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Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences carries on medicine and pharmaceutical sciences' aspirations to new generations through education, hoping to create a more enriched future. The university is committed to developing "humane and compassionate pharmacists" who meet social expectations and "highly creative researchers" with a global perspective. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences focuses on creating knowledge through its enterprising spirit and, as a community-based university, contributing to building a fulfilled and healthy society through healthcare services. To prepare pharmacists who can contribute to promoting advanced healthcare and community healthcare as professionals. To prepare specialists who can contribute to research and development in drug discovery, government pharmaceutical administration, and environmental issues. Promote research in pharmaceutical sciences and develop educators and researchers in pharmaceutical sciences. The open ceiling library provides students and staff with wide-open spaces. The library, housing approximately 92,000 Japanese and Western books, approximately 650 Japanese and Western scientific magazines, and approximately 2,000 AV materials, supplies a wide range of information in various fields. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences collects archival materials recording the university's history and the students learning there in various periods, explaining the progress of education of pharmaceutical sciences, and exhibits them in the Exhibition Room. The university collects AV materials in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences and medicine and those of famous paintings. Students can view them in the AV room on the fourth floor. Many students undergo practical training in this large-scale laboratory. The spacious laboratory extends far back but has a layout with a good view. The Career Support Room provides a rich store of data supporting job searches for students. Here, they can collect the necessary information and receive appropriate advice. A sophisticated space is created at the entrance featuring the pilotis, which allows sunlight to penetrate and wind to blow in. Students gather there to chat. There are a large variety of lecture rooms, including sizeable -, medium- and small-scale rooms. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences can deliver its educational programs to other universities and receive those of other universities using the remote education system. Training of dispensing in the aseptic preparation room. Students can learn practical dispensing in the latest facility. Before starting practical training, students acquire the techniques of aseptic preparation of injections here. General Preparation Room. General preparations such as capsules, powders, ointments, suppositories, and liquids are prepared in this room. Students learn the flow of preparation procedures and acquire the skills of operating devices and handling tools. Computer learning room. Students handle various types of information and receive 3D education. They learn how to handle drug information and audit prescriptions and various operations through computer-based training. Students can use carrels to study alone when they do not have classes. They prepare for/review classes and write reports/theses in an environment with good Internet access. Students enjoy their club/circle activities and school events to the full while studying pharmacy, aiming toward their future goals. Another great pleasure on the campus is meeting lifetime friends, with whom youths can inspire each other. Students at Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences actively participate in studies and afterschool activities, thereby leading a fulfilling life.

Since its founding in 1932, the Osaka University of Economics (OUE) has upheld the principles of"freedom and harmony" and"practical human learning."Having developed a mission statement in 2007, OUE has since strived to live up to it, with the motto: "Linking with society."In 2012, OUE will celebrate the 80th anniversary of its founding. We pay closer and more thoughtful attention to each student. Rather than relating to them as a group, we should approach them individually. In other words, it is necessary to impart"education with love," though the word"love" may sound a little pretentious. Japan faces an increasingly uncertain future amidst accelerating globalization. With"Dori was Tenchi two Tsuranuku"(Truth governs heaven and earth), the words of the first OUE President Dr. Iwao Kokusho, as the key phrase. OUE will pursue"education with high ideals" to develop individuals who can make meaningful contributions to the country and society in the 21st century. OUE gives students seminar-style classes from their first to the fourth year. By providing liberal arts and specialized education in a small-group seminar setting with maximum student-faculty interaction, OUE seeks to help students gain a solid academic foundation and the practical knowledge and skills needed to function successfully as productive workers. By emphasizing seminar teaching, we provide an enjoyable and fulfilling learning experience for our students, ensuring that they develop a greater sense of attachment and pride in OUE. It has become increasingly important for students to graduate with employable skills and knowledge. OUE provides various experience-based learning programs, including internships, fieldwork, and overseas training. Through these programs and seminars, we expect students to learn the proper manners expected of a full-fledged society member. Based on the idea of "practical human learning,"OUE seeks to cultivate in students a sound, independent personality, as well as the skills and knowledge needed for functioning effectively in the real world. OUE has a well-established career support system for helping students build successful career paths. From the first year, we encourage students to explore their future career options. By providing career guidance and counseling in close cooperation with seminar instructors, our career services staff help students make the best possible career choice. In today's tough economic times, it is increasingly difficult for new graduates to find employment. OUE also has a good reputation for postgraduate employment. We are committed to imparting quality education, producing competent professionals who can make valuable contributions to society in various fields. We will celebrate our 80th anniversary in 2012. However, this is but a passing point. We need to develop effective strategies from a long-term perspective, keeping the 90th and 100th anniversaries in mind, and vigorously pursue those strategies to achieve set goals. It is expected that the population of 18-year-olds will decrease rapidly from 2018. It is essential to pursue bold and outward-oriented policies instead of inward-oriented ones. OUE is an urban, midsized, multidiscipline university with a long tradition of education in economics and business administration. As stated in the third mid-term plan, our immediate objective is to become firmly established as the Kansai Region's leading university in economics and business administration. As a four-year university with graduate schools, two research institutes, and three research centers, OUE, located in Osaka City, will promote research activities in collaboration with local businesses, industries, and communities in the Kansai region. As we head toward the 100th anniversary in 2032, we at OUE will continue to strive toward our goal of becoming one of the nation's top universities in economics and business administration.

