02-04.</ref>
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==Evaluation from Business World==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ The university ranking of the ratio of "president and chief executive officer of listed company"
! !! Ranking
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|-
! {{Left|Arts & Humanities}}
! [[List of universities in Japan|all universities in Japan]]
! data-sort-value="195" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=195
| 6th<ref name="success">{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesshacks.com/2006/09/post_65bb.html|title=週刊ダイヤモンド 出世できる大学ランキング|website=流行りモノと気になるビジネス書のログ|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref>　out of all the 744<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.janu.jp/univ/gaiyou/20180130-pkisoshiryo-japanese_2.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101023925/https://www.janu.jp/univ/gaiyou/20180130-pkisoshiryo-japanese_2.pdf|url-status=dead |title=The number of universities and students｜National Universities Association|archivedate=November 1, 2020|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> universities which existed as of 2006
! data-sort-value="5" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5
|-
| Linguistics
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–5}}
|-
| Architecture and Built Environment
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="5–7" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;5–7}}
|-
| Classics and Ancient History
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="3–7" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;3–7}}
|-
| English Language and Literature
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| History
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4–6}}
|-
| Modern Languages
| data-sort-value="76" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=76}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Philosophy
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
! {{Left|Engineering and Technology}}
! data-sort-value="109" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=109
! data-sort-value="5" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5
|-
| Engineering – Chemical
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–7}}
|-
| Computer Science and Information Systems
| data-sort-value="146" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=146}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Engineering – Electrical and Electronic
| data-sort-value="134" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;134}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| Engineering – Mechanical
| data-sort-value="142" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;142}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
! {{Left|Life Sciences & Medicine}}
! data-sort-value="113" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=113
! data-sort-value="3" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="84" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;84}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Dentistry
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="2–4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2–4}}
|-
| Medicine
| data-sort-value="112" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=112}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
|-
| Psychology
| data-sort-value="251–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;251–300}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
! {{Left|Natural Sciences}}
! data-sort-value="93" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=93
! data-sort-value="4" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4
|-
| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="58" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;58}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Environmental Sciences
| data-sort-value="301–350" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;301–350}}
| data-sort-value="8–9" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;8–9}}
|-
| Materials Sciences
| data-sort-value="87" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;87}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| Mathematics
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="4–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–7}}
|-
| Physics and Astronomy
| data-sort-value="45" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=45}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
! {{Left|Social Sciences & Management}}
! data-sort-value="199" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=199
! data-sort-value="6" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;6
|-
| Accounting and Finance
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
|-
| Business and Management Studies
| data-sort-value="351–400" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;351–400}}
| data-sort-value="8" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;8}}
|-
| Economics and Econometrics
| data-sort-value="119" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;119}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Education and Training
| data-sort-value="251–300" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;251–300}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Law and Legal Studies
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="7–8" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;7–8}}
|-
| Politics
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Sociology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="3–4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3–4}}
|-
| Statistics and Operational Research
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
|-
! Source
| 2006 Survey<ref name="success" /> by {{ill|Weekly Diamond|ja|週刊ダイヤモンド}} on the ranking of the universities which produced the high ratio of the graduates who hold the position of "president and chief executive officer of listed company" to all the graduates of each university
|}
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%"
|+ The university ranking according to the ratio of the number of the officers & managers produced by each university to the number of graduates
|+ [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="THESubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=World University Rankings by subject|website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
! !! Ranking
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
|-
| Arts & humanities
! [[List of universities in Japan|all universities in Japan]]
| data-sort-value="401–500" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;401–500}}
| 38th<ref name="agent"/>　out of all the 778<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/jinsei100nen/dai5/siryou1.pdf|title=University reform reference materials / Cabinet Secretariat|website=www.kantei.go.jp|language=ja|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> universities which existed as of 2010
| data-sort-value="8–9" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;8–9}}
|-
| Business & economics
| data-sort-value="251–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;251–300}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Clinical & health
| data-sort-value="80" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;80}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Computer science
| data-sort-value="126–150" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;126–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–5" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4–5}}
|-
| Engineering
| data-sort-value="126–150" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;126–150}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Life sciences
| data-sort-value="68" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=68}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Physical sciences
| data-sort-value="176–200" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;176–200}}
| data-sort-value="6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;6}}
|-
| Psychology
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="4–6" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4–6}}
|-
| Social sciences
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="5–9" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;5–9}}
|-
|-
! Source
| 2010 Survey<ref name="agent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.r-agent.com/guide/|title=転職成功ガイド|website=www.r-agent.com|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> by {{ill|Weekly Diamond|ja|週刊ダイヤモンド}} on the ranking of universities according to the ratio of the number of the officers & managers produced by each university to the number of graduates
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%"
|+ [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]] Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023<ref name="ARWUSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2023|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023|website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]}}</ref>
|+ The university ranking according to the order of the evaluation by Personnel Departments of Leading Companies in Japan
! !! Ranking
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
! colspan="3" | Natural Sciences
|-
| Mathematics
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="3–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–5}}
|-
| Physics
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="4–5" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4–5}}
|-
| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Engineering
|-
| Mechanical Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Electrical & Electronic Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="2–3" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;2–3}}
|-
| Biomedical Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="3–4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–4}}
|-
| Materials Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="6–8" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;6–8}}
|-
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="5–8" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5–8}}
|-
| Biotechnology
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Metallurgical Engineering
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="3–4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;3–4}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Life Sciences
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| Human Biological Sciences
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| data-sort-value="1–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–6}}
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! colspan="3" | Social Sciences
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| Political Sciences
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===Selectivity===
Osaka University is one of the most selective universities in Japan. In most Japanese university selectivity tables, Osaka University comes after the top two universities, the [[University of Tokyo]] and [[Kyoto University]].


