Osaka Prefecture University

Former Osaka Prefecture University (Naniwa University) was established by the merger of seven technical schools. It placed a strong emphasis on “practical learning,” thus offering the courses in the areas of engineering, agriculture, economics, integrated arts and sciences and social welfare. Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) is an institute of advanced research that provides regional academic support and aspires to make a global impact. Since the founding of the university in 1949, their predecessors have strived to make OPU a center of knowledge creation where new ideas are formed across local and disciplinary boundaries.