The origin of Osaka Electro-Communication University (O.E.C.U.) was the East Asian Telecommunications Engineering School, which was established in 1941. As a university, it is directly descended from Osaka Electro-Communication University Junior College, which was established in 1958. Osaka Electro-Communication University Junior College's Electronic Engineering Department was created simultaneously as the Electronic Engineering Departments at the University of Tokyo and Osaka University, making it the first such department private school in Japan. At the time, it was understood that manufacturing, based on electronic engineering, would help build the nation. The industrial world desired Four-year universities to educate technical experts, and O.E.C.U. was founded three years later in 1961. The University was opened with just a single engineering department, but has now reached its 58th year and has grown into a university with five faculties (Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Information Science and Arts and Faculty of Financial Economy), 15 departments and three graduate schools offering eight majors. The University has so far sent more than 50,000 graduates out into the world and has continued to fulfill its social role as an institute of higher education. In 2011, O.E.C.U. will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. To leave our mark on the next fifty years, we have created a new philosophy that inherits the traditions. We are sharing this philosophy with everyone who understands and supports the University and pledges to make every effort for these initiatives that serve as the foundation for the school's future progression. As we aim for further growth, in this academic year, we will establish a new Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Engineering and reorganize the Department of Digital Games in the Faculty of Information Science and Arts and establish a new Department of Games and Media. As a " university that extends the students," Osaka Electro-Communication University will push education that prioritizes practical learning to support the independent study of every student in a curriculum system for "practical learning education." We will actively work on P.B.L. (Project Based Learning), internships, joint university-industry courses, career education improvement, and certification acquisition promotion. We will strive to develop human resources who can play an active role independently in society. We ask you all for your continuing understanding and support. Fundamental principles: O.E.C.U. Aims to produce people who possess the characteristics sought after by the school and to be a place where students and teaching staff work together while further cultivating their characters through diligent study. O.E.C.U. Places importance on practical education that simultaneously utilizes the hands, head, and heart. O.E.C.U. Devotes itself to making great efforts for personal growth and continual learning. Ideal characteristics: People with real human power hone their ability to respond realistically and solve practical problems and autonomously work for self-growth. People who exhibit individuality and who contribute to society by fulfilling their roles responsibly. People who have pride in themselves live spiritually rich lives and strive to improve themselves. Our teaching staff serves to support O.E.C.U., and has created these guidelines to accomplish the ideals mentioned above. To fulfill the Fundamental Principles, we respond to the changing times and are open to innovation. We aim to be a unique university and provide students with added value and instruction they cannot find anywhere else. We unfailingly focus on the student and support their efforts to lead a meaningful student life. Because we believe that teaching staff is a valuable asset that supports the school, we work to improve their merit even further and return the students' results. We honor the school's history and future and aspire to contribute to the region and society as a whole.

