Osaka City University
2018Message from the President

Welcome to OCU- Glocal hub of wisdom and wellness ﬁlled with smiles -Tetsuo Arakawa

President of Osaka City University
Osaka City University celebrated its 135th anniversary in 2015. It is now the largest public university inJapan, with 8 faculties and 10 graduate schools, oﬀering bachelor, master and doctoral courses in awide variety of disciplines. At the time of its establishment, the mayor of Osaka, Hajime Seki, gave us a
special mission: “The new university should not be an imitation of the national universities; it should
serve the needs of the citizens; conduct original research on the culture, economy and society of thecity of Osaka and communicate the results to the people of the city.” His vision is still kept in honor by
us to this very day.
The problems facing Osaka are the same problems facing cities around the world. Here at OCU, you will
have the opportunity to obtain an education and carry out research that will challenge you to ﬁnd
solutions for problems such as climate change, clean energy supply, urban health, and natural disasters,
problems which can only be solved by combining global and local perspectives.
This school identity has produced two Nobel laureates, Professor Emeritus Yoichiro Nambu in Physics
and Professor Shinya Yamanaka in Medicine. In this enterprising spirit, OCU aims to nurture people who
can take on leadership roles in society, conduct liberal and original research at an international level andbecome the pride of the city.
OCU oﬀers you a diverse and liberal intellectual atmosphere in which you will be able to freely discussand develop your ideas, while making use of excellent interdisciplinary study and research facilities anda strong domestic and international academic network. We invite all of you to come and join us insolving the problems of today and of the future.

Contents
Message from the President
Introduction
Faculties & Graduate Schools
Business
Economics
Law
Literature & Human Sciences
ScienceEngineering
Medicine
Nursing
Human Life Science
Urban Management - Creative Cities
Research Fields of Academic Staﬀ

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Research Institutes
Other Research Institutes and Facilities
Information for International Students
Step-by-Step Admission Guide
Tuition Fees and Financial Support
Accommodation and Extra-Curricular Activities
Global Village
Number of Students and Career Prospects
Education and Student Voices
Research and Fellowships
Why Osaka?
International Exchange Agreements
Access Map

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History

Tie-ups with industry

Osaka City University (OCU) traces its beginnings to the 1880
founding of the Osaka Commercial Training Institute, the center ofcommercial and industrial study in Osaka at that time. The Institutewas renamed several times and grew, becoming Osaka City
University in 1949.
In establishing OCU as Japanʼs ﬁrst municipal university, Dr.
Hajime Seki, mayor of Osaka, set forth a distinctive vision. The new
university should not be just an institute for professional training
nor an imitation of the national universities; rather it should serve
the needs of the citizens, conduct original research on the culture,
economy and society of Osaka City, and communicate the results to
its citizens.

The URA (University Research Administration) Center functions as
the gateway for industry-academia-government collaboration. It
coordinates joint- and contract research projects and also supports
the Osaka City University Incubator, where entrepreneurs cancommercialize university research results. In its tie-ups withindustry, OCU gives special attention to the vitalization of theregional economy.

Education
In all of OCUʼs 8 faculties emphasis is placed on small grouped
tutorials and seminars, so teaching staﬀ is easily approachable andstudents can freely lay down their questions. Students get
fundamental knowledge in their subject, making them ready tostart practicing in their ﬁeld after graduation or to continue
studying in graduate school. OCU oﬀers excellent facilities such as
the Media Center and its library, which is one of the leading libraryfacilities in Japan.

Research
In line with its mission as a city university, OCU carries out
university-wide research into issues that aﬀect urban areas, in thewidest sense of the word. Examples of important research areas are
next-generation energy, preventive health care and disastermanagement. OCU is proud of its top class research reputation thatis reﬂected by the number of research projects granted by theJapanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology.

International Exchange
OCU actively welcomes international students and researchers toenter the university and jointly contribute to scientiﬁcadvancement. Students can enter as either degree, non-degree or
exchange students. For exchange of students and researchers, OCU
has concluded more than 100 agreements with universities andresearch institutes around the world.

Sports facilities
OCU has extensive sports facilities, including baseball and soccer
ﬁelds, tennis courts, a pool, a horse riding club and gymnasiums.
Students are encouraged to make use of the facilities to safeguard ahealthy life balance.

Nobel Prizes
Dr. Yoichiro Nambu(1921-2015)(Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 for the discovery of the mechanism of
spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka(1993 OCU Graduate School of Medicine alumnus)
Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2012 for the discovery that mature cells
can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.

Ranking
Times Higher Education World University Rankings: #18 of
universities in Japan (2016-2017 ranking)
OCU students #1 most popular with human resource managers in
West-Japan (and #7 nationwide)

Source:「価値ある大学2017年版 就職力ランキング」(Employability ranking ofuniversities 2017) by Nikkei HR,Inc.

1880

Founding of Osaka
Commercial Training
Institute

1949

Osaka City University

1889

Osaka City Commercial
School2006

OCU becomes a public
university corporation

1901

Osaka City Commercial
College

2015

135th anniversarycelebrations

1928

Osaka University ofCommerce

Osaka City University

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Faculty of Business/
Graduate School of Business●Bachelor (of Business)●Master (of Business Administration)●Master (of Commerce)●Master (of Global Business)●Doctor (of Business Administration)●Doctor (of Commerce)●Doctor (of Global Business)

Seeking New Knowledge andInnovation for Global Business
Undergraduate

Graduate

Department
Business
Public Management

CourseGlobal Business

http://www.bus.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

・Public Management●Department General Foreign
Language Subjects●Department GeneralSpecialization Subjects●Development Subjects※2●Specialization Field
Practical Subjects●Specialization
Field Subjects●General Subjects

University-wide General Education Subjects

Year1 Year2 Year3
Global Business●Specialization Field
Practical Subjects●Specialization
Field Subjects

Dissertation

・Business

Year2

Global Business

Graduate School(Doctoral Course)

Doctor (of Business Administration・Commerce・Global Business)●Department Specialization
Subjects

GeneralChooseAcademic Department
Basic
Subjects

Year1

Graduate School of Business

Year4

Master Thesis

Year3※1

Graduate School(Master Course)

Master (of Business Administration・Commerce・Global Business)

Year2

Graduation Thesis

Year1

Graduate School of BusinessBusiness / Public Management

Bachelor (of Business)

In order to secure creativity and ﬂexibility,
our graduate program is divided into subject
groups and research units. Each subject
provides both basic and advanced knowledgeof the ﬁeld. The research units are designed forspecialized and focused research. Students
can make a variety of combinations.

CURRICULUM

Faculty of BusinessOsaka is the birthplace of many of Japan smajor corporations, making it a great place tolearn about Japanese business. Against thatbackground, the OCU Graduate School ofBusiness has established its reputation as a top
Japanese graduate school, focusing on both
local and international business matters.

※1： After completing the 3rd year it is possible to apply for the 5-year Undergraduate and Master Program (which makes it possible to obtain a Bachelor and Master degree in 5 years)※2： The graduation thesis is an elective subject.

Faculty of Economics/
Graduate School of Economics●Bachelor (of Economics)●Master (of Economics)●Doctor (of Economics)

Shaping Students for
Global Competition
Our two-year seminar classes are especially
important. To ensure high educational
standards, we limit the number of students ineach seminar to ten. Professors guide thedevelopment of research skills of students
during their third years, and then supervise thewriting of graduation theses.
We are steadily expanding our international
program. We have expanded the number ofclasses taught in English, and we participate
every year in an international symposium with
China's Jilin University and Chonnam National
University in Korea, where both students andfaculty make presentations.

●Research Guidance& Workshops

University-wide General Education Subjects※1： Students with excellent study results may take the entrance exam for the master course during the 3rd year.

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Year1 Year2 Year3
Modern Economics●Research Guidance●Field subjects

Doctor (of Economics)●Field subjects

Graduate School(Doctoral Course)

Dissertation●Basic training

Master (of Economics)

Year2

Modern Economics

Master (of Economics)

Year1

Integrated Course
Master Thesis

Graduate School(Master Course)

Master Course
Completion Report

Graduation Thesis

Year4
Bachelor (of Economics)

Specialized training

Year3※1
Applied subjects●

Basic training I●
Basic training II●

Thesis training

Year2

Innovative Workshop

Year1

Graduate School of Economics

Economics

Introductory subjects 1st sem.●
Basic training I 2nd sem.●

The curriculum is diverse but systematic.
Students take a wide range of introductory
courses during their ﬁrst, then begin taking
more specialized classes as second-year
students. We have a large number of smallclasses that allow students to interact closelywith professors.

CURRICULUM

Basic training

The Faculty of Economics features a wide
range of courses and research specialties.
Research areas include economic theory,
quantitative research, economic history,
political economy, labor, and welfare. Asianstudies are a major strength, and some
professors specialize in Europe and theEuropean Union as well.

Finally, the Faculty of Economics serves as agateway to excellent career opportunities. Our
students are especially attractive to ﬁnancial

Faculty of Economics

http://www.econ.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

institutions, and have recently been hired by
Nomura Securities, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation, and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
Other Faculty graduates have recently been
hired by Toyota, Panasonic, Komatsu, andDaiwa House. We have strengthened our alumni
networkandimprovedassistancetojob-hunting students.

Faculty of Law/
Graduate School of Law●Bachelor (of Laws)●Master (of Laws)●Doctor (of Laws)

Face-to-Face
Communication with
Excellent Teachers!
periodicals are available at the University
Media Center.
Our Graduate School of Law has two
educational courses. One for students whowant to further up their ability to analyze legal
and political problems (Academic Course), andanother for those who want to practice law inthe future (Law School). In the Academic
Course students usually engage in research
work on a speciﬁc theme, and thereby
enhance their capacity of legal and politicalanalysis. Training is performed on the basis ofthree students per teacher.

● Social and Economic Law● International Law - Foreign Law● Political Science and Public Administration● General study of law (including seminars)

Law School

Law School Course※1： Students with excellent study results may take the entrance exam for the master course during the 3rd year.
※2： Students with excellent study results may take part in a shortened Master Course program (standard 2 years). Doctoral students with excellent study results may shorten the doctoral program (standard 3 years).
※3： Students need to obtain credits over 3 years, but students that have been judged to have suﬃcient academic ability in certain subjects oﬀered within the Law School may be allowed to ﬁnish the course in 2 years.

●Bachelor (of Arts)●Master (of Arts)●Doctor (of Literature)

Adventure inTransformative Thinking

curatorship, Japanese, social knowledge,
geography and history, civil rights and foreign
languages. Those who pursue businesscareers join top-grade companies in almost
any ﬁeld.

After graduation, many of the students inthis faculty seek teaching jobs; you can getteaching licenses in subjects such as museum

Select a course

Year4

Philosophy Course
Japanese History Course
World History Course

Sociology Course
Human
Psychology Course● Behavioral
Education Course
Science Department
Geography Course
Japanese Language andLiterature Course
Sinology Course
English and American Language andLiterature Course
Language and● Culture Department German and French Language andLiterature Course
・ German Language and Literature
・ French Language and Literature
Applied Linguistics Course
Culture as Representation Course

University-wide General Education Subjects

Graduate School(Master Course)
Year1

Year2

Graduate School(Doctoral Course)
Year1 Year2 Year3

Philosophy andPhilosophy Course
Japanese History Course

Asian History Course
Western History Course● Science Department

Human Behavioral

Sociology Course
Psychology Course

Education Course
Geography Courseand● Language
Culture Department

Japanese Language and Literature Course
Chinese Linguistics and Sinology Course
English and American Language and Literature Course
German and French Language and Literature Course
Applied Linguistics Course
Culture as Representation Course● History Department

Doctor(of Literature)and● Philosophy
History Department

Year3※1

Master(of Arts)

Year2

Bachelor (of Arts)

Year1

Dissertation

CURRICULUM
Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences

Our faculty consists of three main branches

Doctor (of Laws)

Year1 Year2 Year3

University-wide General Education Subjects

Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences

What we share in our discipline is ourconcern for the human race, which has
created such an unprecedented history ofcivilization and cultures; we value an
intellectual rigor with a humanist passion to
deeply comprehend our behavior in every
sphere. Thus our faculty aims to study thesefundamental aspects of human beings, which
include a variety of disciplines fromphilosophy and history, through sociology
and psychology, to literatures, education,
cultural studies and even computerized
human sciences. You who are ﬁlled with suchintellectual curiosity and rigor are mostwelcome.

