Osaka University

A national university corporation. Osaka Imperial University was founded in 1931 (Showa 6) with two faculties, Medicine and Science, as the second Imperial University in the Kinki region, with Osaka Medical College as its parent. Under the leadership of its first president, Nagaoka Hantaro, it developed as a university with a focus on science and engineering. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1933, the Faculty of Law and Letters in 1948, and in 1949, Osaka Pharmaceutical College, the former Osaka High School, and the former Osaka Prefectural Naniwa High School were merged to relaunch as a new national university. After that, the university continued to create distinctive faculties, opening the Faculty of Fundamental Engineering in 1961 and the Faculty of Human Sciences in 1972. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 1981, the campus was merged into two areas in Suita City and Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture. In 1993 (Heisei 5), the attached Medical Technology Junior College was reorganized to establish the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Sciences. In April 2004, following the enforcement of the National University Corporation Law, the university became a national university corporation. In October 2007, it merged with Osaka University of Foreign Studies to establish the School of Foreign Studies. The campus of the School of Foreign Studies is located in Minoh, Osaka. As of 2010, the university has 11 faculties (Literature, Human Sciences, Foreign Language Studies, Law, Economics, Science, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engineering, and Engineering Basics). The graduate school offers 15 graduate schools (master's and doctoral programs) in all fields except Foreign Language Studies, as well as Language and Culture, International Public Policy, Information Science, Life Function, and Higher Law. The university has affiliated research institutes, including the Research Institute of Microbial Diseases, the Research Institute of Protein Science, the Joining Science Research Institute, the Research Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, and the Research Institute of Social and Economic Research. In addition, the university has approximately 30 related educational and research facilities. The headquarters is located at 1-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka.

[Toru Magose]

"Osaka University 50-Year History," 3 volumes (1983-85), edited and published by Osaka University; "Osaka University 70th Anniversary Photo Collection," 2001, edited and published by Osaka University

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国立大学法人。1931年（昭和6）大阪医科大学を母体に、近畿地方で2番目の帝国大学として、医学、理学の2学部からなる大阪帝国大学が設立。初代総長長岡半太郎のもとで理工系主体の大学として発展した。1933年に工学部、1948年（昭和23）に法文学部が設置され、1949年大阪薬学専門学校、旧制大阪高等学校、旧制府立浪速(なにわ)高等学校を統合して新制国立大学として再発足した。その後、特色ある学部づくりを進め、1961年基礎工学部、1972年人間科学部を新設した。1981年の創立50周年を機にキャンパスを大阪府吹田(すいた)市、豊中(とよなか)市の2地区に統合。1993年（平成5）併設の医療技術短期大学部を改組し、医学部保健学科を設置した。2004年（平成16）4月、国立大学法人法の施行に伴い、国立大学法人となる。2007年10月、大阪外国語大学と統合、外国語学部を設置した。外国語学部のキャンパスは大阪府箕面(みのお)市にある。2010年時点で、11学部（文学、人間科学、外国語学、法学、経済学、理学、医学、歯学、薬学、工学、基礎工学）をもつ。大学院は、外国語学を除く全分野のほかに言語文化、国際公共政策、情報科学、生命機能、高等司法の15研究科（修士・博士課程）が設置されている。付置研究所として、微生物病研究所、蛋白質(たんぱくしつ)研究所、接合科学研究所、産業科学研究所、社会経済研究所がある。そのほか、関連教育研究施設が約30ある。本部は大阪府吹田市山田丘1-1。

［馬越　徹］

『大阪大学編・刊『大阪大学五十年史』全3巻（1983～85）』▽『大阪大学編・刊『大阪大学創立70周年記念写真集』（2001）』

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