Founder Taneo Shirai stated that Osaka Gakuin University should, through education and research, seek to develop individuals of both practical ability and broad vision, who can serve society at large and contribute to the peace and welfare of humankind, Osaka Gakuin University's history began in 1940 with the establishment of Kansai Accounting Institute, the forerunner of Kansai College of Accounting, now the oldest professional accounting school in Osaka. This institution has since developed into a full-scale general educational foundation comprising Osaka Gakuin University Graduate School, covering six disciplines (Graduate Schools of Commerce, Economics, International Studies, Law, Computer Science and Legal Profession(Law School)) Osaka Gakuin University, with eight faculties (Faculties of Distribution and Communication Sciences, Administrative Sciences, Economics, Law, Foreign Languages, International Studies, Informatics, and Corporate Intelligence), the Division of Correspondence Study (Faculty of Distribution and Communication Sciences, Department of Distribution and Communication Sciences), Osaka Gakuin Junior College with two departments (Departments of Business Administration and International Studies), Osaka Gakuin University High School and AST College. Osaka Gakuin University Organization continues its advance, always with a view toward the times' ongoing developments. It is now possible to instantaneously learn of events occurring almost anywhere on earth. Thus we have learned that many of the phenomena around the world do not necessarily occur independently from each other, but maybe inter-related, may influence each other internationally or in an interdisciplinary way. The expansion of IT (information technology) networks has ushered in an age of genuinely international exchange in terms of both scale and function, in which information can be shared on a global scale by individuals, bypassing nations and businesses. It is now possible for anyone to interact casually with all the rest of the world in our society. This means that, depending on ability, personality, and other factors, individuals have access to numerous opportunities that were unthinkable only a short time ago. In times like these, marked by increasingly active global communication and an expanding focus on individual competence, we believe that "individuals who have both practical ability and broad vision," as described in the founding principles of our University, are increasingly sought after. I also firmly believe that individuals of great practical ability and broad global vision, who are widely and profoundly cultured and dare to act, can offer excellent service to society by bringing about real affluence. In vigorously applying its founding principles, which emphasize the practical aspect of learning, Osaka Gakuin University seeks to enhance its educational system by continually broadening and deepening the scope of its academic endeavors, building a close network with universities around the world, and promoting practical education through overseas training. As we stay abreast of the times and what society now requires of education, Osaka Gakuin University's advanced educational technologies, augmented by its links with education and research-related networks, ensure the ideal environment and curriculum for students to explore their potential and develop their abilities to the fullest. Here, then, is your key to understanding, responding to, and leading the times.

Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, an institution surrounded by the rich natural scenery of the Katsuragi mountain range and Kansai International Airport, provides a convenient connection point to the international community. With an admission policy of "cultivating mind, virtue, and body through ceaseless effort in order to serve society" and a goal of cultivating human resources with expertise and knowledge in the fields of physical and general education, sport, health, and welfare, our university was established as the first institution of higher learning of physical education in the Kansai region in the year following the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. This year we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the university's founding. The university campus, which covers an area of approximately 270,000 square meters, features sports science research facilities, six specialized gymnasiums-which house handball, gymnastics, and judo facilities as well as a 25-m indoor pool-specialized outdoor facilities for track and field, soccer, rugby, and other sports, training facilities for performance improvement, and treatment facilities equipped with conditioning and medical-support functions. Within this environment, we have established three undergraduate schools and one graduate school. The School of Health and Sport Sciences incorporates two departments, Sports Education and Health and Sports Management, and offers six courses. The School of Health and Welfare Sciences incorporates the Department of Health and Welfare Sciences and offers three courses. The School of Education consists of the Department of Education and two courses, Elementary School Education and Health and Physical Education. These undergraduate schools collectively facilitate the acquisition of specialized knowledge in physical and general education, sports, and welfare. The Graduate School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, which offers Master's and Doctoral Courses, pursues a high academic research level. Since its founding, our university has produced more than 19,000 graduates engaged in a wide range of fields, including school education, local government, medical care, welfare, the business world, and the media. Our "Vision for 2024" is based on the objectives of cultivating leaders who can contribute to society, promoting world-leading research, and providing a support base for the sporting world, and are advancing concrete measures for its implementation from the perspectives of education, research, social contribution, and athletic ability. Building on our track record of the past five decades, we will continue to strive to be a valued university not only by ensuring the quality of our educational and research environment but also by broadening the scope of our exchanges with both domestic and overseas research institutions, thereby opening the door to a new era. Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences offers education and training in physical and general education, sports, and welfare. Our three undergraduate schools and one graduate school respond to the needs of the times. Approaching sport and physical education from various perspectives, the School of Health and Sport Sciences strives to produce specialists in these fields. With an emphasis on health, the School of Health and Welfare Sciences combines welfare and sport. The School of Education strives to produce educators who can ensure the healthy growth and intellectual development of our children, who hold society's future in their hands. The Graduate School of Sport and Exercise Sciences cultivates human resources with a broad perspective and high level of knowledge to respond to the advancement and diversification of physical education and sports science. With a deeper grasp of sport, health, welfare, and education, a reinvigorated Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences will, through the combined efforts of our three undergraduate schools and graduate school, devise courses to suit the times.