※3

Professional Degree Courseof discipline, totaling ﬁfteen separate courses.
We practice teaching in small seminars with amaximum number of ten or twenty students,
which makes it possible for the students to
explore their concerns with professionalized
or interdisciplinary subjects through atangiblecurriculum.
We
share
our
fundamental attitude to deeply comprehend
the working of human beings and theircultural expressions; hence, our objectives areto acquire essential knowledge about suchworkings and the more practical skills tocommunicate in various languages other thanthe mother tongue.

http://www.lit.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

Academic Course(Professional Degree)● Private Law

Academic Course(Doctoral Course) ※2

Year1 Year2 Year3

Doctor of Laws

● Public Law

Graduate School of Law● Basics of Law

Bachelor (of Laws)

Public Administration Course

Year2

Master (of Laws)

Year1

Judicial Course
Business and International Studies Course

Graduate School(Master Course) ※2

Year3※1 Year4

Master Thesis

Graduate School

Year1 Year2

Dissertation

Law

Master Thesis

Faculty / Graduate School of
Literature and Human Sciences

CURRICULUM

Specialization Subjects

The purpose of the education in the Facultyof Law is twofold. First, the students get
fundamental knowledge in various branches ofsocial science. They are also given training for
proﬁciency in foreign languages. Second, we
make our students acquire the basic skills forlegal analysis. They additionally practicewriting essay, oral presentation, discussion andnegotiation. The Faculty of Law has threeeducation courses: Judicial course, Public
Administration course, Business & International
Studies course. The number of students is not
too big, then they can have face-to-facecommunication with professors and otherteaching staﬀs. The most advanced information
technology as well as millions of books andFaculty of Law

http://www.law.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

purpose we have, besides many professors
with long academic careers, professors whoare practicing law and provide on-the-job
training at law oﬃces.

The Law School course provides students
with a higher level of knowledge and skills
required for practicing lawyers. For this● Asian Culture and Urbanism Department

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Faculty of Science/
Graduate School of Science●Bachelor (of Science)●Master (of Science)●Doctor (of Science)Enter Graduate School toContinue Advanced Studies
students are assigned tolaboratories and pursue
undergraduate researches
under the supervision of afaculty member.

Faculty/
Graduate School of Engineering● Biology Department● Geosciences Department
Science Selection Course※1

University-wide General Education

Year1 Year2 Year3

October Admission ※5

Year2

Shortened Program ※7

Extended Program ※6
Mathematics & Physics

Shortened Program ※8

Extended Program ※6
Mathematics & Physics

Molecular Materials Science

Molecular Materials Science

Biology & Geosciences

Biology & Geosciences

Lecture - Seminar Subjects
Master Research ProjectSpecialization Subjects

Dissertation※3● Chemistry Department

Year1

October Admission ※5

Doctor (of Science)● Physics Department

Graduate School(Doctoral Course)
Master (of Science)● Mathematics Department

Graduate School(Master Course)

Master Thesis

Research Project

Year1 Year2 Year3※1 Year4

Graduate School of Science

The undergraduate course is designed
systematically from basic to advanced
subjects. The lectures are well linked with
exercises; a variety of experimental trainings
with high-level laboratory facilities and small
group seminars are oﬀered. The fourth year

Osaka City University Botanical Gardens
The Botanical Gardens were established in
1950, as a research facility of the Faculty of
Science and Engineering. Since then the
Botanical Gardens have been collecting andpreserving countless plants for the purpose ofbasic botanical research. The Botanical Gardens
are not only used for research, but are open foranyone wishing to learn about nature.

CURRICULUM

Bachelor (of Science)

The Faculty of Science established in 1949,
now consists of ﬁve departments and theBotanical Gardens. Our faculty members play aleading part in a wide range of research ﬁelds
and several groups have prominently highinternational reputations. On the basis of theresearch activities, high quality education isprovided for both undergraduates andgraduates.

Faculty of Science

http://www.sci.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

The graduate program
combines
creative,
independent research with seminars
and lectures. The dominant component
is research. New graduate students
usually complete their master thesis in
two years and their doctoral thesis inthree years. Our graduates go on to avariety of outstanding and rewarding
positions, including jobs in academia,
industry and national laboratories.

SeminarDoctoral Research Project※1 Students who enter under the Science Selection Course can choose to enter the Physics Department, Chemistry Department, Biology Department or Geosciences Department at the end of the ﬁrst year. ※2 (deleted-not applicable to international students)※3 ʼSpecial Experiments-Special Theoretical Exercisesʼ at the Physics Department . ※4 Students with excellent study results may take the entrance exam for the master course during the 3rd year.
※5 Regular Admission is in April, but October Admission is also possible (for international students at Master or Doctoral level). ※6 Upon certain conditions, students can extend their study program (to 4 years for the Master Course and 6 years for the Doctoral Course).
※7 Students with excellent study results may take part in a shortened Master Course program (standard 2 years). ※8 Doctoral students with excellent study results may shorten the doctoral program (standard 3 years).

●Bachelor (of Engineering)●Master (of Engineering)●Doctor (of Engineering)Contributing to Sustainable
Development
Undergraduate

Department
Mechanical Engineering
Applied Physics & Electronics
Electrical & Information Engineering
Applied Chemistry & Bioengineering
Architecture & Building Engineering
Urban Design & Engineering

Science and technology today, as typiﬁed by
IT and biotechnology, have been developed
through the studies of engineering, andcontributed to dramatic improvements ofsociety and industries.

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in collaboration with municipal (industrial and environmental) research institutes

Year4● Applied Physics & Electronics Department● Electrical & Information Engineering Department

Create the physical foundations and state-of-the-art
technology supporting an advanced information society● Applied Chemistry & Bioengineering

Towards the development of environmentally-conscious
next-generation material creation technology● Architecture & Building Engineering Department● Urban Design & Engineering Department
Supporting the creation of social infrastructure,environment and living spaces in mature cities

Graduate School ※1

Graduate School ※1● Physical Engineering● Physical Engineering

Mechanical &Physical Electronics &● Informatics

Applied Chemistry &● Bioengineering● Urban Engineering

Mechanical &Physical Electronics &● Informatics

Applied Chemistry &● Bioengineering● Urban Engineering

Doctor (of Engineering)

Year3※1

Master (of Engineering)

Year2

Mechanical engineering: the foundation for manufacturing- strengthening its fundamental areas ‒Graduate School of Engineering

The School of Engineering established one of
the nationally best education systems with 5
departments to cultivate human resources
who can eﬃciently deal with the diversiﬁed
and sophisticated needs of society.

Year1● Mechanical Engineering Department

Faculty of Engineering

On the other hand, in the 21st century,
humanity is facing various problems including
global environmental problems that we havenever experienced before, and thus we havethe challenge of developing nature-conscious
Soft Technology.

Graduate
Department
Mechanical & Physical Engineering
Physical Electronics & Informatics
Applied Chemistry & Bioengineering
Urban Engineering

CURRICULUM

Bachelor (of Engineering)

http://www.eng.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

The origin of engineering comes from
intellectual curiosity and inﬁnite inquisitive
spirits of youths. We are looking for students
who have dreams and hopes for futurescience and technology. Shall we take part inmaking challenging new technology for the
21st century together?

University-wide General Education Subjects※1： Students with excellent study results may take the entrance exam for the master course during the 3rd year.
※2： Students with excellent study results may take part in a shortened Master Course program (standard 2 years). Doctoral students with excellent study results may shorten the doctoral program (standard 3 years) with 1or 2 year.

Faculty/
Graduate School of Medicine●Bachelor (of Medicine)●Master (of Medical Science)●Doctor (of Philosophy)

As a Leading Medical Center inOsaka City
City.
The Graduate School is divided into two
courses, the basic medical science and theclinical medicine courses. In addition to thethese regular 4-year courses, we haveintroduced a 2-year Master Course in medicine
for nurses, pharmacists, clinical technicians,
and other people who are interested inlearning medical sciences and are working in
the medical ﬁelds.

Osaka City University Graduate School ofProfessional(for 2 years after graduation)

Doctor (of Philosophy)

Year2

Medical Science

Basic Medical Science

Doctoral Course

Year1

Year1 Year2 Year3 Year4

Master (of Medical Science)

Graduate School

Graduate of other faculty(4-year)Graduate School

Clinical Training

Bachelor (of Medicine)

University-wide General Education Subjects※１
Year1 Year2 Year3 Year4
Clinical Medical Science※１ <shortened curriculum> Students with excellent study results may complete the course in 3 or 3,5 years●Bachelor (of Nursing)●Master (of Nursing)●Doctor (of Nursing)

To become a Health Care
Practitioner with Liberal Spirits
Nursing/School of Nursing, opened especiallyto meet these needs. The school has
developed a unique curriculum which isparticularly useful in dealing with the complex
problems our society is facing, such as
creating a viable health care environment in
an increasingly stressful modern society; ahealth care environment which takes into
account the needs of elders as well as young
people, focusing on the common thread ofhumanity and health that we all share. The
need for keeping abreast of the latest
developments in international nursing is alsoemphasized as Japan moves to integrate
further into the global health care community
as health care leaders.

●Specialization Core Subjects●Specialization Subjects

Year1

Year1 Year2 Year3

Year2

Master Thesis CourseLife Cycle Nursing Field※1
Clinical Nursing Field※2Life Cycle Nursing Support Systems Field※3
Nursing Support Systems Field※4
Cancer Nursing Support Field
Infectious Disease Nursing Support Field

Doctor (of Nursing)

Year2 Year3 Year4

Graduate School(Doctoral Course)

Master Thesis

Year1

Graduate School(Master Course)

Master (of Nursing)

School of Nursing

Dissertation

CURRICULUM

Graduate School of Nursing

As a result of signiﬁcant advances in bothtechniques and technologies in the ﬁeld of
medical science, Japan s health careenvironment has been experiencing rapidchanges. These same advances have given
Japan a lengthened average life span as well
as a declining birth rate. The demand fornurses with capabilities to make precise
observations
andtoprovideexact
assessment and skilled care increased not
only in conventional health care institutions,but also in community and home health caresetting.

● Medicine

Graduation Research

http://www.nurs.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

Year1 Year2 Year3 Year4 Year5 Year6

Bachelor (of Nursing)

School of Nursing/
Graduate School of Nursing

Medicine

Master Course

We have more than 2,000 daily outpatientsand 900 beds in the area of 87,000 m2 of the
University Hospital. The Faculty of Medicine,
Graduate School and University Hospital play
important roles in basic medical sciences andpractice as a leading medical center in Osaka

CURRICULUM
Faculty of Medicine

The Osaka City University Faculty of
Medicine was founded by Osaka City in 1944
to educate medical students to become
doctors and practice medicine, with wisdom,
blessing and bravery. The Faculty of Medicine,
Graduate School and University Hospital aresituated in the center of Osaka City (Abeno
campus), just 20 minutes away from JR Osaka
Station and 20 minutes from the main campus
in Sugimoto.

Faculty of Medicine

http://www.med.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

As a medical training institution, we intend tomatch the medical education global standard,
to adapt to the qualitative and quantitativechanges in society, to be patient-centered, andto develop quality medical providers withexcellent communication skills and ethicalvalues.

