Osaka University

Osaka University
大阪大学
Motto	地域に生き世界に伸びる
Motto in English	Live Locally, Grow Globally
Type	Public (National)
Established	Kaitokudo founded 1724; Osaka Imperial University established 1931
Budget	156.604 billion yen (2021)
President	Shojiro Nishio
Academic staff	3,357
Administrative staff	3,672
Students	23,226
Undergraduates	15,075
Postgraduates	8,151
Doctoral students	3,374
Other students	537 (research students and auditors)
Location	Toyonaka/Suita/Minoh, Osaka, Japan
Campus	Suburban, 1.58 km²
Authorized Student Groups	59 sports-related, 70 culture-related
Colors	Sky blue
Mascot	Dr. Wani
Website	osaka-u.ac.jp

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

Osaka University (大阪大学, Ōsaka daigaku), abbreviated as 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, it 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.

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Facts & Figures on the University". www.osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "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。
^ Introduction to Official Student Groups. Accessed on 2018-12-18.
^ "大阪大学ワニ博士". www.osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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[Profile-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.

[Outline-2] "Facts & Figures on the University". www.osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[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.

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