Osaka University of Commerce aims to offer comprehensive education towards our primary objective of "Nurturing Individuals Whom Will Benefit the World", and "Fostering a Spirit of Venture". After WWII, many new businesses sprang up in the Osaka area, and the most developed city amongst them was Higashi-Osaka. Established at its center, Osaka University of Commerce began from the desire to nurture talented individuals who will take up new challenges and benefit the world. OUC is based on the following four pillars: "Kindness and courtesy", "Fundamental practical learning", "Flexible thinking", and "Enjoyment of life". Among these, it is the last one, "Enjoyment of life," which expresses the university's most distinctive feature. It embodies our idea that individuals who will be genuinely beneficial to the world at large must first be happy themselves. Those who continue to feel a sense of challenge and enjoy tackling issues through positive thinking, even while experiencing difficulty and failure, are the winners in life. I hope that all our students will acquire the spirit behind this "Enjoyment of life". People today are passive in both their study and play. There should still be ways that we can actively enjoy and live our lives. There are many fun things to do in the world. And, among them, we need to challenge and learn new things. Please throw away the "manual" and reach for your self-fulfillment through action and creating things yourself. "Do not be a follower." From this concept, OUC has designed a curriculum based on: "First of all, think for yourself". For example, our OBP Course teaches students to create plans on their own and act towards revitalizing the local community. Naturally, many of these plans fail. However, rather than following the safe path according to past examples of success, we ultimately have much to learn from our failures. If you find yourself unsure of anything during your four years of university life, whether in study or play, I hope that all of our students would always choose the path of "action". By repeating this choice even after graduation, you will grow to be bigger and better human beings. Maintain the objective of not fearing failure, of challenging everything. And Osaka University of Commerce will support every person's start towards that challenge to the best of our ability.

Founded in 1971 by Dr. Naoyoshi Kanazawa, Osaka University of Economics and Law (OUEL) is nestled against the mountains in Yao, Osaka. OUEL is a social science university consisting of the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Law. In 2012, `The Oval', OUEL's new campus completed. The Oval is located at the center of Yao city, a five-minute walk from Kintetsu Yao station. The founder foresaw a universal stage for Japanese higher education in the future, and he also wished to eliminate elitism. Dr. Kanazawa also believed that economics and law were the twin pillars of society and believed that a student could build a praiseworthy character by mastering economics and law. This is the reason why the University established two faculties at its opening. The University is an independent institution for higher education, offering a Master's degree in Economics, and Bachelor's, degrees in Economics, Law and International Studies. Internationalization, Advance of information technology, and Small-class sizes study these three keystones are the educational creed of OUEL. OUEL has two main campuses. Hanaoka Campus is located at the base of the mountain range to the east of Osaka. It boasts a quiet natural environment surrounded by greenery and provides classroom instruction and independent study facilities with support from advisors and mentors. `Chronos', a modern building designed specifically to be a central venue for student activities, provides a restaurant, a cafeteria, a hall for live performances, as well as meeting and multi-functional indoor and outdoor areas. And Yao Campus, completed in 2012, is located in the heart of Yao City with excellent transportation access. It is only 5 minutes on foot from the station and puts OUEL within central Osaka's easy reach. OUEL provides quality invaluable educational opportunities abroad for the students at 63 universities and research Institutes in 25 countries and regions. OUEL also offers high-quality programs that make them accessible to capable students from sister universities worldwide and ensure they have worthwhile academic experiences in Japan.

Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) was founded in 1922 to develop specialists with science-based practical skills that play an essential role in the world, the people, and the community. OIT has three faculties Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, and Faculty of Intellectual Property, the last of which is the only one of its discipline in Japan. OIT also has its graduate schools, which include doctoral courses. As of May 2016, OIT has 6,745 undergraduate students, 354 graduate students, 287 faculty staff, 149 full-time administrative staff, and more than 100,000 alumni. OIT has three campuses: Omiya Campus, Umeda Campus, and Hirakata Campus, all located in Osaka prefecture. Umeda Campus is newly opened in spring 2017, located near the Osaka central station. OIT has 37 partner institutions in the world. In the 2015 academic year, OIT sent out 248 students and accepted 162 students in our study abroad programs. At the Osaka Institute of Technology, our mission is to develop specialists with science-based practical skills that play an essential role in society - for the world, for the people, and the community. Since OIT was founded more than 90 years ago, we have consistently striven to meet society's need for talented workers through thorough practical education, project-based learning, and partnerships with the broader academic and industrial community. We are proud of our contribution to Japan's social fabric and industrial advancement. Indeed, we see this as a tradition that must be passed down from generation to generation. In addition to the Faculties of Engineering, Information Science and Technology, and Intellectual Property, we established a new undergraduate department in April 2017, the Faculty of Robotics and Design Engineering. The new department will cover robotics from multiple perspectives, including artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and spatial and product design. As a result of this comprehensive approach, we aim to produce talented graduates able to help society achieve the advances necessary to make robots an integral part of our everyday lives. It will be the very model of a modern urban university campus and the ideal environment for nurturing young engineers with talent, innovation, and a focus on making people's daily lives better. Meanwhile, we are also planning to redevelop the Omiya Campus, which houses the Faculties of Engineering and Intellectual Property. The redevelopment is designed to implement gradual improvements that bring out the best in those departments and combine their unique strengths into something more significant than the sum of their parts. In an increasingly complex age, I believe the world needs a workforce with a balance of specialized expertise and the ability to innovate through cooperation. To that end, we at OIT have several overarching policies in place, including project-based learning. All engineering students undertake a systematic, interdisciplinary study of the sciences starting in their first year. Moreover, the revamp of the Graduate School of Engineering planned for the 2017 academic year will ensure that students can broaden their creative and vocational horizons through interaction with neighboring fields of study and rubbing shoulders with colleagues in different areas of research - all without compromising their opportunities to take advantage of the school's traditionally high level of specialist knowledge and technology. Indeed, the Omiya Campus's redevelopment is not intended to benefit individual departments but instead designed to promote a more splendid fusion of all OIT's academic departments as part of their activities. As outlined at the beginning of this message, our mission must remain the rock-solid foundation that connects students, educators, and stakeholders the past, the present, and the future as well as Japan and the rest of the world. Although attitudes and approaches may - and should - change with the times, it is only proper that we respect the history and traditions of those who made the Osaka Institute of Technology what it is today. As incoming president, I look forward to your ongoing support for our efforts to achieve OIT's mission in a way appropriate for the present day.

Osaka Kyoiku University (OKU) was founded in 1949 by consolidating three traditional schools in the area, which date to the 1870s. Today, OKU has two major campuses, one in Kashiwara City (670,000 square meters) and the other in mid-town Osaka City (50,000 square meters). OKU provides twenty-two day-time programs and one night-time program in Teacher Training, and fifteen day-time programs in the Department of Arts and Sciences at the undergraduate level. The OKU graduate school offers eighteen programs for a Master's degree in Education, Arts and Sciences, and Art. The primary mission of OKU is to foster qualified professionals in the field of school education and to develop and create knowledge and skills relevant to education. Osaka (ca. population eight million) is the birthplace of several world-class top-industries, especially many electronics, and marked by vigorous merchandise activity. Also, the area is close to many world-famous historical sites in Kyoto and Nara. OKU currently has 4,900 full-time students, including 153 international students from 15 countries enrolled in various undergraduate and graduate programs. OKU has just entered a new stage of its history with the mission of remaining at the forefront of delivering human and intellectual resources crucial to the world of education. Visit OKU and work together with us on our new challenge: education for knowledge-based societies in the twenty-first century. Today's Osaka Kyoiku University has its main campus (Kashiwara Campus) located about 20km east of central Osaka, inside Kongo Ikoma Quasi-National Park, where the graduates become educational personnel of significance through our teacher training and liberal arts education programs. We also have 11 other affiliated schools accommodating elementary and junior high school education and special needs education, in Tennoji-Ku and Hirano-Ku of Osaka-shi, and Ikeda-shi, Osaka Prefecture. In the School of Education, there are teacher training programs and liberal arts courses. The graduate school (master's program) comprises 18 specialized areas of study based either on teacher training and liberal arts. The enrollment is approximately 4,000 for the undergraduate and 500 for the graduate level. We also have approximately 110 international students. They are mainly from China, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Germany, France, Australia, the Philippines, and Afghanistan. The administrators at Osaka Kyoiku University consist of the University President, 4 Directors, and 2 Superintendents. The University is managed by the top administration of the board of directors centering on the University President. Essential matters regarding administration are brought before the management council (consisting of 6 external committees and six internal committees). Essential matters regarding education research are brought before the Education Research Council (consisting of 22 internal councilors). Osaka Kyoiku University has nine affiliated schools and one kindergarten (three elementary schools, three junior high schools, one high school in three school campuses, one school for disabled children, and one kindergarten). These schools and a kindergarten are established and located in Tennoji District and Hirano District in Osaka City, and Ikeda District in northern Osaka. They play essential roles in the educational research and practices, and teaching practices followed in conjunction with the University as the center, and in conducting various cooperative collaborations, including career and educational advancements, in each district.

