Osaka University (Toyonaka Campus)

Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan

Osaka University was established as a national university in 1931, as Osaka Imperial University. Although founded relatively late among the seven other Imperial Universities, Osaka University draws upon an academic tradition which arose between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries when Osaka was the economic center of Japan. The University has grown rapidly in these 86 years, not only in size but also in terms of its contribution to the scholarly community. It now encompasses, in addition to its 11 undergraduate schools (Letters, Human Sciences, Law, Economics, Science, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, and Engineering Science), 16 graduate schools, and 5 research institutions. It has three major campuses in Suita , Toyonaka and Minoh, and the University has an enrollment of some 23,400 students and a staff of 6,500.

The Toyonaka campus is located on a hill so its just a gentle slope climb away from the nearest stations: Ishibashi (Hankyu Takarazuka Line) or Shibahara (Osaka Monorail). There is also a shopping area in front of Ishibashi station.