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
Osaka University and [[Nagoya University]] hold regular Athletics Competition every year (名古屋大学・大阪大学対抗競技大会). Recent years Osaka also has a regular windsurfing competition relationship with [[Kyoto University]], [[Kobe University]] (京阪神戦),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://handaiyacht.jimdofree.com/レース結果/2019年/京阪神戦/|title=京阪神戦|website=handaiyacht.jimdofree.com|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> and Taiwan's [[National Sun Yat-sen University]] (大阪大学・台湾中山大学ヨット定期戦).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://handaiyacht.jimdofree.com/お知らせ/第一回-大阪大学-台湾中山大学ヨット定期戦-活動報告/|title=第一回 大阪大学・台湾中山大学ヨット定期戦 結果報告|website=handaiyacht.jimdofree.com|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref>
Osaka University and [[Nagoya University]] hold regular Athletics Competition every year. Recent years Osaka also has a regular windsurfing competition relationship with [[Kyoto University]], [[Kobe University]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://handaiyacht.jimdofree.com/レース結果/2019年/京阪神戦/|title=京阪神戦|website=handaiyacht.jimdofree.com|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> and Taiwan's [[National Sun Yat-sen University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://handaiyacht.jimdofree.com/お知らせ/第一回-大阪大学-台湾中山大学ヨット定期戦-活動報告/|title=第一回 大阪大学・台湾中山大学ヨット定期戦 結果報告|website=handaiyacht.jimdofree.com|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref>


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
===Physics, Chemistry, and Technologies===
<gallery>
File:Hantaro_Nagaoka.jpg|[[Hantaro Nagaoka]] (長岡 半太郎), 1st President of OU, the pioneer of Japanese physics.
File:Yukawa.jpg|[[Hideki Yukawa]] (湯川 秀樹), physicist and recipient of the 1949 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
File:YoichiroNambu.jpg|[[Yoichiro Nambu]] (南部 陽一郎), physicist and recipient of the 2008 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
File:Akira Yoshino cropped 2 Akira Yoshino 201910.jpg|[[Akira Yoshino]] (吉野 彰), chemist and recipient of the 2019 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].
File:Hiroshi_Ishiguro_(Хироси_Исигуро)_(6795439075).jpg|[[Hiroshi Ishiguro]] (石黒 浩), creator of Geminoid robots.
</gallery>
*[[Shoichi Sakata]] (坂田 昌一), a physicist, known for [[Sakata model]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] nominee.
*[[Takeo Matsubara]] (松原 武生), a Japanese physicist at [[Kyoto University]], 1961 [[Nishina Memorial Prize]] winner.
*[[:ja:小田稔|Oda Minoru]] (小田 稔), Japanese astronomer and astrophysicist, Emeritus Professor at the [[University of Tokyo]].
*[[Yoshiaki Arata]] (荒田 吉明), pioneering researchers into [[nuclear fusion]].
*[[Shigeo Satomura]] (里村 茂夫), a Japanese physicist.
*[[Akira Hasegawa]] (長谷川 晃), a theoretical physicist and engineer.
*[[Takashi Hibiki]] (日引 俊詞), a Japanese scientist who is a professor emeritus of nuclear engineering at [[Purdue University]].
*[[Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)|Yasuo Tanaka]] (田中 靖郎), a Japanese astrophysicist and a member of the [[Japan Academy]].
*[[Sonia Contera]], a Spanish physicist, serves st the [[University of Oxford]].
*[[Satoshi Kawata]] (河田 聡), a scientist in nanotechnology, photonics.
*[[Satoshi Hiyamizu]] (冷水 佐壽), a Japanese professor of electrical engineering.
*[[Tadao Kasami]] (嵩 忠雄), Japanese information theorist, [[IEEE Fellow]], 1999 IEEE [[Claude E. Shannon Award]] winner.
*[[Tetsuo Asano]] (浅野 哲夫), computer scientist, the president of the [[Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology]] (JAIST).
*[[Wahid Shams Kolahi]], an Iranian scientist and electrical engineer.
*[[Kilnam Chon]], a South Korean computer scientist.
*[[Nguyễn Ngọc Bình]], a Vietnamese computer scientist.