Nursing Support Fundamental Science Field

University-wide General Education Subjects※1 Fundamental Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Gerontological Health Nursing, Home Health Care Nursing※2 Nursing Support Fundamental Science Field (from academic year 2017) Cancer, Acute and Critical Care, Infection Control/Chronic Nursing, Psychiatric/Mental Health, Maternal, Child Health and Development Nursing※3 Fundamental Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Gerontological Health Nursing, Home Health Care Nursing ※4 Psychiatric/Mental Health, Maternal, Child Health and Development Nursing

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the realization of the well-being of society.
The Clinical Psychology Course is to educate
and study developmental, clinical psychology
and family from the viewpoint of lifespanpsychology towards the realization of humanwell-being.

● Housing and Environmental Design● Human Development and Welfare

Specialization Subjects

Year1

Year1 Year2 Year3

Year2●Food and Human Health Sciences●Housing and Environmental Design●Social Services●Clinical Psychology

Dissertation

Year4

Doctor (of Human Life Science)
Doctor (of Philosophy)

Year3

Graduate School ※1(Doctoral Course)

Master Thesis

Year2● Food and Nutrition

Graduate School ※1(Master Course)
Master (of Human Life Science)
Master (of Philosophy)

Year1

Graduate School of Human Life Science

CURRICULUM

Graduation Thesis

The Graduate School of Human Life Science
was established in 1975 and is one of theforemost institutes for research and educationin the ﬁeld of Human Life Science.
Human Life Science is obligated to show thedirection of the road ahead to create a better
quality of everyday life through investigations
for improvement in health, psychology,
well-being and our environment. With one goal
to create the best quality of life, our four
education and research courses and one
comprehensive research unit are performing
excellent research activities and providing
students with a high degree of education inthis academic ﬁeld.
The Food and Human Health Sciences

Course is to educate and study thefundamental science of nutrition, food safety,
food science, applied and clinical nutrition. It
consists of seven research groups: Molecular
and Biochemical Nutrition, Food Science,
Environmental Health Sciences, Nutritional
Medicine, Public Health and Community
Nutrition, Nutritional Education, and Clinicaland Applied Nutrition.
The Housing and Environmental Design
Course is to educate and study environmental
engineering, design, culture and housing
planning. The education and study of thiscourse focuses on contemporary issues
associated with residential space for urban lifeand physical environment.
The Social Services Course is to educate andstudy social work and social policy towards

Bachelor (of Human Life Science)

http://www.life.
osaka-cu.ac.jp●Bachelor (of Human Life Science)●Master (of Human Life Science)●Master (of Philosophy)●Doctor (of Human Life Science)●Doctor (of Philosophy)

With One Goal to Create
the Best Quality of Life

Faculty of Human Life Science

Faculty/
Graduate School of Human Life Science

University-wide General Education Subjects※1 Upon conditions, students may be allowed to extend the study period. Not possible in each course.

Graduate School of
Urban Management

Graduate School for
Creative Cities

Regeneration and Revitalization of Cities
through the Attainment of Urban Innovationand Sustainability
The Graduate School of Urban Management will support allleaders and professionals in search for solutions of Urban
Business/ Public Policy problems.
▶Master Degree by studying evening/Saturday programs afterworking day-time▶Main class rooms located at very accessible site near Osaka
Station (Umeda Satellite)

http://www.gsum.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

Toward the Education of Advanced
Professionals and Practical Researchers

http://www.gscc.
osaka-cu.ac.jp

Creative Cities Compose multiple Cultures

Master Course

Doctoral Course

This new graduate school creates leaders, advanced professionals andpractical researchers (from governmental/public institutions, privatecompanies and non-proﬁt organizations, etc.) who can solve urban
management problems through the concepts of ̀Innovation' and̀sustainability' from the viewpoint of economics, management, policy
sciences, regional studies and law/public administration study.
Course Compositions
Master of Urban Management① Urban Policy and Regional Economy② Urban Administration③ Urban Business④ Medical & Welfare Innovation Management

Front-line workers in a mature urban society have increasingly hoped toacquire a high degree of knowledge related to their special ﬁelds andthe ability to create problem solving knowledge. The Graduate School
for Creative Cities oﬀers a doctoral program that aims to train
researchers and opinion leaders with practical and problem solving
ability, who will contribute to make our cities creative.
Course Compositions
Doctor of Creative Cities① Urban Policy② Global and Local Economy③ Business Creation④ Co-existing Society Creation⑤ Urban Information Environment

08 Osaka City University

R ese a r ch F ie l d sBusiness
Takaya KAWAMURAManagement and organization of knowledge creation in multicultural societies

Akifumi NAKASEHistory of Japanese electrical power industry, historical discussion ofindustrial regions surrounding Osaka

Shinichi ISHII
Research on cooperation between corporations

Tetsu KOBAYASHI

Marketing theory/strategy theory

Teruko TAKADA

Satoshi MISHIMA(as of April 1, 2017)

Yoshihiro NAKAJIMA

Makoto MORI

Toru TUNEMITSU

Distributions, investment behavior, and economic growth

Hideki NAKAMURA

Domestic inequality, eﬀects of mechanization

Mitsuru NAKAGAWA

Research on the impact of structural changes with respect to unit root analysis

Midori WAKAMORI

Research on the history of thought regarding market societies andeconomic systems, modern society economic thought

Kengo NAKAMURA

Linyu ZHAI

Kohei SAITO

Human Resources Management; Diversity Management and Japanese HR

Masaharu OTA

Scientiﬁc research on innovation and rationalization policy in the
manufacturing and service industries

Takumi KIYOTA

Research on “Capital: a critique of political economy”, environmental
political economics

Naho SUGITA

Research on the population problem in Japan and history of social policy

Hiroyuki FUKUHARA

Research on unemployment, irregular employment, poverty, andsocial exclusion

Financial practices in Germany and development of ﬁnancial theory,
Regional Banking

Charles WEATHERS

Nobuhiro TAKAHASHI

Fumihiko HASHIMOTO

Overseas outsourcing in the software industry

Osami TOMIZAWA
Fashion business

Tetsuo HONDA

Urban policy, regional management, small and medium-sizedbusiness theory

Yotaro SUZUKI

Geographic expansion and international specialization in
multinational corporations

Teruaki FUJII

Comparative analysis of labor relations in Japan
Model construction for the process of information processing byhumans, from data recognition to decision making and action

Atsushi MATSUMOTO

Public pension system reform, pension taxation, relationshipbetween social security system and tax system in JapanJun SHIBATA

Analysis of specialization and price formation mechanisms fromproduction to consumption

Kenji TSUJI

Theoretical model analysis of ﬁnancial contracts

Formation of social group distributions and transition probabilities
of individual entities

Shigeki SAKAGAMI

Atsuo MUKOYAMARyo OGAWA

Theory and practice of social environmental information disclosure
by corporations (social environmental accounting theory)

Hiroyuki ISHIKAWA

Theoretical and empirical research on the relationship between
accounting information and stock prices

Nobuhiro ASANO

Economic impact of disclosure activities

Naoki TAGUCHI

Economics and history of technology

Koji TAMURA

Empirical and theoretical research on the dynamics of marketing
channel behavior

Zhiqiang BU

abandonment and withdrawal or renunciation of attempt; comparative
research on societal treatment systems for ex-oﬀender rehabilitation

Haruyo MATSUKURA

Financial econometrics: Development and application of robust methods

Chiyoko SHIMOZAKI

Mari KANAZAWA・Research on criminal attempt, especially voluntary

Evolutionary understanding of markets through theory, case studies,and computational experiments

Research on Max Weber, European integration and the nation-state,citizenship and human rights

Corporate ﬁnancial policy and capital markets

Transparency of police activities and deliberations at mixed jury trials

Industrial technology theory based on technology history theory
Empirical research on regional ﬁnancing and regional economies

Shuji URANISHI

Quantitative analysis of regulatory policy for public utilities

Yukiko SHIGENO

Interrelation between Japanese economy and household spending behavior

Il PARK

Korean region studies, Japan-Korea and Japan-North Korea relations
theory, research on international labor mobility

Hao PENG・Interrelation between foreign trade and domestic
industrial structure, historical research on trade systems andmerchant organizations

Kouhei WAKIMURA

Right of silence, privilege against self-incrimination, concept of suspect
Uniformity of law and order and criminal law

Makoto TAKAHASHI

Research on obligation of safety, damage compensation law, security law

Hiroe MORIYAMA

Contract law and family law

Takahisa SUGIMOTO

Historical research on contract law systems in Japan, Germany, and France

Narunobu FUJII

Comparative research on contract law and security law in various European laws

Kou SAKAGUCHI

Comparative research on remedies for non-performance underJapanese and German contract law

Atsuko YOSHII

Comparative research on corporate governance and ﬁnancial law

Eiji TAKAHASHI・Comparative research on corporate law inJapan and Germany, research on corporate group law, comparative
research on corporate governance, European corporate law

Noritake KOGAKI

Audit and disclosure system in corporate governance

Shigeru TSURUTA

Research on multi-party litigation in civil litigation, litigation conduct
rights, and legal force of decisions

Kenji TAKATA

Bankruptcy trustees, business rehabilitation and security rights,
liquidation value security principle

Itaru NEMOTO

Research on labor contract laws in Japan and Germany

Takanobu KIRIYAMA

Eﬀect of the activities of international organizations on thedevelopment of international law

Satoru TAIRA

Investigations on free trade and environmental protection, sovereign
immunity theory in international law

Akihiko KUNITOMOInterpretation of the Act on General Rules for Application of Laws
and the Hague Convention on Child Abduction, nationality law

Takuya KATSUTA

Jury system, American constitutional history

Kenichi MORIYA

Research on history of modern law in Germany

Chen WANG

Comparative research on civil law, general Chinese law

Takeshi HIEDA

Political economics and social security policies of advanced democratic countries

Akiko UBANOHistory of political thought in the Renaissance and early modern Europe

Research on cost management and business performance management

Formation of the world economy and tropical regions in thecontemporary period, socio-economic history of India

Shogo NODA

Hisao MIYAGAWA

Shota MORIWAKI

Fumio NAGAI

Empirical research on corporate ﬁnance theory

Jinichiro YAMADAManagement strategy for creation of new businesses, governance, andhuman resource development

Masafumi YOKEMOTO・Regional environmental policy, urban

rejuvenation for environmental restoration, responsibility and burdenof cost for environmental damage

Norihisa YOSHIMURA

Research on legal systems, actual conditions, and normative models
for corporate governanceKensuke OGATA

Research on accounting regulations in a global economy

Hiroshi OKANO

Expansion to Europe and Asia of product development management inglobal corporations, amoeba management

Economics
Tetsuya NAKAJIMA

Research on economic growth theory and recession theory

Ryosuke OKAZAWA

Empirical research on economic development in Asian countries

Akihiro KUBO

International macroeconomic analysis regarding ﬁnancial crises

Yukari IWANAMIInternational institutions and international security with anemphasis on conﬂict resolution and third-party intervention

Political system of postwar Germany
International relations in Southeast Asia, Thai politics, comparative
local governance in Southeast Asia

Yosuke TEZUKA

Government and administration analysis regarding fault and blame,
research on the history of postwar administration

Hirohiko HARADA

Aspects of liberalism in the principle of no taxation without law

Law
Masaki ABE

Economic research on the law implementation process, social theory of law

Takahiko YASUTAKE・Comparative research on Edo law andOsaka law in the modern era, criminal law and criminal proceedingsin the beginning of the Meiji period

Masaru WATANABE

The immigration control administration and foreignersʼ humanrights, basic labor rights of government oﬃcials

Literature and Human Sciences
Philosophy and History
Takashi NAKAHARA

Religious studies, philosophy of religion, history of western modern philosophy

Takashi TSUCHIYA

Ethics, Medical Ethics, Human Rights Studies

Tomohiro TAKANASHI

Kazufumi ABE

Late modern German aesthetics, art theory in modern Japan

Tatsuya SHIGEMOTO・Modern signiﬁcance of traditional

Analytical philosophy, metaphysics, theory of time

Constitution (especially freedom of press)

