Kindai University offers learning for the real world—a focus that puts our research programs at the international forefront of addressing complex food supply, energy, and environmental issues. With vibrant campuses, compelling curricula, and practical field studies, Kindai University shapes caring global citizens who can inspire trust and respect.
Kindai University was established in 1949 to develop graduates that are “caring, trustworthy and respectable.” Our founding principles are “learning for the real world” and “nurturing intellectual and emotional intelligence.” The university was formed from the amalgamation of Osaka Technical College, founded in 1925, and Osaka Science and Engineering University, which was established in 1943. Our founder, Koichi Seko’s philosophy, “instilling teachings in those that yearn to learn,” is at our core. We aim to nurture students into people that contribute to society, drawing on their teachings and research performed while at our university – in a wide range of fields from medicine to arts and literature, and even by correspondence learning.
The world is currently undergoing a period of significant transformation. Japan must be a first mover, making Society 5.0 a reality by implementing the technological innovations of Industry 4.0 into all walks of life and industries, solving various social issues. We must develop innovative technologies, utilizing Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things in many different fields to encourage economic and social progression. Kindai University undertakes numerous industry-academia collaboration projects. Students and teaching staff come together to combine expert knowledge and skills across fields – an example of our “learning for the real world.”
Kindai University is responding to globalization by establishing our Faculty of International Studies. We have partnership agreements with 200+ overseas universities, and the number of exchange students on campus is increasing.
With a view towards the centennial anniversary of the establishment of Kindai University in 2025, we are carrying out our large-scale construction projects at the main Campus in East Osaka.
Kindai University’s founding principles are ‘learning for the real world’ and ‘nurturing intellectual and emotional intelligence,’ and we are committed to our educational goal of developing students into individuals who are caring, trustworthy, and respectable. We firmly believe that our founding principles and educational goal will be all the more critical in the 21st century as Japan continues to develop further into a knowledge-based society.
As a full-range academic institution with different faculties and strengths, we are trying to achieve the union of practical education and nurturing intellectual and emotional intelligence. Practical education, in its real sense, does not necessarily seek simple practicability. It also requires us to understand the meaning of the events unfolding around us. Standing firmly on understanding reality, we should continue to make steady efforts towards creative, intellectual, and emotional intelligence while keeping historical and cultural perspectives in mind. What makes for caring, trustworthy, and respectable people? We believe that such people are self-motivated and can spur themselves to contribute to society throughout their lifetime. Our mission in today’s world is to send such individuals into society.
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