===Sciences===
===Sciences===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Crafoordpriset_2009-press_conference_07.jpg|[[Tadamitsu Kishimoto]] (岸本 忠三), a Japanese immunologist, 14th President of OU, 2009 [[Crafoord Prize]] winner.
File:Hantaro Nagaoka.jpg|[[Hantaro Nagaoka]], 1st President of OU, pioneer of Japanese physics
File:Yukawa.jpg|[[Hideki Yukawa]], recipient of the 1949 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
File:Crafoordpriset_2009-press_conference_20.jpg|[[Toshio Hirano]] (平野 俊夫), a Japanese immunologist, 17th President of OU, 2009 [[Crafoord Prize]] winner.
File:YoichiroNambu.jpg|[[Yoichiro Nambu]], recipient of the 2008 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
File:Kiyoshi_Nagai,_November_2018.jpg|[[Kiyoshi Nagai]], a Japanese structural biologist at the [[MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology]] Cambridge, UK.
File:Akira Yoshino cropped 2 Akira Yoshino 201910.jpg|[[Akira Yoshino]], recipient of the 2019 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
File:Shimon_Sakaguchi_cropped_2_Shimon_Sakaguchi_201711.jpg|[[Shimon Sakaguchi]] (坂口 志文), immunologist, 2015 [[Gairdner Foundation International Award|Gairdner Award]] and 2017 [[Crafoord Prize]] winner
File:Hiroshi Ishiguro (Хироси Исигуро) (6795439075).jpg|[[Hiroshi Ishiguro]], creator of Geminoid robots
File:Pratiwi Sudarmono-0.jpg|[[Pratiwi Sudarmono]], an Indonesian scientist of microbiology.
File:Crafoordpriset_2009-press_conference_07.jpg|[[Tadamitsu Kishimoto]], 14th President of OU, 2009 [[Crafoord Prize]] winner
File:Crafoordpriset_2009-press_conference_20.jpg|[[Toshio Hirano]], 17th President of OU, 2009 [[Crafoord Prize]] winner
File:Kiyoshi_Nagai,_November_2018.jpg|[[Kiyoshi Nagai]], biologist at the [[MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology]]
File:Shimon_Sakaguchi_cropped_2_Shimon_Sakaguchi_201711.jpg|[[Shimon Sakaguchi]], 2015 [[Gairdner Foundation International Award|Gairdner Award]] and 2017 [[Crafoord Prize]] winner
File:Pratiwi Sudarmono-0.jpg|[[Pratiwi Sudarmono]], Indonesian microbiologist
File:Michio_Morishima.jpg|[[Michio Morishima]], co-founder of [[International Economic Review]]
File:Shizuo_Kakutani.jpg|[[Shizuo Kakutani]], mathematician known for [[Kakutani fixed-point theorem]]
File:Jun-iti_Nagata.jpg|[[Jun-iti Nagata]], topologist
File:Ikeda_01.jpg|[[Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda]], Turkish mathematician of Japanese ancestry
</gallery>
</gallery>
*[[Shoichi Sakata]], physicist, known for [[Sakata model]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] nominee
*[[Li Siguang]] (李四光), a Chinese geologist and politician.
*[[Takeo Matsubara]], physicist at [[Kyoto University]], 1961 [[Nishina Memorial Prize]] winner
*[[Hidesaburo Hanafusa]] (花房 秀三郎), a Japanese virologist, 1982 [[Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research]] winner.
*[[:ja:小田稔|Oda Minoru]], astronomer and astrophysicist, Emeritus Professor at the [[University of Tokyo]]
*[[Osamu Hayaishi]] (早石 修), 1986 [[Wolf Prize in Medicine|Wolf Prize laureate in Medicine]] winner.
*[[Yoshiaki Arata]], pioneering researchers into [[nuclear fusion]]
*[[Shizuo Akira]] (審良 静男), immunologists, 2011 [[Canada Gairdner International Award|Gairdner Award]] winner.
*[[Shigeo Satomura]], Japanese physicist
*[[Yoshio Okamoto]] (岡本 佳男), a Japanese chemist, 2019 [[Japan Prize]] winner.
*[[Akira Hasegawa]], theoretical physicist and engineer
*[[Yukihiro Ozaki]] (尾崎 幸洋), a Japanese scientist at [[Kwansei Gakuin University]].
*[[Takashi Hibiki]], professor emeritus of nuclear engineering at [[Purdue University]]
*[[Tomoaki Kato]] (加藤 友朗), a pioneer in multiple-organ transplantation.
*[[Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)|Yasuo Tanaka]], Japanese astrophysicist and member of the [[Japan Academy]]
*[[Toshio Yanagida]] (柳田 敏雄), a Japanese biophysicist.
*[[Sonia Contera]], Spanish physicist at the [[University of Oxford]]
*[[Yoshizumi Ishino]] (石野 良純), a Japanese molecular biologist, known for his discovering the DNA sequence of [[CRISPR]].
*[[Satoshi Kawata]], scientist in nanotechnology and photonics
*[[Kiyoshi Mizuuchi]] (水内 潔), a Japanese biochemist.
*[[Satoshi Hiyamizu]], professor of electrical engineering
*[[Yusuke Nakamura (geneticist)|Yusuke Nakamura]] (中村 祐輔), a Japanese prominent geneticist and cancer researcher.
*[[Tadao Kasami]], information theorist, [[IEEE Fellow]], 1999 IEEE [[Claude E. Shannon Award]] winner
*[[Tetsuo Asano]], computer scientist, the president of the [[Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology]] (JAIST)
*[[Wahid Shams Kolahi]], Iranian scientist and electrical engineer
*[[Kilnam Chon]], South Korean computer scientist
*[[Nguyễn Ngọc Bình]], Vietnamese computer scientist
*[[Li Siguang]], Chinese geologist and politician
*[[Hidesaburo Hanafusa]], Japanese virologist, 1982 [[Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research]] winner
*[[Osamu Hayaishi]], 1986 [[Wolf Prize in Medicine|Wolf Prize laureate in Medicine]] winner
*[[Shizuo Akira]], immunologists, 2011 [[Canada Gairdner International Award|Gairdner Award]] winner
*[[Yoshio Okamoto]], Japanese chemist, 2019 [[Japan Prize]] winner
*[[Yukihiro Ozaki]], Japanese scientist at [[Kwansei Gakuin University]]
*[[Tomoaki Kato]], pioneer in multiple-organ transplantation
*[[Toshio Yanagida]], Japanese biophysicist
*[[Yoshizumi Ishino]], Japanese molecular biologist, known for his discovery of the DNA sequence of [[CRISPR]]
*[[Kiyoshi Mizuuchi]], Japanese biochemist
*[[Yusuke Nakamura (geneticist)|Yusuke Nakamura]], Japanese prominent geneticist and cancer researcher
*[[Hiroshi Haruki]], mathematician, and author of Haruki's theorem and Haruki's Lemma
*[[Tadashi Nakayama (mathematician)|Tadashi Nakayama]], mathematician who made important contributions to [[representation theory]]
*[[Katsumi Nomizu]], Japanese-American mathematician known for his work in [[differential geometry]]
*[[Hidehiko Yamabe]], Japanese mathematician known for [[Yamabe flow]], [[Yamabe invariant]], [[Yamabe problem]]
*[[Toru Kumon]], Japanese mathematics educator, developer of [[Kumon method]]
*[[Kengo Hirachi]], Japanese mathematician, specializing in [[CR geometry]] and mathematical analysis
*[[Yozo Matsushima]], Japanese mathematician
*[[Masao Ogaki]], Japanese economist at [[Keio University]]
*[[Giorgio Brunello]], Italian economist
*[[Kazuya Kamiya]], Japanese economics, professor at [[Kobe University]]
*[[Takero Doi]], Japanese economist


