ACCESS Sugimoto Campus Abiko sta. JR Sugimotocho sta. Osaka City University Sugimoto Campus 0SAKA CITY N UNIVERSITY Sugimoto Campus 3-3-138 Sugimoto Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585 JAPAN Access by Public Transport: 5 min. walk from Sugimoto-cho Station (JR Hanwa Line) 2020 From Kansai Airport: Take the Kansai-Airport Rapid Service, change at Sakai-shi to a local train for Tennoji and get off at Sugimoto-cho Station Abeno Campus Umeda Satellite Faculty of Medicine (Graduate School of Urban Management, Graduate School for Creative Cities and Academic Extension Center) MIO Hankyu JR Osaka Sta. Tennoji Sta. Daimaru Hanshin Kintetsu Umeda Sta. Higashi Umeda Osaka Sta. Osaka City University Abenobashi Sta. Abeno Campus Nishi Umeda N Sta. Osaka eki mae No.2bldg Abeno Campus Osaka City University 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka Umeda Satellite 545-8585 JAPAN (Faculty of Medicine) 1-5-17 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka Umeda Satellite 545-0051 JAPAN (School of Nursing) 1-2-2-600 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001 JAPAN Access by Public Transport: Access by Public Transport: 10 min. walk from Tennoji Station 1 min. walk from Kitashinchi Station (JR Hanwa Line and Subway Midosuji Line) (JR Tozai Line) 10 min. walk from Osaka Abenobashi Station 3 min. walk from Umeda/Nishi Umeda/ (Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line) Higashi Umeda Station (Subway), From Kansai Airport: Umeda Station (Hanshin Line), Take the Kansai-Airport Rapid Service or Osaka Station (JR Line) Haruka Ltd. Express and get off at Tennoji Station From Kansai Airport: Take the Kansai-Airport Rapid Service for Kyobashi and get off at Osaka Station 2019.7 OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY Message from the President History Osaka City University Osaka City University Osaka City University is one of the largest public universities in Japan, and the only multidisciplinary university in “The university is here for the city, and the city is here for the university.” Osaka City. It is also the first city university in Japan, tracing its beginnings to the Osaka Commercial Training Institute founded in 1880. This institute was founded thanks to the leadership of Tomoatsu Godai, a cosmopolitan samurai who lived by the motto of “tari” (the idea of giving priority to others), and who was said to be the founding father of the modern economy of Osaka, responsible for modernizing the city. To mark the opening of our predecessor, the Osaka Commercial Training Institute, Dr. Hajime Seki, the mayor of Osaka at the time, made a quote, saying that as a university with the goal of fostering academia in the background Nobel Prizes of the city of Osaka, “This institution should not be an imitation of Japan’s national universities.” These words have Dr. Yoichiro Nambu（1921-2015） （Distinguished Professor Emeritus） been carried on from one generation to the next as the spirit of establishing our university. Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 for This spirit has given our university a freehearted character, and it has produced many great alumni. Among them are the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry Distinguished Professor Yoichiro Nambu, who established the theoretical physics group at our university and won 1880 1928 in subatomic physics. the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 for the discovery of the theory of spontaneous broken symmetry, which is the Establishment of Founding of basis for elementary particle physics. He was followed by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, Director of the Center for iPS Cell the Osaka Commercial Osaka University of Commerce, Training Institute the frst city university in Japan Research and Application, Kyoto University, who earned his PhD from Osaka City University, and won the Nobel Dr. Shinya Yamanaka Founded by Tomoatsu Godai, the Hajime Seki, the Mayor of Osaka at Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for his research on iPS cells (induced pluripotent stem cells). In the business （1993 OCU Graduate School of world as well, many founders of major companies and representatives of stock market listed companies, as well as father of the modern economy of the time, made the motto “The Medicine alumnus） Osaka, as the second school of university is here for the city, and the internationally active alumni have graduated from our university. business law in Japan after city is here for the university,” and so Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2012 Tokyo. the first city university in Japan was for the discovery that mature cells What does society need? Talented people who can clearly indicate what they will study, what they can do, and what established with strong expectations can be reprogrammed to become they want to do at university. The significance of enrolling in university is to find and decide your purpose in life. At of the residents of Osaka. pluripotent. our university, we focus on education to achieve this. We consider worldliness and communication to be two important skills, and so have arranged programs including not only liberal arts