Our university has a starting base on the training school for veterinary sciences founded in 1883. Since then, the number of students had increased and increased. Integrating three public universities in Osaka (old Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka Women's University, and Osaka Prefectural College of Nursing), we initiated a new OPU as a public university corporation in 2005. We have three campuses (Nakamozu campus, Habikino campus, and Rinku campus) and one downtown satellite office (I-site Namba). Nakamoto campus is the main campus which is located in Sakai-city. It takes one hour from Kansai International Airport. We have four colleges with thirteen schools for undergraduate students. There are about 6,000 undergraduate students. In our program for undergraduates, international students should have Japanese language ability. We also have seven graduate schools. There are about 1.500 students for master's degrees and 500 students for doctor degrees. For master students in the Graduate School of Engineering, there is a course in English. For doctor students in three graduate schools, candidates need not have Japanese language ability if they have English language ability. We have an International house (I-wing Nakamozu) on our main campus. Then international students have the chance to live there for their first year with Japanese resident assistants. There are various activities to promote the internationalization of the university there. OPU also accepts Internship students as exchange students from abroad. Osaka Prefecture University became a public university corporation by integrating the former Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka Women's University, and Osaka Prefecture College of Nursing. Each of the three institutions had been making a significant contribution to the advancement of education and academic research and the development of exceptional human resources for more than half a century, and Osaka Prefecture University inherited the value, asset, and history of each institution for further development and contribution to people and society at home and abroad. Library and Science Information Center. This is a center of the university's academic information open to the public with three primary functions of a library, an information network, and a lecture hall. The information network supports classes and practical training for information education and makes possible advanced researches and preparation of dissertations for the users. The main hall (U Hall Shirasagi) with a seating capacity of 1,200 can be used for various events. A conference hall with 300 people has a main hall, a small hall, a particular conference room equipped with a simultaneous interpreting system, and a salon for various uses to promote academic exchanges among the industry, the university, and the government.

Osaka Ohtani University welcomed its 50th year of the inauguration in 2016. In its fifty-year history, the university has emphasized education based on the founding principle of "repaying gratitude." As a university that places importance on "people" and the "heart," it has continued to raise people to approach others with a sense of mutual respect and a feeling of gratitude. From this tradition, feeling a sense of closeness between student and teacher or between students themselves is a unique feature of this university. The university also provides an education that responds to present-day needs. When the university was for women only, the university offered broad opportunities in higher education to foster women with leadership abilities. And even when the university became co-educational, in response to society's demands, it also fostered students with excellent practical qualities and teachers and pharmacists with high levels of specialization and human strength. From this kind of education, the university is proud that it has seen almost 25,000 graduates. The world is now in a period of change. A period of change where the framework of society is changing considerably. Everyone has to work his/her way through this period of dynamic change, which is challenging to forecast. In order to do this, it is necessary to acquire personal strength. This strength is the power to think and cooperate. This university provides an education where each individual can acquire knowledge and abilities under the educational principles of "independence," "creativity," and "collaboration." The university has established an education system based on small groups, where teachers can easily approach each student, communicate, and stretch students' ability to their full potential. The university also offers various programs incorporating fieldwork and collaboration with regional societies through practical lessons, volunteer activities, and internships. And from connecting these experiential studies to university classes, the students can deepen their specialist knowledge and forge practical strength. Everyone endeavor to obtain the strength to open up a future and face new challenges at Osaka Ohtani University.