===Business and Arts===
=== Business and Arts ===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Morita_Akio.jpg|[[Akio Morita]] (盛田 昭夫), [[Sony]] co-founder, [[Asian of the Century]] The Big Five.
File:Morita_Akio.jpg|[[Akio Morita]], [[Sony]] co-founder, [[Asian of the Century]]
File:Masataka Taketsuru.jpg|[[Masataka Taketsuru]] (竹鶴 政孝), the father of Japan's [[whisky]] industry.
File:Masataka Taketsuru.jpg|[[Masataka Taketsuru]], father of Japan's [[whisky]] industry
File:Osamu Tezuka 1951 Scan10008-2.JPG|[[Osamu Tezuka]] (手塚 治虫), Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator.
File:Osamu Tezuka 1951 Scan10008-2.JPG|[[Osamu Tezuka]], Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator
File:Shiba_Ryotaro.jpg|[[Ryōtarō Shiba]] (司馬 遼󠄁太郎), One of the most important writers in contemporary Japan.
File:Shiba_Ryotaro.jpg|[[Ryōtarō Shiba]], one of the most important writers in contemporary Japan
File:Norihiko Hibino.jpg|[[Norihiko Hibino]], Japanese video game composer and saxophonist
</gallery>
</gallery>
*[[Kunio Nakamura]] (中村 邦夫), businessman, the president of [[Panasonic]].
*[[Kunio Nakamura]], businessman, the president of [[Panasonic]]
*[[Takamitsu Azuma]] (東 孝光), Architect. Professor of Osaka University (1985-1997), Emeritus Professor
*[[Takamitsu Azuma]], architect. Professor of Osaka University (1985-1997), Emeritus Professor
*[[Seishi Yokomizo]] (横溝 正史), novelist and creator of the private detective [[Kosuke Kindaichi]].
*[[Seishi Yokomizo]], novelist and creator of the private detective [[Kosuke Kindaichi]]
*[[Toshio Masuda (director)|Toshio Masuda]] (舛田 利雄), film director
*[[Toshio Masuda (director)|Toshio Masuda]], film director
*[[Tetsurō Itodani]] (糸谷 哲郎), professional [[shogi]] player and [[Ryūō]] champion.
*[[Tetsurō Itodani]], professional [[shogi]] player and [[Ryūō]] champion
*[[Junzo Shono]] (庄野 潤三), a Japanese novelist, 1954 [[Akutagawa Prize]] winner.
*[[Junzo Shono]], Japanese novelist, 1954 [[Akutagawa Prize]] winner
*[[Chin Shunshin]] (陳 舜臣), a Taiwanese-Japanese novelist, 1968 [[Naoki Prize]] winner.
*[[Chin Shunshin]], Taiwanese-Japanese novelist, 1968 [[Naoki Prize]] winner
*[[Glenn Hook]], a British academic at the [[University of Sheffield]].
*[[Glenn Hook]], British academic at the [[University of Sheffield]]
*[[Tatsuhiko Seo]] (妹尾 達彦), a Japanese historian.
*[[Tatsuhiko Seo]], Japanese historian
*[[Shūdō Higashinakano]] (東中野 修道), a Japanese historian.
*[[Shūdō Higashinakano]], Japanese historian
*[[Yutaka Tsujinaka]] (辻中 豊), a professor of political science at the [[University of Tsukuba]].
*[[Yutaka Tsujinaka]], professor of political science at the [[University of Tsukuba]]
*[[Keiko McDonald]], an American orientalist.
*[[Keiko McDonald]], American orientalist
*[[Akiko Kiso]], a Japanese classicist.
*[[Akiko Kiso]], Japanese classicist
*[[Harue Tsutsumi]], Japanese playwright