and specialized education, as well as the science of Osaka’s famous “comedy” culture, international business practice, and global practical economist Advanced Faculty of Commerce, development. We also actively promote overseas exchanges and support extracurricular activities. Osaka University of Commerce Osaka Commercial Osaka City 1928 Training Institute Commercial School Nothing would make me happier than for everyone who studies at this university to enjoy deeper communication 1880 1889 Osaka University of Commerce (under old edu. system) with good teachers and friends as they get a running start towards the goals in life they have found here, all in this 1928 liberal academic environment cultivated by our traditions. My slogan for the university is to be “a local base of Osaka City Osaka City knowledge, health, and smiling faces.” Let us follow that slogan, and grow together at a university we can be even Technical School MiyakojimaTechnical College 1907 1945 Osaka City University more proud of, where we turn dreams into reality. 1949 Osaka City Nishi Ward Osaka City Women’s Girls’ Higher Training School College 1921 1947 Osaka City Institute for Economic Research 1928 Osaka City Medical Osaka City Medical School Osaka City Medical School College (under old edu. system) (under new edu. system) 1944 1947 1952 TETSUO ARAKAWA President, Osaka City University Contents 2 Message from the President Faculties & Graduate Schools 20 Research Institutes and Facilities 3 History 10 Business 22 Information for International Students 4 OCU at a Glance 11 Economics 26 Overseas Partner Institutions 6 Why Study at OCU? 12 Law 28 Access 8 Advanced Research Activities 13 Literature & Human Sciences 14 Science 15 Engineering 16 Medicine 1889 1949 Traditional boat races Launch of Osaka City University, a new incarnation 17 Nursing This tradition started as a “water sports competition” Based on the system for new universities, Osaka City 18 Human Life Science when there were not any schools holding boat races. University was launched as the only public university 19 Urban Management / Creative Cities It has become a famous event in Osaka, beloved by on a scale befitting multidisciplinary universities.The 02 the residents. first president was Kyo Tsuneto. 03 OCU At a Glance Osaka City University Osaka City University Faculties and Graduate Schools International Exchange Agreements Library Collections Literature and Business Economics Law Human Sciences Undergraduate Medicine Human Life Science Engineering 8Faculties Medicine Nursing Science 180 Literature and Business Economics Law Human Sciences Human Life Graduate Science Engineering Medicine Nursing with World-wide Institutions Science MoUs 2,500,000+ Schools Urban Creative 11 Management Cities books Research Students / International Students / Staff As of May, 2019 Researchers Dispatched Foreign Researchers Accepted （FY 2017） （FY 2017） Students International Students Staff total total total total total 982 77 8,292 332 2,280 Asia 424 Asia 43 Business 1,012 Business 43 Academic 733 Europe 278 Europe 25 Economics 992 Economics 60 Administative 1,547 North America 216 North America 5 Law 773 Law 11 *Includes Univ. Hospital staff Oceania 37 Africa 2 Literature and Human Sciences 883 Literature and Human Sciences 98 Africa 10 Oceania 1 Science 936 Science 13 Middle East 9 Middle East 1 Engineering 1,696 Engineering 47 Central and South America 8 Medicine 872 Medicine 13 Nursing 264 Nursing 1 Human Life Science 666 Human Life Science 30 Amount of External Funds Received（Unit: 1 million yen） Creative Cities 72 Creative Cities 10 Urban Management 126 Urban Management 6 5000 4500 Subsidies 4000 Clinical Trial Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Campus（in Osaka City） 3500 Donations 3000 Joint Research Sugimoto Campus Abeno Campus Umeda Satellite 2500 Contract Research Business, Medicine, Urban Management, Economics, Nursing Creative Cities, 2000 Law, Academic Extension Center Literature and Human Sciences, 1500 Science, 1000 Engineering, Human Life Science, 500 Urban Management, 0 Creative Cities, 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Media Center, etc. 04 05 Osaka City University Osaka City University Why Study at OCU? Founder’s Noble Spirit Fused with Mercantile Rationalism One of our inspirational founders was Tomoatsu Godai, a former samurai who understood the importance of industrialization. He studied in Britain before the Meiji Revolution in 1868, a landmark of Japanese modernization, and greatly contributed to the development of modern Osaka, a city of commerce, industry, culture and innovation. Godai’s core belief was to think of others before thinking of oneself. Good for Everyone（Sanpo-yoshi） Social Conscience of Osaka Citizens Godai was enthusiastically supported by the people of Osaka. Why? Because his attitude was perfectly aligned with the merchants’ belief in sanpo-yoshi, which means “benefit for all three sides”: vendors, customers and society in general. OCU Innovators OCU adopts Godai’s spirit in its disciplines. In research as well as in education, we foster modern samurai and encourage them to venture out in various intellectual fields, always thinking of others.