Takeshi SAKON

Theoretical research on macroeconomics

systems for ensuring fulﬁllment of administrative obligations
including administrative enforcement, Graveyards and Burials Act

Naofumi KISHIMOTO

Minoru KITAHARA

Osamu NISHIGAMI

Hiroshi NIKI

Applied microeconomics

Interagency actions, elderly law

History of Kofun period, Sankakubuchi Shinjukyo Mirrors
Urban history in the Middle Ages, regional social theory

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Koji OIWAMOTO

Ashita SAGA

Ian RICHARDS

Toru IWASHITA

Masashi SUGII

History of the status system and urban society in Early Modern Japan
Urban social history in modern Osaka
Ancient Japanese history (research on the district governor system,
annotations of ancient records)

Shunji OHGURO

Economic history and social history in Italy in the Middle Ages

Masafumi KITAMURA

Phonology in the early modern period
Research on the culture of English-speaking countries
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Dramatists

Takanobu TANAKA

19th century English literature and culture, especially Victorian novels

Tetsuo KOGA

Social history in late modern period Germany

American poetry (especially contemporary poetry), theory ofcontemporary literature

Hisatsugu KUSABU

Junichi TOYOTA

Tohru INOUE

Michio KAMITAKE

Shigeki HIRATA

Kinuko TAKAI

Chikayoshi NOMURA

Kenichi HASEGAWA

Masayuki UENO

Yoshiyuki FUKUSHIMA

Religious history of the Byzantine Empire
Politics and social history in China in the early modern period and modern period
Political history and social history in the Middle Imperial China
Economic history in India in the late modern period
History of the Ottoman Empire

Human Behavioral Sciences
Yuzo SHINDO

Cognitive linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural anthropology
Research on the historical transition of German language
20th century German literature
18th and 19th century German culture and literature
Communication theory, conversation analysis, language education studies

Yuki SHIRATA

French culture and literature at the end of the 19th century

Takamichi SANO

Special values of L-functions and Iwasawa theory

Futoshi TAKAHASHI

Variational methods, nonlinear partial diﬀerential equations

Atsushi TAKEUCHI
Stochastic analysis

Masahito DATEYAMA

Research on dynamical systems related to ergodic theory

Toshiyuki TANISAKI

Algebraic analysis (application to representation theory)

Masaharu NISHIO
Potential theory

Sachiko HAMANO

Complex analysis, function theory of several complex variables

Masaaki FURUSAWA

Automorphic forms and automorphic L-functions

Mikiya MASUDA

Geometry of transformation groupsHyoue MIYACHIHecke algebras, representation theory and categoriﬁcation

Masamichi YOSHIDA

Ergodic theory, theory of operator algebras associated withdynamical systems

Yoko HARANO

Physics

Shigeki SEKI

Hideki ISHIHARA

Yukio IKARI

Hiroshi ITOYAMA

Masato YAMAZAKI

Ken-ichi NAKAO

Kazuhiko TANAKA

Hiromitsu HAMABATA

Masako MIKAMI

Masaki ARIMA

Noriyuki NOZUE

Nobuhito MARU

Physiological psychology, brain mechanisms of advanced cognitive
functioning related to learning and memory

Akihiro ODANAKA

Sanefumi MORIYAMA

Daisuke SAEKI

Youko TAKASHIMA

Nobuyuki KANDA

Takeshi EBINE

Yoshihiro SEIYA

Theoretical sociology, medical sociology, sociology of the family

Saeko ISHITA

Visual Sociology, Media & cultural studies

Noriko IJICHI

Sociology of the life world, regional sociology, Korean region research

Eiji KAWANO

Risk sociology, urban policy theory, French region research

Hideaki SASAJIMA
Urban sociology

Tomoko IKEGAMI

Social psychology, social cognition, social identity and prejudice

Hiroshi YAMA

Cognitive psychology, thought and reasoning, cognition and culture

Kouichi KAWABE

Psychology of learning, behavioral analysis, decision making

Atsushi KASHIWAGI

Japanese history of education, Japanese history of educational system and policy

Haruo SOEDA

Comparative education studies, research on oral/written language as educational media

Hisayoshi MORI

Curriculum and instruction, teacher research

Nozomi SHIMADA

Educational methodology, lesson study

Shigeaki OBA

Urban Policies, Regional Geography of Europe (especially Germany)

Toshio MIZUUCHI

Urban social geography, research on policy supporting NPOs,
research on cities in the late modern period

Takashi YAMAZAKI

French literature and culture of the 20th century
Language research on English, including phonology and syntax
Psychological linguistics, neurolinguistics, applied linguistics
Language structure theory, language information theory
Semantics, Pragmatics
Comparative research on expression culture, contemporary theater theory
Sexual expression theory, cultural systems theory, visual
representation history theory
French theater, comparative theater
Research on Celtic countries, comparative research on narrative literature
Cultural theory, ﬁlm theory, research on late modern period Germany

Asian Culture and Urbanism
Mitsuhiko NOZAKI

Korean classical literature and cultural history (folk beliefs, etc.) research

Hiroshi TAWADA

Cultural anthropology, research on Malaysian region

Mayumi SUGAWARA

Japanese art history, cultural resource studies

Satoshi MASUDA

Popular music studies, Copyright theory

Madoka HORI

Research on political geography in Japan and Okinawa

Japanese Studies from Global Perspectives, Comparative Literature
and Culture, Literature of Boundaries

Ryoji SODA

Keita AMANO

Human geography, Southeast Asian Area Studies

Yoshinari KIMURA

Geographic information systems, epidemiology research

Language and Culture
Tetsuya NIWA

Japanese grammar, mainly contemporary language

Tourism studies, tourism culture theory, urban social culture theory

Science
Mathematics

Naoki KOBAYASHI

Hirotaka AKIYOSHI

Literature of the Middle Ages, mainly narratives and folklore

Hyperbolic geometry and 3-dimensional manifold theory

Hiroaki KUBORI

Ken ABE

Early modern Japanese literature, mainly Bunraku(Japanese traditional puppet theater)

Partial diﬀerential equations

Kumiko OKUNO

Diﬀerential geometry, harmonic map theory

Modern literature, mainly Taisho period literature including Akutagawa

Mayuko YAMAMOTO

Literature in the Heian Period, Chinese inﬂuences on Japanese Poetry

Tsuneo MATSUURA

Chinese late modern period literature and theater

Shinmin CHOU

Late modern period culture studies including visual culture

Mari IWAMOTO

History of Chinese grammar and vocabulary, contemporary Chinese grammar

10 Osaka City University

Yoshihiro OHNITA
Masato OKADO

Integrable systems and representation theory

Shin KATO

Global analysis (geometric analysis on manifolds)

Masaharu KANEDA

Algebraic groups and representation theory

Taizo KANENOBU
Knot theory

Seiichi KAMADA

Knots and 3- and 4-dimensional topology

Relativistic astrophysics
Quantum ﬁeld theory and string theory
Cosmology and Theory of Gravity
Theoretical Space Plasma Physics
Quark model and hadron-hadron interaction
Beyond the Standard model of elementary particle physics based onsupersymmetry and extra dimensions model
String theory and gauge theory
Experimental Gravitational Wave Physics
Experimental high energy physics

Shoichi OGIOHigh energy cosmic ray physics, particle astronomy

Kazuhiro YAMAMOTOHigh energy physics (neutrino physics, lepton ﬂavor physics,
proton-antiproton collisions)

Eiichi NAKANO

Experimental Particle Physics and Cosmic Ray Observation

Yoshiki TSUNESADAHigh energy cosmic ray physics

Masako IWASAKI

Experimental Particle Physics

Osamu ISHIKAWA

Low Temperature Physics and Phase Transitions in Quantum Liquid

Makoto TSUBOTA

Theory of Condensed-matter Physics: Quantum Fluids and Solids

Akira OGURI

Condensed Matter Theory: Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

Shin INOUYE

Laser cooling and Bose-Einstein Condensate (Experiment)

Hideo YANO

Ultra Low Temperature Physics: Defects in Quantum Condensates

Mitsuru SUGISAKIBiophysics at the spatio-temporal limit

Katsuichi KANEMOTO

Excited states in conjugated polymers

Ken OBARA

Ultra Low Temperature Physics: Sounds in Quantum Liquid

Yuunori NISIKAWA

Condensed Matter Theory/Quantum Transport Theory Strongly
Correlated Electron Systems

Hiromitsu TAKEUCHI

Theory of Condensed-matter Physics: Quantum Fluids Dynamics

Chemistry
Kazunobu SATO・Electron state of molecular organic magnetic

compounds, new methods for electron magnetic resonancespectroscopy, development of molecular spin quantum computers

Yoshio TEKI

Molecular magnetism, photo-excited states and molecular spinscience of organic spin systems

Tomoyuki YATSUHASHI
Multiply charged molecular cation chemistry and High energy
chemistry in liquid

Masatoshi KOZAKI

High-performance precision macromolecular synthesis

Takahiro NISHIMURA

Development of catalytic asymmetric reactions

Yasuyuki TSUBOI

Nano and micro-analytical chemistry, spectroscopic measurement
and plasmonics

Mitsumasa KOYANAGIStructure and diversity of functions of photoreceptor proteins

Takayuki HOSON

Mechanisms of growth regulation and environmental responses in plants

Makoto MIYATA

Mechanisms of Mycoplasma gliding

Taro NAKAMURA

Molecular mechanisms of sexual reproduction in ﬁssion yeast

Tohru KOMIYA

Souichi SAEKI

Multi-functional microtomography systems for biologicaltissues/regenerative tissues and composite materials

Atsushi IMADU

Caregiving robots, research on robots using dynamics

Yoshihiro SATO

Characteristics and material science of machining, physical chemistry
and material science of welding and joining, antibacterial materials

Hiroshi KAWAKAMI

Molecular biology of animal development

Interaction of microorganisms and materials: antibacterial metals
and microbiologically inﬂuenced corrosion

Kazuyuki WAKABAYASHI

Takeshi TAKIYAMAStructure and function of cell walls in plants

Hiroshi NAKAZAWA

Kouichi SOGA

Invention of metal complexes and expression of new functions

Growth and morphogenesis of plants by environmental stimuli

Hiroshi NAKAJIMA

Toshirou MIZUNODevelopment of functional materials based on metalloproteins

Intercellular interaction in mesoderm induction

Kenji SAKOTA

Moritoshi IINO

Optimization of fuel eﬃciency and exhaust gases through integrated
control of vehicle power trains

Yogo TAKADA

Development of aquatic robots and bridge inspection robots, robot
modeling and numerical analysis of blood ﬂow

Katsuhiko OSAKA

Development of microspectroscopy using the quantum propertiesof light and application to complex molecular systems

Environmental response, photoresponse, and growth control of plants

Health monitoring of composite materials/polymer materials,
adhesive bonding of composite materials

Daisuke SHIOMI

Masanori KOHDA

Behavioral ecology and cognitive-behavioral science of vertebrates

Hayato NAKATANI

Magnetism and magnetic resonance of crystalline organic solids

Toshio MATSUSHITA
Theoretical chemistry

Harukazu YOSHINO

Transport phenomena in low dimensional conductors and search forhigh eﬃciency thermoelectric materials

Takanori NISHIOKA

Design of functional complexes and inorganic materials

Masakazu HIROTSU

Development of functional polynuclear metal complexes with
precisely controlled structures

Kazuo TOYOTA

Akira ITOH

Regeneration process and coexistence mechanisms in plant communities

Shinsuke GOTO

Seasonal adaptation in invertebrates

Chiyomi UEMATSU

Yoshihisa KANEKO

Sexual expression and population maintenance mechanisms in plants

Satoshi AWATA

Research on behavioral ecology of reproductive strategies of ﬁsh species

Taro FUCHIKAWA

Masazumi FUJIWARA

Tatsuya SHOJI

Microspectroscopy analysis of molecules in non-equilibrium open
systems

Satoshi KOUI

Geosciences
Shinji MASUMOTO

Geoinformatics: Formulation and visualization of geological information

Satoru YAMAGUCHIStructures and conditions of seismogenic zones (around faults and slabs)