*[[Koushun Takami]], journalist and author of ''[[Battle Royale (novel)|Battle Royale]]''
===Mathematic and Economic===
*[[Taku Mayumura]], Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, 1974 and 1996 [[Seiun Award]] winner
<gallery>
*[[Akira Hori]], Japanese science fiction writer, 1980 [[Nihon SF Taisho Award]] and [[Seiun Award]] winner
File:Michio_Morishima.jpg|[[Michio Morishima]] (森嶋 通夫), economist, co-founder of [[International Economic Review]].
*[[Yasumi Kobayashi]], Japanese author of horror, science fiction, and mystery, 2012 and 2017 [[Seiun Award]] winner
File:Shizuo_Kakutani.jpg|[[Shizuo Kakutani]] (角谷 静夫), mathematician, professor at [[Yale]], known for [[Kakutani fixed-point theorem]].
*[[Takahiro Kimura]], Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer
File:Jun-iti_Nagata.jpg|[[Jun-iti Nagata]] (長田 潤一), a Japanese mathematician specializing in topology.
*[[Ichirō Sakaki]], Japanese light novel writer
File:Ikeda_01.jpg|[[Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda]] (池田 正敏), a Turkish mathematician of Japanese ancestry.
</gallery>
*[[Hiroshi Haruki]] (春木 博), mathematician, author of Haruki's theorem and Haruki's Lemma.
*[[Tadashi Nakayama (mathematician)|Tadashi Nakayama]] (中山正), a mathematician who made important contributions to [[representation theory]].
*[[Katsumi Nomizu]] (野水 克己), a Japanese-American mathematician known for his work in [[differential geometry]].
*[[Hidehiko Yamabe]] (山辺 英彦), a Japanese mathematician known for [[Yamabe flow]], [[Yamabe invariant]], [[Yamabe problem]].
*[[Toru Kumon]] (公文 公), a Japanese mathematics educator, developer of [[Kumon method]].
*[[Kengo Hirachi]] (平地 健吾), a Japanese mathematician, specializing in [[CR geometry]] and mathematical analysis.
*[[Yozo Matsushima]] (松島 与三), a Japanese mathematician.
*[[Masao Ogaki]] (大垣 昌夫), a Japanese economist at [[Keio University]].
*[[Giorgio Brunello]], an Italian economist.
*[[Kazuya Kamiya]] (神谷 和也), Japanese economics, professor at [[Kobe University]].
*[[Takero Doi]] (土居 丈朗), Japanese economist.


