Osaka Sangyo University

Coordinates: 34°42′28.5″N 135°38′26.5″E / 34.707917°N 135.640694°E / 34.707917; 135.640694
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Osaka Sangyo University
大阪産業大学
President
Yoshihiko Motoyama
(本山美彦)
Academic staff
927 [1]
Students10, 238 [2]
Address
3-1-1 Nakagaito, Daito City, Osaka, Japan
, ,
CampusUrban
Websiteosaka-sandai.ac.jp

Osaka Sangyo University (大阪産業大学, Ōsaka sangyō daigaku) is a

Nara. A satellite campus is in the Umeda district of Osaka. There are about 11,000 students; 10% of them are international students.[1] It is one of the major universities in Japan with a higher number of international students.[2]
In 2004, it was selected as one of the special universities under the Educational Support Program for Special Universities (
Kubota Corporation
, is the chairman of the board of directors.

History

  • 1928 Established as Osaka Railway School
  • 1950 Developed as Osaka Transportation College
  • 1965 Developed as Osaka Industrial University
  • 1988 English name was changed from Osaka Industrial University to Osaka Sangyo University

Organization

Faculties

  • School of Engineering
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • Department of Information Systems Engineering
    • Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering for Transportation
    • Department of Civil Engineering
  • School of Economics
  • School of Human Environment
  • School of Management
  • School of Education
  • School of Design Engineering

Graduate schools

  • Graduate School of Engineering
    • Division of Production Systems Engineering
      • Department of Information Systems Engineering
      • Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering
      • Department of Mechanical Engineering
      • Department of Mechanical Engineering for Transportation
    • Division of Environmental Design Engineering
  • Graduate School of Economics
  • Graduate School of Human Environment
  • Graduate School of Management

Research institutes

  • OSU Institute for Industrial Research
  • New Industrial Research and Development Center
  • Asian Community Research Center

Venture business

Solar Car Project

Osaka Sangyo University started the OSU Solar Car Project as an industry-academia project-based learning program since 1989. The project is focused on the research and development of high efficiency solar cars. The project is funded by major Japanese corporations including

Citizen Holdings
etc. OSU solar car models have been presented in domestic and international clean energy competitions.

Year Name of the Competition Position
1995 FIA Dream Cup-Solar Car Race (Japan) Second
1996 World Solar Challenge (Australia) Eighth
1996 World Solar Car Rally (Japan) Second
1996 World Solar Car Rally (Japan) Second
1996 FIA Dream Cup-Solar Car Race (Japan) Second

External links

34°42′28.5″N 135°38′26.5″E / 34.707917°N 135.640694°E / 34.707917; 135.640694

References

  1. ^ http://www.osaka-sandai.ac.jp/uppdf/univ_information/0hhtBlTh2u-201209061619-p053.pdf[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Major Universities in Terms of Number of International Students". Retrieved 2013-02-21.