Established in 1911, Osaka Dental University has a long history of education in the field of dentistry. The year 2011 will mark the 100th anniversary of our institution. In response to new trends in dental education, Osaka Dental University will change. More opportunities will be provided to potential students. Further improvements will be made in student education and faculty development. Greater emphasis will be placed on nurturing a rich sense of humanity, so crucial for medical practitioners. With these changes, we will continue our endeavors in providing oral health care specialists to the community. By the time of graduation, students are expected to have acquired the specialized knowledge and techniques of dentistry and dental medicine. They will also have been encouraged to cultivate a caring attitude, maintain a strong sense of responsibility toward the path they have chosen, acquire a philanthropic social outlook and spirit of dedication, and strive to work for the common good. Five Basic Goals: Improve branding to attract students. Improve scholastic performance. Improve teaching. Focus on cultivating a caring attitude. Focus on faculty development. Three Additional Goals: Expand student abilities to conduct the international exchange. Boost graduate school performance. Improve research capabilities. Our educational policy follows the general educational objectives and policies prescribed in Japan's Fundamental Low of Education. Our objective is to produce dental practitioners who are also well-balanced individuals capable of applying everything they learn at the university. To achieve this, we focus on academic scholarship relating to dentistry that involves in-depth research and teaching of theory and techniques in specialist fields and provides students with the knowledge, skills, and moral principles that a dentist needs in the real world. Accordingly, students of the university must have the aptitude and potential to be a dentist and study in line with this educational policy. The aptitudes needed to be a dentist are summarized in the three items below. The intellectual and scholastic ability needed to understand dentistrydefineheory and techniques and the technical aptitude to put them into practice. A sense of responsibility as a dentist, with a dentist's outlook on society, a broad worldview, attitude, will, and other facets of the character. The stamina and energy to do the physical work required of the dentist. To be a dentist, one cannot have one aptitude but lack another. All three aptitudes listed above are essential. The essential qualities (knowledge, clinical skills, communication, and attitude) necessary to become a dental practitioner are acquired. Dental medicine is covered through 6 years of lectures ranging from basic science to clinical studies. Also featured are integrated lectures that provide a more in-depth understanding. The new curriculum provides lectures methodically arranged for students to attain a comprehensive understanding of dental medicine. There are also integrated lectures conducted each year that laterally combine the different areas studied in daily courses. Thus, the curriculum enables students to effectively acquire a deeper understanding of the knowledge and obtain skills within the limited 6-year time frame. Since the lectures are labeled and ordered methodically, students can quickly figure out what they are studying (or what they are missing) in the general context. This eventually leads to the encouragement of self-study. As the first step in becoming a dentist, the mentality necessary as a health care provider is taught through fieldwork. Upon entering university, students conduct fieldwork at our university hospital. Before starting studies on dentistry, students observe the treatment of the patients at the university hospital. This is an opportunity for them to enhance their vocation as a future dentist and be prepared for the oncoming curriculum studies. Though the students yet do not have any specialized knowledge background, they attempt communication with the patients and their families. It is a way for the freshmen to realize the patients' fear and anxiety and think of ways to provide relief. The school supports the students in maintaining their concentration and motivation until test day. Information concerning the trends of the examination is analyzed and incorporated into the courses for preparation. Students aim for the national board examination standards studying in different classes depending on their progress. They are quizzed each morning, and full-scale simulation tests are conducted regularly. This helps the students to maintain their concentration during the long haul. There also is support from faculty through special lectures and private consultation sessions.

Osaka Medical College was founded in 1927 as a five-year higher school of medicine. Our College is the oldest of all medical schools among the private colleges and universities of western Japan. When our College was founded, Japan was in the midst of the Showa Great Depression, and large numbers of Japanese citizens immigrated to foreign countries, including China and Brazil. In response to this trend, Mr. Wataru Yoshizu, a member of the House of Representatives, founded our College to send groups of physicians to those countries as immigrants. This is why our college song contains lyrics about the Gobi Desert and flowers in the Amazon. This spirit was passed on to succeeding generations in the form of rescue and medical care activities at the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake and local medical care services that we send medical professionals to Hyogo Prefecture and Kochi Prefecture. The Faculty of Nursing was established anew in 2010. Furthermore, our College merged with Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences on April 1, 2016. It started afresh as a full-scale medical college, with the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Nursing, and the School of Pharmacology. The year 2017 marks our College's ninetieth anniversary. Expecting the centennial anniversary, we have taken up many projects, including the construction of the Central Operation Building and Kansai BNCT Medical Center (the medical base as a National Strategic Special Zone), the reconstruction of Takatsuki High School, and the renovation of the College Hospital's central ward. We are carrying out the reform of education/research organizations by recruiting university research administrators (URAs) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, as well as the reform of curricula, taking into account international certifications and the link between high school and colleges. We will enhance activities for globalization and exchanges of instructors and students with foreign countries by enhancing the Nakayama International Center for Medical Cooperation, improving the short-term study program in the US, Russia, the UK, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Singapore. To develop medical professionals who can contribute to society, we will maintain our high passing rate for the National Examination. We will contribute to local medical care services by sending physicians to Hyogo and Kochi prefectures and offering local medical-care practicum to medical schools, the nursing departments of colleges/universities, and pharmaceutical colleges. Through these activities, we provide "multi-disciplinary education" for the sake of "team medicine." As we strive to obtain more research funds from official third parties, we will establish our research base. We will provide FSD (FD + SD) to our faculty members to encourage the awareness that "all teachers work together in collaboration." Furthermore, we will establish the Institutional Research (IR) for providing important information on education and research to all our faculty members and students through college bulletins and President's Office HP (Open Mind). Based on the above five policies, we implement the PDCA cycle by holding the education/research strategy meetings in the College President Office. Let us build a world-leading medical college together with stakeholders, including faculty members, parents/guardians, and students.