===Politics===
===Politics===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Japanese_Deputy_Foreign_Minister_Yabunaka.jpg|[[Mitoji Yabunaka]] (薮中 三十二), the current Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.
File:Japanese_Deputy_Foreign_Minister_Yabunaka.jpg|[[Mitoji Yabunaka]], current Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
File:Heizo_Takenaka_2008.jpg|[[Heizo Takenaka]] (竹中 平蔵), economist serving as [[Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications]]
File:Heizo_Takenaka_2008.jpg|[[Heizo Takenaka]], [[Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications]]
File:Shinji_Tarutoko_cropped_2_Shinji_Tarutoko_Minshu_IMG_5451_20130707.jpg|[[Shinji Tarutoko]] (樽床 伸二), a Japanese politician and former member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)]].
File:Shinji_Tarutoko_cropped_2_Shinji_Tarutoko_Minshu_IMG_5451_20130707.jpg|[[Shinji Tarutoko]], former member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]
</gallery>
</gallery>
*[[Shuzen Tanigawa]] (谷川 秀善), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)]] in the Diet.
*[[Shuzen Tanigawa]], Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, member of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]]
*[[Satoshi Umemura]] (梅村 聡), a Japanese politician of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]], a member of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)]] in the Diet.
*[[Satoshi Umemura]], Japanese politician of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]], member of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]]
*[[Mitsuo Mitani]] (三谷 光男), a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)]] in the Diet
*[[Mitsuo Mitani]], Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]
*[[Tadashi Maeda (politician)|Tadashi Maeda]] (前田 正), a Japanese politician served s in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)]].
*[[Tadashi Maeda (politician)|Tadashi Maeda]], member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]
*[[Wataru Ito]] (伊藤 渉), a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party.
*[[Wataru Ito]], Japanese politician of the [[New Komeito Party]]
*[[Keisuke Kihara]] (木原 敬介), a former mayor of [[Sakai, Osaka]] in Japan.
*[[Keisuke Kihara]], former mayor of [[Sakai, Osaka]] in Japan
*[[Ko Ko Oo]], scientist and former [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Burma)|Minister of Science and Technology]] of [[Burma]]
*[[Ko Ko Oo]], former [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Burma)|Minister of Science and Technology]] of [[Burma]]
*[[Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed]], [[SAARC]] Secretary-General
*[[Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed]], [[SAARC]] Secretary-General

===Entertainment creators===
<gallery>
File:Norihiko_Hibino.jpg|[[Norihiko Hibino]] (日比野 則彦), a Japanese video game composer and saxophonist.
</gallery>
*[[Harue Tsutsumi]] (堤 春恵), a Japanese playwright.
*[[Koushun Takami]] (高見 広春), journalist and author of ''[[Battle Royale (novel)|Battle Royale]]''
*[[Taku Mayumura]] (眉村 卓), a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, 1974 and 1996 [[Seiun Award]] winner.
*[[Akira Hori]] (堀 晃), a Japanese science fiction writer, 1980 [[Nihon SF Taisho Award]] and [[Seiun Award]] winner.
*[[Yasumi Kobayashi]] (小林 泰三), a Japanese author of horror, science fiction, and mystery, 2012 and 2017 [[Seiun Award]] winner.
*[[Takahiro Kimura]] (木村 貴宏), a Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer.
*[[Ichirō Sakaki]] (榊 一郎), a Japanese light novel writer.

==Media==
*''Handai Post''<ref>[https://www.unn-news.com/handai-post/ ''Handai Post''] {{dead link|date=April 2023}}</ref> – student newspaper
*''Handai Walker''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.coop.osaka-u.ac.jp/GI/walker/|title=Handai Walker 編集部 |date=April 15, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415205955/http://www.coop.osaka-u.ac.jp/GI/walker/ |accessdate=March 1, 2023|archive-date=2005-04-15 }}</ref> – student newspaper


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34°49′09″N 135°31′36″E / 34.81917°N 135.52667°E / 34.81917; 135.52667

Osaka University
大阪大学
Osaka University logo
Motto地域に生き世界に伸びる
Motto in English
Live Locally, Grow Globally
TypePublic (National)
EstablishedKaitokudo founded 1724; Osaka Imperial University established 1931
Budget186.718 billion yen (2023)[1][2]
PresidentShojiro Nishio
Academic staff
3,357[1]
Administrative staff
3,672[1]
Students23,226[1]
Undergraduates15,075[1]
Postgraduates8,151[1]
3,374[1]
Other students
537 (research students and auditors)[3]
Location
Toyonaka/Suita/Minoh
,
Osaka
,
Japan
CampusSuburban, 1.58 km²[2]
Authorized Student Groups59 sports-related, 70 culture-related[4]
Colors  Sky blue
MascotDr. Wani[5]
Websiteosaka-u.ac.jp

Osaka University (大阪大学, Ōsaka daigaku), abbreviated as OU or Handai (阪大), is a national research university in Osaka, Japan. The university traces its roots back to Edo-era institutions Tekijuku (1838) and Kaitokudo (1724), and was officially established in 1931 as the sixth of the Imperial Universities in Japan, with two faculties: science and medicine. Following the post-war educational reform, it merged with three pre-war higher schools, reorganizing as a comprehensive university with five faculties: science, medicine, letters, law and economics, and engineering.[6] After the merger with Osaka University of Foreign Studies in 2007, Osaka University became the largest national university in Japan by undergraduate enrollment.

Osaka University is one of the most productive research institutions in Japan. Numerous prominent scholars and scientists have attended or worked at Osaka University, such as Nobel Laureate in Physics Hideki Yukawa, manga artist Osamu Tezuka, Lasker Award winner Hidesaburō Hanafusa, author Ryōtarō Shiba, and discoverer of regulatory T cells Shimon Sakaguchi.