Muneki MITAMURA

Tetsuya SATOH

Urban geology: Geotechnical characteristics of the Osaka plain

Tetsuro SHINADA

Geological engineering: geological disasters and human impact

Yoshiki MORIMOTO

Quaternary science: History of relationship between humans and nature

Satoshi SHINODA

Geoinformatics: Utilization methods for geological information

Ikuko MIYAHARA

Mass transfer and water-rock interaction in the Earthʼs upper crustand hydrosphere

Development of organic synthesis reactions using catalysts
Research on synthesis of advanced biological response modiﬁers
Synthetic organic chemistry, organic chemistry of natural products
Development and functions of molecule recognition elements
3D structure and function of proteins

Yoshinosuke USUKI・Bioorganic chemistry: Structure

Elucidation, Synthesis and Properties of Biologically Active Natural
Products / Synthesis and Properties of Fluorinated Bio-molecules mimics

Kazuhiko SAKAGUCHI

Design and control of reactive species and development ofmolecular conversion methods

Hiroyuki MIYAKE

Invention and functionalization of dynamic supramolecular complexes

Yoshimitsu TACHI・Invention and development of functional
molecules through functional characterization of organisms andprecision control of molecular structure

Keisuke NISHIKAWA

Synthesis of highly active natural organic compounds anddevelopment of new synthesis methods

Yoko YASUNO

Tsuyoshi HARAGUCHI
Jun INOUE

Tatsuya NEMOTO
Harue MASUDA

Yoichi EZAKI

Global environmental changes in the Earth history: Geobiology offossil Cnidaria

Keiji SHINODA

Spectroscopic research of minerals under high temperatures andhigh pressures

Ryoji MASUI

Molecular mechanisms of DNA repair and post-translational
modiﬁcations

Kazuo ITO

Correlation of structure and function of enzymes, enzyme regulationand its applications

Ken-ichi FUJITA

Biologically active substances targeting drug resistance mechanisms

Ippei KISHIDA

Ion diﬀusion mechanisms in energy materials

Physical Electronics and Informatics(Applied Physics, Electronics and Information
and Communication Engineering)
Naoteru SHIGEKAWA

Composition and creation of semiconductor new function devices,development of power electronics applications

Seiji TAKECHI

Development of particle detector

Tatsuru SHIRAFUJI

Development of new plasma generation methods and application tomaterials processing

Masafumi MURAJI

Measurement of biological information using electricity

Kenji TANAKAElectroluminescent elements, generation and application ofcomposite structure thin ﬁlms

Masaaki NAKAYAMA

Optical properties and functions in semiconductor quantum
structures and nano thin ﬁlms

Hiroshi NAKAYAMA

Magma generation and diﬀerentiation and circulation process ofheat and mass in the mantle

Engineering
Nobuya NISHIMURA・Solar cooling, research on environmental

Structure and diversity of functions of signal transfer proteins

Yoshiyuki YOKOGAWA・Development of ceramics, materials for
medical/dental applications, and environmental materials bycontrolling micro- and mesostructures

Tetsuya SAKUYAMA

Crustal dynamics: Metamorphism and deformation in the lower crust

Toshio TANAKA

Akihisa TERAKITA

Makoto UCHIDA・Evaluation and modeling of non-uniform
deformation, understanding of dynamic properties based on
structural hierarchy of materials

Hideo TAKEUCHI・Investigation of semiconductor condensed
matter physics using ultrafast spectroscopy and control of terahertz
electromagnetic wave properties

Biology
Biologically active substances that control mold growthNano-multilayered ﬁlm, advanced scanning electron microscopy,
ultra ﬁne-grained structure control, metal fatigue

Takamoto OKUDAIRA

Mechanical and Physical Engineering(Mechanical Engineering)

Synthesis and chemical biology of biofunctional molecules

Nobuo OSHIMA・Vibration control technology using

Satoshi NANAMI

Diversity and adaptive evolution in plants

Development of molecular conversion reactions using transition
metal complexes

materials using ultrasonic waves, development of electromagnetic
acoustic transducers for ﬂaw detection
magnetorheological ﬂuids, development of intelligent molding
technology for composite materials

Rhythm ecology of animal societies

Masumi ITAZAKI

Tomohiro YAMASAKI・Nondestructive evaluation of composite

Molecular physiology of colors and shapes in ﬂowers

Magnetism of molecules, theoretical chemistry related to excitedstates, computational chemistry
Quantum nanophotonic instrumentation for chemical andbiological applications

Evaluation of damage tolerance for carbon ﬁber composite material
structures and development of smart composites

thermal engineering including development of countermeasuretechnology for heat islands

Hiroyuki IYOTA

Research on advanced uses of superheated water vapor and highhumidity air (humidity control, drying, food processing)

Kenji KATOH・Flow phenomena aﬀected by surface tension,development of high-eﬃciency heat transfer promotion methods
with suppressed ﬂow resistance

Tatsurou WAKIMOTO

Research on destruction and atomization of liquid thin ﬁlms

Tadao KAWAI

Research on evaluation and diagnosis of mechanical systems

Material design and thin ﬁlm process for new function materials

Tsuneo FUKUDA

Control of function of material surfaces and invention of new devices

Shigeki NASHIMA・Development and application of wideband
electromagnetic wave measurement systems, from milliwaves towaves in the infrared light region

Ataru KOBAYASHI

Control of electron spin in the ionization process and electron emission process

DaeGwi KIM

Synthesis, characterization, and spectroscopy of nanomaterials andtheir optical function

Akira TERAIElectron phase transition in low-dimensional electron systems andnonlinear optics applications

Ayumu SUGITAElectron chaos and quantum information

Kenbo RYO

Fundamental properties and their applications of wide-gap andnarrow-gap semiconductors heterojunctions fabricated by surface
activated bonding method

Daisuke MIYAZAKI

3D displays, 3D measurement, optical information processing,biological optical measurement

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Micromachines, micro electromagnetic deices, biological electric information measurement

Eiji SHIKOH

Research for development of new devices with spintronics

Kai CAI

Research on systems control theory, discrete-event systems, anddistributed control of networked multi-agent systems

Hideya TAKAHASHI

3D image input and output, wearable computers, head mounted
displays, medical imaging

Urban Engineering(Architecture, Urban Design and Engineering)
Yoshiya TANIGUCHI

Research on seismic resistant capacity of spatial structures anddevelopment of timber truss system

Susumu YOSHINAKA

Response control of spatial structures and form-ﬁnding of shell structures

Tetsuro TANIGUCHI

Research on unsteady wind power properties under natural winds

Common Fields (Machine Workshop)
Shin'ya YOSHIOKA

Plastic deformation mechanisms of polymer solids and application
to machining

Medicine

Kayo YOSHIMOTOEri GAVANSKI

Biological monitoring systems, medical systems

Research on damage reduction of low-rise housing due to wind damage<Basic Medicine>
Molecular Biological Medicine

Kazunori HAYASHI

Tatsuhiko KIUCHI

Research on recycling of construction materials, research on lifespan of buildings

Shuhei TOMITA

Statistical signal processing and data analysis for information and communications systems

Shigeyoshi NAKAJIMA

Noriko UMEMIYA

Genetic algorithms, neural networks, image recognition, medical
applications of acceleration sensors

Research on adaptive evaluation of buildings and urban environments

Tomohito TAKUBO

Research on passive environmental control of buildings andhigh-eﬃciency facility systems design methods

Motion control of multi degree-of-freedom robots, development ofgait assistive devices, telecommunication through agents

Tomohiro KOBAYASHI

Circulation and metabolism studies, hypoxic response and disease inorganisms, vascular biology and disease, tissue remodeling

Fuminori TOKUNAGA

Molecular cell biological study on inﬂammatory and immune
signaling pathways and their related disorders

Naoko OHTANI

Katsuhiro MIYAMOTO

Obesity and tumor microenvironment, the role of cellularsenescence in vivo, obesity and gut microbiota

Artiﬁcial intelligence, robot learning

Building design, building design theory, comprehensive townscapeformation using construction spatial concepts

Ikuo OKA

Shunsuke KURAKATA

Kazuo IKEDA・Research related to organ ﬁbrosis especially livercirrhosis, induction of diﬀerentiation of human iPS cells to liver cells
and application to the creation of chimeric animals

Atsushi UENOHigh eﬃciency encoding methods and modulation methods for
wireless and optical communication

Research on Japanese contemporary architecture history

Shingo ATAHigh speed data transfer, traﬃc measurement, networks, performance evaluation

Emergent planning of housing, welfare, education, and regional
environments based on human power

Shinsuke HARA

Masumi FUJIMOTO

Signal processing applications in wireless communication systems

Hisayoshi SUGIYAMA

Robot group systems for disaster rescue, electric power packet networks

Tetsuo TSUJIOKA

Wireless and optical communication methods, error correction
encoding, computer networks

Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering(Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering)
Yusuke YAMADA

Heterogeneous catalysis of energy related materials

Kingo ARIYOSHI

Research on new energy storage materials and application to next-generation batteries

Shunsuke YOKOYAMA

Development of structural design methods and wooden material
spatial framework construction methods for spatial frameworks

Tetsu TOKUONO

Planning theory for urban housing, residential areas, and collective housing

Yusuke SUZUKI

Development of early restorative concrete material structures using smart
materials, construction of risk evaluation systems for shielding concrete

Hiroaki KITOH

Mechanical behavior and rational design method of composite
construction in steel and concrete

Hisao TSUNOKAKE

Kenji MIZUSEKI

Neurophysiology, function analysis of sleep, information processingin the hippocampus, memory mechanisms

Shinji HIROTUNE

Central nervous system construction mechanisms, morphogenesis
and cell polarity

Yuji NAKAJIMA

Developmental biology of circulatory system

Katsuyuki MIURA

Drug-induced nephrotoxicity, mechanisms of progressive renal
diseases

Takashi MORITA

Research support of experimental animal genome editing through
CRISPR method

Miyuki KUNO

Dynamic properties of concrete structures

Ion channels and transporters, regulatory mechanisms of osteoclast
functions, proton-signaling mechanisms

Takashi YAMAGUCHI

Tsutomu MATSUBARA

Yasuo HATANAKA

Development of beautiful bridges, member joining technology,
design and performance evaluation technology for bridges

Kayo YOSHIDA

Tatsuya MINAMI

Akihiko OSHIMA・Research on problems related to ground andunderground water environments, ground surveys for residential
land and foundation construction methods
Suguru YAMADA

Daisuke OIKAWA

Development of optically active catalysts and application to catalytic
asymmetric synthesis
Research on organic synthesis reactions using molecular catalysts

Kouichi TSUJI

Development of trace elemental analysis and elemental imaging
techniques using X-rays and electron beams

Noritsugu KOMETANI

Research on properties, reactions, and photochemistry ofhigh-temperature high-pressure ﬂuids,

Hideo HORIBE

Stability problems of natural slopes and weathering, problems
related to ground seismic behavior

Takashi UCHIDA

Analysis of urban activity and transportation behavior using
information communication technology

Nagahiro YOSHIDA

Research on polymer alloys and photosensitive polymers

Research on evaluation methods for safety and environment ofurban transportation

Eriko SATO

Takaaki SHIGEMATSU

Precise polymer synthesis and application to advanced andhigh-performance organic materials

Understanding material circulation mechanisms in coastal areas andenvironmental restoration, urban wide-area complex disasters

Takashi NISHIYAMA

Sota NAKAJO・Transport phenomena caused by waves and ﬂow,

Research on control of crystal structure of ferroelectric polymer composite materials