Osaka University was founded in 1931 as the sixth imperial university of Japan through strong demand from the business and government sectors of Osaka and the people of Osaka City and Prefecture. The roots of Osaka University can be found in Kaitokudo and Tekijuku of the Edo period. The academic culture and spirit of these two places of scholarship are inherited even today. The spirit of innovation and a restless spirit of challenge serve as the cornerstone for our education and research endeavors. And after a considerable undertaking merging Osaka University with Osaka University of Foreign Studies in 2007, the university has shown that it will continue to develop as one of Japan's leading comprehensive research universities. As you may already know, the environment surrounding national universities is rapidly changing. The current wave of globalization is surging at a furious pace. There are a firm expectation and demand for human resources and industry-education collaboration from the nation and society. An essential responsibility of the university is to answer the mandates of the citizens and society alongside promoting the very best in education and research. Even in the circumstances such as these, Osaka University has accepted diversity, displayed its flexibility toward change, and sports traits that value the individual. Also, Osaka University possesses an excellent "foundation" and "strength" woven by high-level education and research ability, the strength of faculty harmony, the weight of tradition, and the land advantage that is Osaka. I resolve to build a firm foundation for Osaka University by utilizing this outstanding potential and connecting the true worth of each individual with the evolution of Osaka University. Also, I intend to fully pursue the mutual linkage of the diverse knowledge possessed by Osaka University, like an orchestration of knowledge and the continued creation of this outstanding knowledge by students, faculty, and staff, a co-creation of sorts, and its contribution to society. Simply put, I will push this "orchestration and co-creation of knowledge" to its limits. Promotion of dialogue and adhering to autonomy are both advocated in the Osaka University Charter, enacted in March 2003. In other words, this represents the mutual respect between faculty, staff, and students through dialogue, regardless of position, as well as the belief in one's solutions to the challenges that lie ahead. I aim to place a particular focus on these fundamental principles while widely implementing them campus-wide. In haiku, there is a principle of being both fluid and unchanging, and in the mission and role of a national university, I believe that there are things that we must not change and things that we must. It is essential to flexibly answer society's call and its citizens while also maintaining a festive tradition. I intend to emphasize this approach while exerting all of my energy for the evolution and expansion of Osaka University.

Osaka City University celebrated its 135th anniversary in 2015. It is now the largest public university in Japan, with eight faculties and ten graduate schools, offering bachelor, master, and doctoral courses in a wide variety of disciplines. At the time of its establishment, the mayor of Osaka, Hajime Seki, gave us a special mission: "The new university should not be an imitation of the national universities it should serve the needs of the citizens conduct original research on the culture, economy, and society of the city of Osaka and communicate the results to the people of the city." His vision is still kept in honor by us to this very day. The problems facing Osaka are the same problems facing cities around the world. Here at OCU, you will have the opportunity to obtain an education and carry out research that will challenge you to find solutions for problems such as climate change, clean energy supply, urban health, and natural disasters. These problems can only be solved by combining global and local perspectives. This school identity has produced two Nobel laureates, Professor Emeritus Yoichiro Nambu in Physics and Professor Shinya Yamanaka in Medicine. In this enterprising spirit, OCU aims to nurture people who can take on leadership roles in society, conduct liberal and original research at an international level, and become the city's pride. OCU offers you a diverse and liberal intellectual atmosphere where you will freely discuss and develop your ideas while using excellent interdisciplinary study and research facilities and a strong domestic and international academic network. We invite all of you to join us in solving the problems of today and the future. Osaka City University (OCU) is composed of eight faculties and ten graduate schools. OCU traces its beginnings to the 1880 founding of Osaka Commercial Training Institute, the center of commercial and industrial study in Osaka. The Institute was renamed as it developed and grew, becoming Osaka City Commercial School (1889), Osaka City Commercial College (1901), Osaka University of Commerce (1928), and finally Osaka City University in 1949. In April 2006, Osaka City University was reconstituted as a public university corporation. In establishing OCU as Japan's first municipal university, Dr. Hajime Seki, mayor of Osaka, set forth a distinctive vision. The new university should not be an imitation of the national universities. It should serve the needs of the citizens. It should conduct original research on the culture, economy, and society of Osaka's city and communicate the results to the people of the city. Throughout its 70-year history, Osaka City University has faithfully adhered to this founding vision by making urban issues one of its central concerns.