History

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Osaka Imperial University Nakanoshima campus

The academic traditions of Osaka University reach back to the Kaitokudō (懐徳堂), an Edo-period school for local citizens founded in 1724, and the Tekijuku (適塾), a school of Rangaku for samurai founded by Ogata Kōan in 1838. The spirit of the university's humanities programmes is believed to be intimately rooted in the history of the Kaitokudō, whereas that of the natural and applied sciences is based upon the traditions of the Tekijuku.[6] Osaka University traces its modern origins back the founding of Osaka Prefectural Medical School in downtown Osaka City in 1869. The school was later designated the Osaka Prefectural Medical College with university status by the University Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No. 388) in 1919. The Medical College merged with the newly founded College of Science to form Osaka Imperial University in 1931. Osaka Imperial University was the sixth imperial university in Japan. Osaka Technical College was incorporated to form the School of Engineering two years later. The entire university was renamed Osaka University in 1947.

After merging with Naniwa High School and Osaka High School as a result of the government's education system reform in 1949, Osaka University started its postwar era with five faculties: Science, Medicine, Engineering, Letters, and Law. Since that time new faculties and research institutes have been established, including the first Japanese School of Engineering Science and the School of Human Sciences which covers such cross-disciplinary research interests as broadly as psychology, sociology, and education. Built on the then-existing faculties, ten graduate schools were set up as part of the government's education system reform program in 1953. Two more graduate faculties were added in 1994.

In 1993, Osaka University Hospital was relocated from the Nakanoshima campus in downtown Osaka to the Suita campus, completing the implementation of the university's plan to integrate the scattered facilities into the Suita and Toyonaka campuses. In October 2007, a merger between Osaka University and the Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Minoh was completed. The merger made Osaka University one of two national universities in the country with a School of Foreign Studies, along with the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. The merger also made Osaka University the largest national university in Japan.

Campus

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Osaka University Hall
Medical Building
Minoh Campus

Toyonaka campus

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The Toyonaka campus is home to faculties of Humanities, Law, Economics, Science, and Engineering Science. It is also the academic base for Graduate Schools of International Public Policy, Language and Culture, a portion of Information Science, and the Center for the Practice of Legal and Political Expertise. All undergraduates attend classes on the Toyonaka campus during their first year of enrollment. Sports activities are primarily concentrated on the Toyonaka campus, with the exception of tennis, which is located in Suita.

Suita campus

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The Suita campus houses faculties of Human Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Engineering. It contains the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and a portion of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology. The campus is also home to the Osaka University Hospital and the Nationwide Joint Institute of Cybermedia Center and Research Center for Nuclear Physics.

Minoh campus

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The Minoh campus was incorporated following the merger with the Osaka University of Foreign Studies in October 2007. The Minoh campus is home to the School of Foreign Studies, the Research Institute for World Languages, and the Center for Japanese Language and Culture.

In addition to these three campuses, the former Nakanoshima campus, the university's earliest campus located in downtown Osaka, served as the hub for the faculty of medicine until the transfer to the Suita campus was completed in 1993.[7] In April 2004, the Nakanoshima campus became the university's Nakanoshima Center, serving as a venue for information exchange, adult education classes, and activities involving academic as well as non-academic communities.

Organization

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Osaka University consists of 11 undergraduate schools and 15 graduate schools. The undergraduate schools include Letters, Human Sciences, Foreign Studies, Law, Economics, Science, (Faculty of) Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, and Engineering Science. At postgraduate level, the schools cover a range of disciplines: Humanities, Human Sciences, Law and Politics, Economics, Science, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Engineering Science, International Public Policy, Information Science and Technology, Frontier Biosciences, Law (Law School), and the United School of Child Development, which is a collaboration with Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and the University of Fukui.[8]

Osaka University also has 21 research institutes, 4 libraries, and 2 university hospitals.[9]

Some staff at Osaka University are represented by the General Union, a member of the National Union of General Workers, which is itself a member of the National Trade Union Council.[10]

Osaka University maintains four overseas Centers for Education and Research, in San Francisco, Groningen, Bangkok, and Shanghai.

English-medium programs

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Osaka University's School of Human Sciences on the Suita Campus hosts an English-medium four-year undergraduate degree program.[11] The program started in 2011 as a result of the national government's G30 (Global 30) Project. Although the government ended the G30 Project in 2014[12] and replaced it with the Top Global University Project, the OU Human Sciences International Undergraduate Program continues. Areas of study include sociology, anthropology, philosophy, education, behavioral sciences, psychology, human development, and area studies. Focus is on the development of an interdisciplinary, international, and problem-solving orientation to research and education. The degree programme is based on international benchmarking standards, has competitive entry requirements and attracts students from all over the world. The current director of this programme is Beverley Yamamoto, who leads a UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education.