Seiya KOBATAKE

Research on design, synthesis, and properties of photofunctional materials

Daichi KITAGAWA

Development of photofunctional materials with photochromic molecules

Masaya KITAMURA

Structure-function relationship cofactor-binding proteins, genetic
engineering, development of enzymes for medical checks

Takeshi NAKANISHI

Molecular biological analysis of human liver disease withconstructing the animal modelResearch on DNA damage in mammals and repair mechanisms
through homologous recombination
Regulatory mechanism of inﬂammatory immune response by novel
factors, and its therapeutic application

Masaaki TANAKA

Neuroscience, imaging, science of fatigue and will

Takuma KITANISHI

Neurophysiology, information processing in the hippocampus,
function changes in synapses, memory mechanisms

Shuhei CHIBA

Analysis of atypical microtubules in nerves

Toshiyuki YAMAGISHI

Developmental biology of the heart

disaster risk assessment, sustainable development and social adaptation
to future climate change

Masatake KAI

Koichi KANA

Masayuki SHIOTA

Urban planning, urban design, landscape theory, environmental
urban planning and planning technology development

Masatoshi NISHIOKA

Molecular mechanisms of collective cell migration in development
Analysis of environmental adaptation mechanisms of tumors

Shojiro KITAJIMA

Urban thermal environmental control, technology for eﬀective use of energy

Energy metabolism and epigenetic regulations in cancer stem cells
and hypoxic response in tumour

Minako NABESHIMA

Shinji MATSUNAGA

Spatial analysis evaluation of urban energy consumption and thermal environment

Cancer microenvironment, tumor vessels, pharmacokinetics

Akio SOHMA

Eiji GOTO・Functional analysis of LUBAC in human T-cell line.
Functional analysis of deubiquitinases that regulate immune andinﬂammatory responses

Toru ENDO

Research and development of medical materials based on biopolymers

Understanding environmental degradation mechanisms in urban
coastal regions and urban nature restoration of waterfronts

Seigo TERAWAKI・Elucidation of pathogenesis of inﬂammatory
diseases and underlying defects in immunoregulation mechanisms
mediated by mitophagy

Hideki AZUMA

Yoshinori KANJO

Hayato URUSHIMA

Research and development of high-performance artiﬁcial antibodies

Koichi IGARASHI

Crystallization technology for medicine, biomass

Takeshi NAGASAKI

Synthesis and application of natural bioactive materials

Akira TACHIBANA

Development of RNAi drugs/DNA drugs, cell diﬀerentiationinduction on cell culture substrates

Masayuki AZUMA

Modiﬁcation and search for microorganisms that are useful for bioindustry

Taro TACHIBANA

Research on methods of producing monoclonal antibodies

Yoshihiro OJIMA

Increasing eﬃciency of bioprocesses based on cellular function control

12 Osaka City University

Numerical ecosystem modeling, elucidation of ecosystemmechanisms, prediction/estimation of ecological dynamics

Aquatic environment conservation technology and evaluation of
resource/energy recovery systems

Satoshi MIZUTANI

Evaluation of environmental impact of waste management and recycling

Common Fields (Applied Mathematics)
Chihiro MATSUOKA

Nonlinear dynamic systems and chaos theory, numerical analysis,
vortex layer dynamics in ﬂuid dynamics

Atsushi TAKIZAWA・Spatial data analysis, development ofevacuation plans and design methods using algorithms

Investigation of the interaction among hepatic stellate cell,
hepatocyte, and sinusoidal endothelial cells

Hideyuki MATSUMOTO・Neurophysiology, motivation andlearning, analysis of neural pathways of reward systems, neuralfoundations of adaptive behavior

Hiroyuki MIYAWAKI

Neurophysiology, function analysis of sleep, mechanisms of memory
formation and stabilization

Meigetsu KIN

Understanding control mechanisms of intracellular materialtransport

Sakiko MATSUMOTO

Understanding control mechanisms of intraneural material transport

Sayaka TOJIMA

Tail morphogenetic mechanisms in amniotes

Ryuichi ISHIDA
Control of neurotransmitters

Urban Medicine
Hideki WANIBUCHI

Environmental chemical carcinogenesis, chemoprevention,
pathology of bladder cancer, molecular pathology

Tomoshige HAYASHI・Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes, visceral fat, chronic kidneydisease, and hemodialysis
・Epidemiology: the Japanese-American Community Diabetes Study

Ken-ichi OINUMA・Analysis of drug-resistance mechanisms ofpathogenic bacteria and intercellular information transmission
mechanisms (quorum sensing)

Yukiko NISHIUCHI
Mikiko SHIBATA

Hirohisa NAKAMAE

Epidemiology of kidney diseases and lifestyle-related diseases

Naoto TANI

Shinichi IWASAKI

Akira ISHII

Takato ABE

Understanding neural mechanisms related to appetite, exercise,stress, and fatigue

Wataru KAGAYA

Epidemiological research on malaria transmission and eradication

Koichi NAKAJIMA

of forensic toxicology and forensic serology examination methods, forensic
imaging diagnostics

Yukihiro KANEKO

1. Molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant bacteria and drug resistance mechanisms
2. Understanding pathology of refractory mycosis and developing new diagnosis method
3. Development of tools for helping drug-resistant bacteria infection control

Akira KANEKO・Global Malaria Eradication: Intervention studies
on islands in Vanuatu, Southwest Paciﬁc and in the Lake Victoria
region, Kenya with chemotherapeutic, vector control, andcommunity-directed approaches; Human, parasites, and vector
polymorphism related to the eﬃcacies of the tools; Molecular andsero- epidemiology

Min WEI

Environmental chemical carcinogenesis, cancer risk assessment,
molecular pathology of bladder cancer

Kyoko SATO

・Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes, visceral fat, chronic kidney disease, and hemodialysis
・Epidemiology: the Japanese-American Community Diabetes Study

Satoko OHFUJI

Determination mechanisms and signal transducing transcription
factors for cell growth and diﬀerentiation

Takami TOMIYAMATranslational research on diagnosis, prevention, and treatment ofneurodegenerative disease

Tetsuo SHOJI

Lipoprotein metabolism, diabetes, arteriosclerosis in kidney failure,cognitive function, sarcopenia

Masakazu YASHIROTranslational research for refractory cancer, and Development ofmolecular target therapy for cancer

Hirotada KOJIMA

Understanding information transduction mechanisms for controlling the fates of cells

Atsushi SHIOI・Onset mechanisms of arteriosclerosis and vascular
calciﬁcation, aging and calcium, onset mechanisms of chronic kidneydisease and kidney ﬁbrosis

Hisashi NAGAHARA・Individualized treatment in chemotherapy
for colorectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer,
surgical treatment for inﬂammatory bowel disease

Kou CHOU

Epidemiology of liver disease, intractable diseases, and infectious diseases

Role of miRNA in infectious diseases and development of signal
control technology

Kazunobu OKAZAKI

Hiroyuki KUNIMOTO

Research on mechanisms of improvement in physical capacity andphysiological function with exercise training and environmental adaptation

Hisayo YOKOYAMA

Glucose and energy metabolism during exercise, clinical research on
the eﬀect of exercise on health promotion among the elderly

Mitsuru FUKUIMathematical statistics, application to the medical ﬁeld, research on
measurement scales for health and disease

Tomomi MICHIUE

Pathophysiology of sudden death, forensic histopathology, forensic
imaging diagnostics, forensic biochemistry, forensic toxicology

Minoru AYATA

Neuropathogenicity of measles virus and onset mechanism of
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Anna KAKEHASHI

Chemical carcinogenesis, molecular pathology, cancer risk assessment,cancer chemo prevention, mechanisms of liver carcinogenesis

Masato UJI

Stress reaction of respiratory organs

Daiki IMAI

Eﬀect of environmental stress on physiological function and athletic
performance

Mamiko NIKI

Analysis of dormancy phenomena and development of new
anti-tuberculosis vaccine

Isao TERAMOTO

Research on gastrointestinal parasitic protozoa

Rie ISOZUMIMicrobiology

Tetsuo KASE

Prevention and risk assessment for infectious diseases

Masaki FUJIOKA・Research on collective cell movement mechanism

through epigenetic control in cancer metastasis, chemical carcinogenesis,
carcinogenetic risk assessment

Shinichiro UEHARA

Epidemiology of lifestyle-related diseases

Kazuya ITO

Epidemiology of infectious diseases and rare (intractable) diseases

Yuta SUZUKI

Mechanical function of lower limb muscles during fundamental
human movements

Tomoya IKEDA・Pathophysiology of sudden death, postmortem

changes in serological examinations, pathophysiology of edema anddevelopment of evaluation methods

Pathophysiological analysis and prevention of complications onhematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Pathophysiology of sudden death, forensic molecular pathophysiology,
forensic social medicine

Takahiro YOSHIKAWA

Takaki ISHIKAWA・Pathophysiology of sudden death, development

Yasuo IMANISHI

Osteoporosis, rickets, osteomalacia, parathyroid disease, hyperparathyroidism, chronic,-kidney disease-metabolic bone disorder

Geriatrics

Medical science and neuroscience of lifestyles of humans(unconsciousness, stress, appetite, crosstalk between diet and exercise)

Diabetology, metabolism, atherosclerosis

Research of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases by a one health approach

Wakaba FUKUSHIMA

Epidemiology of infectious diseases, rare (intractable) diseases, and liver disease

Masanori EMOTO

Control of gene expression through intracellular signaling

Tomohiro UMEDA

Industrial psychiatry

Mechanisms of neuronal cell damage in cerebral ischemia

Nobuo NEGORO

Pathology and treatment of connective tissue disease

Shoichi EHARA

Intravascular ultrasound, multislice CT, pathological analysis of acutecoronary syndrome with MRIAtsushi DOI

Cardiovascular disease

Shinichi IWATA

Understanding pathology of valvular disease, atherosclerosis,
hypertension, and heart failure using ultrasoundKazuhisa ASAI

Pulmonology, understanding and controlling inﬂammatory mechanisms inchronic respiratory inﬂammatory disease, respiratory endoscopy

Sawako UCHIDA

Diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis, hepatoma, and biliary-pancreatic carcinoma

Atsushi HAGIHARA

Development of treatment methods and early diagnosis methods forhepato-biliary-pancreatic carcinoma

Hirokazu YAMAGAMI

Causes/pathology and treatment of bowel disease

Fumio TANAKA

Research on pathophysiology and treatment of functional gastrointestinal disease

Yasuaki NAGAMI・Superﬁcial esophageal cancer, Endoscopic
resection of early stage gastrointestinal cancer, endoscopic
treatment, endoscopic diagnosis, esophagostenosis

Koichi TAIRA

Chemotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer, endoscopic treatment,
endoscopic diagnosis

Shuhei HOSOMI

Pathology and treatment of inﬂammatory bowel disease

Translational research on diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of dementia

Tomoaki MORIOKA<Clinical Medicine >Organ and Pathological Internal Medicine

Katsuhito MORI

Minoru YOSHIYAMA

Basic and clinical research on obesity, diabetes and atherosclerosis
Nephrology, metabolism, diabetology

Shinsuke YAMADA

Cardiovascular disease, clinical cardiology, translational research on
fundamentals and clinical applications in heart research

Sleep disorders and nocturnal blood pressure in Rheumatoid arthritis

Kazuto HIRATA

Endocrine and metabolic disorders (especially clinical research onneuroendocrinology)

Pulmonology, and, Pathology and treatment of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma

Norifumi KAWADA

Hepatology, analysis of gene expression in hepatopathology,
microenvironment of hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer

Yasuhiro FUJIWARA

Pathology and treatment of digestive diseases

Masaaki INABA

Calcium metabolism abnormality, endocrinology, rheumatology

Masayuki HINO

Treatment of hematologic malignancy, research on hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation

Koki INOUE

Relationship between stress and mental disorders (industrial psychiatry),eating disorders and pathological biochemistry

Yoshiaki ITOH

Research on a wide variety of neurological diseases, especiallyneurodegenerative diseases and cerebrovascular diseases

