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.
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