Osaka University's Graduate School of Humanities hosts another English-medium program in Global Japanese Studies for graduate students, one of the Graduate Programs for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies.[13]

Academic alliances

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Osaka University has academic exchange agreements with a large number of universities in other countries and regions. These academic exchange agreements have been concluded on the university-to-university level and also on the school-to-school level. Joint research as well as researcher and student exchanges take place between Osaka University and these universities and schools. At certain of these universities and schools, it is possible for undergraduate and graduate students to take classes and/or engage in research for up to one year without paying tuition to that university or school while retaining their enrollment status at their home university. Inter-university agreements number is 156, and inter-faculty agreements number is 651 as of May 1, 2024.[14]

Osaka University's academic alliances include Cornell University (1989), Harvard University (2008), Stanford University (2008), and the California Institute of Technology (2008) in the United States, McGill University (1996), the University of Toronto (1999) and the University of British Columbia (2019) in Canada, Seoul National University (2000) and Yonsei University (1998) in South Korea, Peking University (2001) and Tsinghua University (2004) in China, the National University of Singapore (2008), the National Taiwan University (2008), the University of Hong Kong, and Australian National University (1995). In Europe, alliances include the University of Groningen (2002), the University of Bologna (2006), the University of Geneva (2007), and the University of Cologne (1982). Allied institutions in the United Kingdom include the University of Oxford (1997) and the Imperial College London (2006).

Academic rankings

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University rankings
THE National[15] General 3
QS Asia
(Asia version)[16]		 General 24
THE Asia
(Asia version)[17]		 General 28
THE World[18] General 175
QS World[19] General 86
ARWU World[20] Research 151–200

General

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Osaka University is recognised as a prestigious university, evident in its consistent high rankings both domestically and internationally. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds, Osaka University was placed 80th globally and 3rd in Japan, after UTokyo and KyotoU.[21] In the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it was ranked 175th globally.[22]

As a research institution, Osaka University ranks highly in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, it is ranked 2nd for innovation in Japan and 22nd worldwide.[23]

Subjects

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Its notable research achievements include leading positions in immunology (first in Japan, fourth globally), material science (fourth in Japan, fifteenth globally), and chemistry (fifth in Japan, fourteenth globally).[24] It also ranks seventh for research funding per researcher in the Japanese COE Programme and third in Japan for the number of patents accepted in 2017.[25]

In the Nature index 2024 annual table, Osaka University was ranked 34th globally for its output in selected journals in the fields of natural sciences and Health Sciences research, among all leading research institutions in the world (3rd in Japan).[26]

Selectivity

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Osaka University is one of the most selective universities in Japan. In most Japanese university selectivity tables, Osaka University comes after the top two universities, the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.

Athletics

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Osaka University and Nagoya University hold regular Athletics Competition every year. Recent years Osaka also has a regular windsurfing competition relationship with Kyoto University, Kobe University,[30] and Taiwan's National Sun Yat-sen University.[31]

Notable people

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Sciences

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Business and Arts

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Politics

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "大阪大学プロフィール" (PDF) (in Japanese). 大阪大学 企画部 広報課. 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2023年版". Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "学生数（学部学生、大学院学生、非正規生）". 1 May 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021. 特別聴講学生を含まない。
  4. ^ Introduction to Official Student Groups. Accessed on 2018-12-18.
  5. ^ "大阪大学 ワニ博士". www.osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b "History of the University". Osaka University. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  7. ^ History of Osaka University — Osaka University. Osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved on 2011-06-26.
  8. ^ "Osaka University - Schools & Centers". Osaka University. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ^ History of Osaka University — Osaka University. Osaka-u.ac.jp (2007-10-01). Retrieved on 2014-06-17.
  10. ^ General Union website Osaka U: Massive cuts to come for part-timers Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on June 6, 2012
  11. ^ "Human Science International Undergraduate Degree Program OSAKA UNIVERSITY". Human Science International Undergraduate Degree Program OSAKA UNIVERSITY. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  12. ^ "DEGREE PROGRAMS in English at Kyushu University | Our Globalization Project : MEXT's "Global 30" Project |". www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  13. ^ "高度副プログラム「グローバル・ジャパン・スタディーズ」(Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies Program in Global Japanese Studies)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Osaka University - International Exchange Agreements". 1 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Japan University Rankings 2023". Times Higher Education. 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. ^ "QS Asian University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  18. ^ "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  19. ^ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  21. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2024: Top Global Universities". QS Top Universities. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  22. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 25 September 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan". Thomson Reuters. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011. This ranking includes 5 non-educational institutions.
  24. ^ "Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan" (PDF). Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012. This ranking includes non-educational institutions.
  25. ^ "特許行政年次報告書2018年版, Japanese patent office, accessed February 4, 2019" (PDF). www.jpo.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  26. ^ "Nature Index Tables - Top 200 institutions". Nature Index Tables - Top 200 institutions. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  27. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024". QS World University Rankings.
  28. ^ "World University Rankings by subject". Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
  29. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023". Academic Ranking of World Universities.
  30. ^ "京阪神戦". handaiyacht.jimdofree.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  31. ^ "第一回 大阪大学・台湾中山大学ヨット定期戦 結果報告". handaiyacht.jimdofree.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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