Eiji ISHIMURA

Nephrology and Dialysis

Akihisa HANATANI

Understanding pathology of heart failure and development oftreatments to prevent re-hospitalization

Hiroshi KANAZAWA

Pulmonology, allergology, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases

Tomoya KAWAGUCHI

Pulmonology, oncology, basic and clinical research on lung cancer

Akihiro TAMORI・Hepatology, analysis and clinical application ofhuman gene polymorphisms in the hepato-biliary-pancreatic ﬁeld,
blood transfusion science

Masafumi KURAJOH

Koka MOTOYAMA

Diabetic complications, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, muscle andespecially research ﬁeld of chronic in ﬂammation and macropharge

Akihiro TSUDA

Renal hemodynamics, Diabetic nephropathy, hyperuricemia

Shinya NAKATANI

Etiology and pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease

Hideo KOH・Molecular epidemiology of blood disorders andhematopoietic stem cell transplantation, development of diagnostic
and treatment methods for opportunistic infections

Takahiko NAKANE

Research on blood disorders and hematopoietic stem celltransplantation treatment

Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA

Research and clinical applications of immune surveillance forhematological malignancies

Motohisa KATAGAMI

Internet addiction disorder

Dai MIYAWAKI

Child Adolescent Psychiatry, autism spectrum disorder, childhood anxiety disorders

Tsuneo YAMAUCHI

Eating disorders, industrial psychiatry

Yasunori MATSUDA

Neuroimaging, geriatric psychiatry

Yasuhiko DEGUCHI

Industrial psychiatry, depression, bipolar disorder

Kentaro UCHIDA

Neuroimaging, Geriatric psychiatry

Masaru ENOMOTO

Tomoko HARADA

Pathology and treatment of viral hepatitis

Eating disorders

Toshio WATANABE

Yoshitaka NAKAO

Understanding pathophysiology of gastrointestinal inﬂammationand malignant diseases

Palliative care

Osaka City University

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Pulmonology, oncology, fundamental and clinical research on lungcancerTsuyoshi TSUTADA

Tadashi MATSUURA

Research on eﬀect of anesthetics on ion channels using electrophysiological
techniques, eﬀect mechanisms of lipid emulsion treatment

Tomoharu FUNAO

Neurophysiological research

Brain monoamine dynamics in model rat with neuropathic pain,
spinal cord protection

Akitoshi TAKEDA

Mitsuhide YABE

High-order brain function impairment in neurological disorders andneurodegenerative diseases

Hideki FUJII

Pathology and understanding of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Misako MATSUBARADevelopment of new treatment medications for chronic liver disease

LE THUY THI THANH

Liver inﬂammation, ﬁbrosis, and molecular mechanisms ofcarcinogenesis

Yuya KODAMA
Eating disorders

Diagnostics and Biological Functional Management
Yukio MIKI

Diagnostic neuroradiology, MRI, diagnostic radiology

Masahiko OHSAWA

Pathology of malignant lymphoma

Pain management medicine, measures for postoperative nausea andvomiting, palliative care

Katsuaki TANAKA

Pharmacokinetics of intravenous anesthetics, anesthetic management
and outcome analysis, undergraduate medical education

Kouchi SUEHIROPerioperative hemodynamic monitoring, perioperative goal-directed
therapy

Yusuke FUNAI

Analgesic mechanisms of anesthetics, synaptic transmission in spinal
cord posterior horn

Tatsuo KIMURA

Pulmonology, Oncology, Tumor epidemiology, Fundamental andclinical research on lung cancer

Koji OTANIMetabolic syndrome/arteriosclerosis and gastrointestinal disease,
Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy and stomach cancer

Akemi NAKANO

Kiyonobu NISHIKAWA・Sympathetic nerve activity ofanesthetics and impact on impulse conduction system, eﬀect on ion
channels, molecular biology mechanisms of chronic pain

Research on quality control and epidemiological studies forgynecologic cancer screening examinees

Yasumitsu MIZOBATA

Diagnostic Pathology, especially gastrointestinal pathology

Emergency medical treatment systems, trauma surgery

Hiroyuki SHIMADA

Diagnostic imaging of dementia, diagnosis and treatment ofdementia, familial Alzheimerʼs disease

Taro SHIMONO

General diagnostic radiology

Yuki KUBO

Urogenital/Developmental Medicine
Masayasu KOYAMA

Radiation Oncology

Joji KAWABE・Clinical nuclear medicine (nuclear medicine

Tatsuya NAKATANITakashi MORI

Eﬀect of anesthetics on microglia function, neuronal nicotinic
receptors and analgesic mechanisms

Tokuhiro YAMADA

Acute pulmonary disease, postoperative management, anesthesia in
minimally invasive cardiac surgery, ischemia-reperfusion disorder

Hiromasa YAMAMOTO

Pelvic trauma, pathology and treatment of spine and spinal cord
injury, disaster medicine

Tetsurou NISHIMURA

Trauma surgery, resuscitation, medical device development

Shinya FUKUMOTO ・Epidemiology of lifestyle-related diseases,

clinical research on dietary therapy, development of in-homesupport system for dietary therapy, understanding therapeutic
angiogenesis mechanisms and development of ampliﬁer

Hiroyasu MORIKAWA

Gastroenterology and hepatology, understanding pathology of fatty
liver, development of new ultrasound diagnostic devices

Hirokazu NAKAHARA

Molecular mechanism of cancer invasion, Oncolytic viral therapy fororal cancer, Eﬀectiveness of perioperative oral care

Akira YAMAMOTO

Abdominal imaging diagnosis, CT, MRI, Interventional Radiology

Koichi KOYAMA

Diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine (tumor nuclear medicine,
positron nuclear medicine, nuclear medicine treatment, micro PET)

Haruo SHINTAKU・Metabolic disorders of amino acids, sugars, pteridine, andKidney transplant, experimental acute liver failure, drug-induced
kidney damage, urinary tract malignant tumors

Osamu ISHIKO

Cancer cachexia, gynecologic malignant tumors, female dysuria

Daisuke TACHIBANA

Physiology and pathological signiﬁcance of fetal circulation

Tomoyo YASUIGynecologic malignant tumors and cancer cachexia, female dysuria

Fundamental research on kidney disease, treatment for urinary tract
malignant tumors

Toshihide NAGANUMA

Kidney transplantation, blood puriﬁcation, urinary tract malignant tumors

Taro IGUCHI

Prostate cancer gene polymorphisms, understanding onset mechanismsof urinary tract stones, role of oxidative stress in urinary organs

Nobuyuki KUWABARA

Prevention of post-transplant kidney rejection, inhibiting progress ofchronic kidney disease

Tomoaki IWAI

Clinical research in the ﬁeld of kidney transplantation

Surgery
Masaichi OHIRA・Surgical treatment for esophageal cancer andstomach cancer, surgical metabolism and nutrition, surgical treatment
for portal hypertension

Research towards minimally invasive valvular heart disease surgery
Surgical treatment of bowel disease

Naoyoshi ONODA

Multimodal treatment of the endocrine malignancies

Shoji KUBO

Pathology and surgical treatment of hepato-biliary-pancreaticdisease, liver transplantation, surgical infections

Noritoshi NISHIYAMA

Respiratory illness, pathology and surgical treatment of mediastinal disease

Takashi MURAKAMI

Ischemic heart disease, valvular disease, surgical treatment of aortic
lesions and prevention of postoperative complications

Hiroaki TANAKA

Immunotherapy and surgery for gastric or gastroesophageal
junction cancer

complete cure of local advanced pancreatic cancer, nutritional therapy forhepato-biliary-pancreatic malignant disease

Understanding pathology of pediatric congenital metabolic
disorders using iPS cells

Yoshiaki TAKEMOTO

Biocompatibility of hemodialysis membrane, artiﬁcial organs, kidney
failure disease

Junji UCHIDA

Multidisciplinary treatment for breast cancer

Ryousuke AMANO・Establishment of multidisciplinary treatment for

Kenjiro KIMURA・Understanding carcinogenesis mechanisms ofpancreatic and biliary tract cancer, multidisciplinary treatment for
hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer

Shinichiro KASHIWAGI

Kidney transplantation, drug-induced kidney disorders

Understanding molecular mechanisms of refractory breast cancer
and clinical validation of new treatment strategies

Takuya MISUGI

Takahiro TOYOKAWA

Aging phenomena of mammalian eggs, endocrine function of
granulosa cells

Akihiro HAMURO

Investigation of eﬀectiveness of salpingostomy for hydrosalpinx
cases and biomarkers of predictive and prognostic factors

Hiroko KATAYAMA

Investigation of factors causing postpartum glucose tolerance
disorders such as gestational diabetes

Tomoyuki ICHIMURA

Gynecologic malignant tumors

Diagnostic imaging (CT/MRI), Interventional Radiology

Satoshi TAMADA

Takashi HAMAZAKI

Shinichi SAKAMOTO

Atsushi JOGO

Immunotherapy and genetic therapy for prostate cancer, chemotherapy forurothelial carcinoma, erectile dysfunction and male infertility

Tsutomu TAKASHIMA

Gynecologic malignant tumors, uterine ﬁbroids, endometriosis

Development and application of brain function imaging using highmagnetic ﬁeld MRI and magnetoencephalogram (MEG)

Katsuyuki KURATSUKURI

Sadao TOKIMASA・High-dose chemotherapy for pediatric refractory malignant
tumors, bone marrow nondestructive hematopoietic cell transplantation for congenital
metabolic disorders, leukemic stem cells in pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia

Shinichi HAMAMOTO

Diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI), Interventional Radiology

fundamental research for neurogenic bladder pathology understanding
and treatment, treatment of urinary tract malignant tumors

Kiyoshi MAEDA

copper, mucopolysaccharidosis, neonatal asphyxia, umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy,
umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell regenerative medicine, pediatric neurotransmitter
disease, pediatric bronchial asthma, in-home support of severely disabled children

Regulation of reactive oxygen pathology through anesthetics, local anesthesia

Tomoaki TANAKA・Fundamental research on prostate cancer,

Toshiyuki SUMI

Masako HOSONO

Masahiko TSUCHIYA

Neuropathological and neurophysiological research forunderstanding pathology of refractory epilepsy

Toshihiko SHIBATA

Cancer cachexia, gynecologic malignant tumors, female dysuria

therapeutics, nuclear medicine diagnostics), cancer palliative
therapy with clinical traditional Chinese medicine

Satoru SAKUMA

Analysis of anatomical support mechanisms of pelvic ﬂoor organs,reproductive immunology

Masao HAMURO

Interventional radiology, diagnostic imaging

Satoshi OHNISHI・Understanding causes and pathology of
neonatal chronic pulmonary disease and development of prevention
and treatment drugs, multi‐institutional joint research: “Left atrium
and patent ductus arteriosus evaluation” subproject on relationshipbetween patent ductus arteriosus and chronic pulmonary disease

Yasunori HASHIGUCHI
Takeshi FUKUDA

Understanding pathology of cancer cachexia and improvement
methods, gynecologic malignant tumors

Mari KASAI

Surgical treatment and multidisciplinary treatment for stomach
cancer and esophageal cancer

Kazuya MUGURUMA

Surgical treatment, chemotherapy, and multidisciplinary treatment
for stomach cancer

Masatsune SHIBUTANIMultidisciplinary treatment for colorectal cancer and understanding
prognostic factors

Satoru NODA

Multidisciplinary treatment for breast cancer and endocrine tumors

Sadaaki YAMAZOE

Surgical treatment for hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer

Takuma TSUKIOKA

Multidisciplinary treatment for lung cancer, inhibition of pulmonaryﬁbrosis progression

