Osaka University
| Osaka University 大阪 大学 |
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| motto |
Chiiki ni iki, Sekai ni nobiru ( 地域 に 生 き 世界 に 伸 び る dt. "Live regionally, grow globally") |
| founding | 1931 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Suita , Japan |
| management | Toshio Hirano |
| Students | 23,561 |
| Employee | 6,155 (full-time), 3,587 (part-time) |
| Annual budget | 153.526 billion yen (€ 1.073 billion) |
| Networks | IAU |
| Website | www.osaka-u.ac.jp |
The Osaka University ( Japanese 大阪大学 Osaka daigaku ), short HanDai ( 阪大 ), is a state university in Japan. It is counted among the most prestigious and selective universities in the country and is one of the nine imperial universities .
The eleven faculties are spread across three locations in the north of Osaka Prefecture . The number of students is 23,561 (15,562 undergraduates and 7,999 in the master's and doctoral courses, as of March 2014).
Locations
The university has three locations: The Suita campus ( 34 ° 49 ′ 9 ″ N , 135 ° 31 ′ 36.1 ″ E, ) is located in the Close to the former site of the 1970 World Exhibition . a. the natural science and engineering faculties and the university hospital .
The Toyonaka campus ( 34 ° 48 ′ 15.5 ″ N , 135 ° 27 ′ 18.8 ″ E ) is smaller and a few kilometers away. There are u. a. the Faculties of Law and Economics .
The Minō campus ( 34 ° 51 ′ 12.2 ″ N , 135 ° 30 ′ 59.5 ″ E ) is the campus of the former Osaka Foreign Language University ( 大阪 外国語 大学 , Ōsaka gaikokugo daigaku , founded 1921), which opened in October 2007 Faculty of Foreign Studies.
history
A spiritual origin of the university is the private school Kaitokudō ( die 徳 堂 ), which was founded in 1724. During the Edo period , the Kaitokudō served as an educational institution for the citizens of Osaka and was closed in 1869. In 1916 the school was rebuilt by the Kaitokudō Memorial Foundation ( Kaitokudō Kinenkai ). On March 14, 1945, during the Osaka air raid in the Pacific War , the school lost its school building; only her books survived the war, donated to Osaka University in 1949. Today the Kaitokudō Memorial Foundation is part of the Faculty of Humanities.
Another origin is the private school Tekijuku ( 適 塾 ), which was founded by the doctor Ogata Kōan (1810-1863) in 1838. The school closed in 1869; the teachers and apprentices moved to the new public medical school. It gained university status in 1919. In 1931 the university became the Imperial University of Osaka ( 大阪 帝国 大学 Ōsaka teikoku daigaku ), the eighth of the nine imperial universities . It initially had two faculties: medicine and science. The first campus was on the island of Nakanoshima in the center of Osaka ( 34 ° 41 ′ 31.4 ″ N , 135 ° 29 ′ 27.7 ″ E ). The campus was in use until the 1990s.
In 1933, the former Osaka Technical University ( 大阪 工業 大学 , Ōsaka kōgyō daigaku , founded in 1896) became the Faculty of Engineering ( 34 ° 41 ′ 57.8 ″ N , 135 ° 31 ′ 46.9 ″ O. This campus was used until 1970 ).
In 1947 the Imperial University was renamed Osaka University . In 1949 it was merged with Osaka High School ( 大阪 高等学校 ), Naniwa High School ( 浪 速 高等学校 ; today's Toyonaka campus is its former location) and Osaka Pharmaceutical College ( 大阪 薬 学 専 門 学校 ) to form the new Osaka University.
In Germany the university cooperates u. a. with the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the University of Bielefeld .
Well-known institutions and scientists
The university is known for its immunology research center , among other things . Shizuo Akira , who is regarded as the world's most cited scientist, teaches there . Robotic research is also recognized worldwide . a. is represented by Hiroshi Ishiguro (known for his robot doppelganger) and Minoru Asada (co-founder of the RoboCup ).
Faculties
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Ethnology, Education and Psychology (School of Human Sciences)
- Faculty of Foreign Studies (English School of Foreign Studies)
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Human Medicine
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Basic Technology (School of Engineering Science)
See also
Web links
- Homepage - English and Japanese
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/about/outline.html , accessed on March 10, 2014.
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Wayback Machine. April 22, 2011, accessed December 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Kaitokudo Kinenkai: Kaitokudo and Osaka University , accessed June 10, 2012.
- ↑ International office page of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Accessed December 26, 2012
- ↑ Intensive and far-reaching cooperation agreement signed by Bielefeld and Osaka Universitiese page of Bielefeld University. Accessed March 10, 2014
- ^ Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University
- ^ Profiles: Innate ability
- ↑ Hiroshi Ishiguro: The Man Who Made a Copy of Himself