Yosuke TAKAHASHI

Tomohisa OKUMA

Gynecologic malignant tumors, uterine ﬁbroids, endometriosis

Shinichi TSUTSUMI

Pediatric diabetes, research on causes and pathology of kidneydiseaseShigeru LEE

Toshiyuki SETO・Clinical research on pediatric neural andShigekazu TAKEMURA

Diagnostic imaging

Radiation Oncology

Yoshitaka MIKI

Radiation Oncology

Shigeaki HIGASHIYAMA

Clinical nuclear medicine (dementia nuclear medicine, tumor
nuclear medicine)

14 Osaka City University

Tomoyuki KAWAMURA

metabolic disorders, viral research on infections of the central
nervous system, clinical genetics, study of disabilities

Daisuke TOKUHARA・Understanding causes and pathology ofgastrointestinal disease and development of prevention andtreatment drugs, mucosal immunology

Surgical treatment for atrioventricular valve regurgitation in atrial
ﬁbrillation patients
Surgical treatment and multidisciplinary treatment of esophageal cancer
Surgical treatment of liver, pancreatic, and bile duct cancer, chemotherapy
for bile duct cancer, inhibition of liver cirrhosis progression, early diagnosisof pancreatic cancer, live-donor liver transplantYoshiki MOROTOMI

General pediatric surgery, especially pediatric bile duct surgery andpediatric liver transplant

Shogo TANAKA・Surgical treatment for hepato-biliary-pancreaticmalignant tumors, laparoscopic surgery, liver transplant, preventionof postoperative complications

Hiromichi FUJII

Surgical treatment of peripheral arterial disease

Nobuhiro IZUMILung malignant tumors, mediastinal tumors, surgical treatment ofemphysematous lung disease

Sensory and Motor Functional Medicine
Daisuke TSURUTA

Pathomechanisms of autoimmune bullous disorders, epidermolysis
bullosa and hair diseases

Kunihiko SHIRAKI

Kentaro NAITO

Hiromi SAKUDA

Yukihide MINODA

Midori SHIRAI・Research on environmental support for elderly

Diagnostic imaging and surgical treatment of spine and spinal cord diseases
Knee surgery, hip surgery, artiﬁcial joints, biomaterials, biomechanics

Yusuke HASHIMOTOSports medicine, Cartilage, Ligament reconstruction, Biomechanics,
Meniscus regeneration, Ligament reconstruction

Yoichi OHTA・Cartilage metabolism (prevention of joint cartilage
degeneration), bone metabolism (bone reconstruction using bonemorphogenetic protein, knee and hip surgery)

Mitsuhiro OKADA・Analysis of blood ﬂow in neurotrophic blood

Spinal surgery, Minimally invasive spinal surgery, Scoliosis,
Osteoporosis spinal disorders

Hisashi MOTOMURA

Reconstructive surgery, microsurgery, multidisciplinary treatment for
malignant skin tumors, multidisciplinary treatment for refractory skin ulcers

Hiroaki SAKAMOTO

Mitsuhiko IKEBUCHI

Spine and spinal cord tumors, bone reconstruction, nerve reconstruction,
understanding mechanisms of ligamentum ﬂavum thickening

Medical Quality and Safety Science
Yuichi KATO

Pigmentary disorders, molecular genetics, atopic dermatitis

Riei KAMO

Clinical research on malignant skin tumors

Takeya KOHNO

Ocular trauma, eye circulation, macular disease, age-related macular degeneration

Shinsuke ATAKA

Fundus disease, vitreoretinal surgery, glaucoma

Hirokazu SAKAMOTO

Hiroshi KAKEYADevelopment of eﬀective biostatistical methodology data
management techniques in clinical research

Keichi YAMAMOTO

Clinical research informatics, clinical trial management, clinicalresearch methodology, medical informatics

Yasuhiko TAKEMOTO

Medical education, general medical science, Translational research in medical
education, general medical science, cardiovascular function evaluation
science, cardiology, molecular biology, and clinical pharmacology

Mina MORIMURA

Medical education, general medical science, primary care, womenʼshealthcare, psychosomatic medicine

Keunsik PARK

Pediatric functional hearing loss, clinical research of allergic disease

Medical care information science, medical information systems, hospital management
science, medical safety management, medical information education

Kishiko SUNAMI

Etsuko NAKAGAMI-YAMAGUCHI・Quality and Safety Management

Inner ear disorders (especially equilibrium function), clinical researchon middle ear disease

Kazuhiro YAMANAKA

Research on radiosurgery for brain tumors

Toshihiro TAKAMI

Spinal cord tumor, spinal functional recovery, spine biomechanics

Kentaro INUI

Rheumatosurgery, Bone and cartilage metabolism

Hidetomi TERAI

Spine surgery, Regenerative medicine of bone, Scoliosis,
Development of medical devices

Manabu HOSHI

Bone and soft tissue tumor, Bone metastasis, Navigation surgery

Koji SUGAWARA・Research on hair diseases, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis,
research on the eﬀects of endogenous cannabinoids on skin appendages andmucous membranes, research on the biology of mast cells and itch
Chiharu TATEISHI

Research on pathology and developing treatment methods for
autoimmune bullous diseaseToshiyuki OZAWA

Research on treatment of infections with photodynamic therapy (PDT)Manabu YAMAMOTO

Age-related macular degeneration, vitreoretinal surgery

Hidefumi YAMAMOTO

Clinical research on equilibrium disorders and middle ear inﬂammation

Sakurako TAKANO

Clinical research on sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus andhearing physiology

Takeo GOTO・Development of cranial base surgery methods, research on

basicranial micro dissection, development of nasal endoscopic surgery methods

Hiroki MORISAKO

Research on vein dissection of posterior cranial fossa

Takehiro UDA

Surgical treatment for epilepsy and glioma. Research on clinical neurophysiology
using electroencephalo graphy and magnetoencephalography

Shinichi KAWAHARA

Nuclear medical diagnosis of brain tumors and spinal cord tumors,development of new treatments for malignant gliomas

Yoshie YOKOYAMA・Research on prevention of child abuse,international comparative research on maternal and child health, researchon growth and development, intervention research for prevention of
abuse for multiple children, twin studies, research on public health nurse
activities, research on public health nurse education, research on healthinequality, Finnish maternity and child health care system

Hisakazu FUJITA

Basic research on cancer cell growth and metastasis using themethods of biochemistry, molecular biology and cellular biology

Kanna OKAYAMA

Medical education, general medical science

Ayumi SHINTANI

Kazuyoshi FUKAI

Care system or program for preventing functional decline, frailty, andsocial isolation on older adults living in community

Taichi SHUTO

Yasuyoshi WATANABE

Research on neural stem cells in malignant glioma

Research on pediatric nursing and family health care nursing

Toshiko HATTORI

Research on diagnosis and treatment of bacterial and fungal
infectious diseases, research on infection control

Ichiro NAKANO

Research on perinatal childcare, research on nursing for women who
experienced a miscarriage

Trials from the perspective of evaluating eﬀect of pharmaceuticals
and food, research support in clinical research

Research and analysis of pathologies of childhood-onset of neurosurgical diseases
Integrative neuroscience, molecular and functional imaging, fatigue science

Mami TAMAUE(Home Health Care) Ayumi KONO

Minimally invasive spine surgery, osteoporosis, clinical epidemiology

Akinobu SUZUKI

Hiroaki NAKAMURA

Research on psychoeducation for patients with schizophrenia,
research on program evaluation

Masatoshi HOSHINO

Hiroyoshi IGUCHI

Cranial base surgery, brain tumor surgery, spine and spinal cord surgery

Mitsunobu MATSUDA

Yuko HIRATANINavigatic system in joint surgery, medical-engineering collaborationin plastic surgery, gait analysis with wearable accelerometers

Kenji OHATA

persons with dementia, research on improving lifestyle functioningof the elderly including seating

vessels in entrapped nerve peripheral neuropathy, development of
new tissue ﬂaps and anatomical search

Pathology of fundus disease, eye circulation, laser diagnostics
Fundamental and clinical research on cancer of the head and neck,surgical treatment of benign tumors of the head and neck

Cancer nursing, acute phase nursing, disaster nursing

in Healthcare, Quality Improvement Science, Quality Management, Arts andDesign in Quality and Safety, Social Psychology and GroupKoji YAMAMOTO

Statistical approaches for solving problems in clinical research

Masatsugu SHIBA
Dementia research

Hisako FUJII

Research on clinical research methodology

Yoshihiro TOCHINO

Medical education, general medical science, pulmonary medicine,
sleep-related breathing disorders

Noriko KAMATA・Etiology, pathology, and treatment for bowel

disease (especially inﬂammatory bowel disease), endoscopic treatmentof colon tumor, general medical science

Hiromitsu TOYOTA

Orthopedic surgery, spine and spinal cord surgery, osteoporosis,
medical education, materials for bone regeneration

Kouichi YAMADA

Epidemiological research of resistant bacteria, research on
appropriate use of antibiotics

Takuma ISHIHARA

Medical ethics, organizational ethics, ethics education
Infection management, research on bowel movement and intestinal environment

Yachiyo SASAKI

Research on health promotion among the elderly, research on
environmental support of elderly persons with dementia(Psychiatric and Mental-health Nursing) Ayumi KOHNO
Research on nursing for persons with schizophrenia, education
research for psychiatric nurses

Yukiko KANAYA

Research on preventative care for at-home elderly, research on
watching over elderly in the community

Chisato HAYASHI・Development of children of multiple births,
childcare support for homes with multiple births, research on
genome literacy in children of multiple births and their families,
research on ELSI in twin research

Yukari MURAKAWA

Acute phase nursing, Cancer nursing, Disaster nursing

Asuka WAKI・Research on promoting understanding of sexuality
among medical workers, research on the impact of stimulating
acupressure points on duration of labor
Yukako MORIGUCHI

Pediatric nursing education, childcare support, health behavior,research on childcare and nursing of sick children

Human Life Science
Food and Human Health Sciences
Yoshikazu NISHIKAWA

Epidemiology of food and water-borne diseases, and eﬀects of aging
and nutrition on host defense

Daiki HABU

Chronic liver disease, dietary assessment and treatment in fatty liver patients

Katsushi YOSHITA

Public nutrition research on promoting health and preventing
lifestyle-related diseases

Shigeru SAEKI

Molecular nutrition research on cholesterol metabolism

Toshiya MASUDA

Organic chemistry of plant-based phenols including polyphenols

Naoto FURUSAWA

Development of testing procedure in clinical trials with multiple
binary endpoints

Research on chemical residues in foodKanae TAKAHASHI

Research on statistical design and analysis of small-scale clinical trials

Biochemical and molecular biological research on energy
metabolism regulation systems

Daijiro KABATA

Akiko KOJIMA

Development of statistical methods for observational studies

Nursing

Naoki ICHIKAWA

Pathological nutrition and nutritional biochemical research on
prevention of lifestyle-related diseases

Dong-ho KIM

Molecular nutritional research on metabolism of lipoproteins

Yukiko UEDA

Research on school lunch management and dietary education

Motoharu IMANAKA

Yoko YASUITamaki KUMAGAI

Tomoe FUKUMURA

Perinatal medicine, infertility, menopausal medicine, gynecologic infections
Research on nursing education, research on relationship between
patientʼs family and medical providers, research on work
environment

Clinical nutritional research on tailor-made dietary instruction
Research on prevention of lifestyle-related diseases and dietary support

Eriko KAGE-NAKADAI

Molecular biological research on environmental stress and biological defense

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Naomi HAYAMI

Research on dietary behavior in adolescence and young adulthoodand dietary education methods

Toshi HARUKI

Research on dietary education methodology based on behavioral science

Housing and Environmental Design
Sakon TAJIMI

Research on mechanisms of housing demand and supply

Kazuo EMURA

Optimal planning for thermal environment and energy conservation

FUJITA Shinobu

Planning theory and professional theory in housing and community design

Akira OKADA

Ergonomics research for lifestyle devices and environment design

Kazuhiko MORI

Research on resident welfare environment design

Tsugumichi WATANABE

Creative Cities
Urban BusinessHaruomi SHINDO

Research on corporate venturing and university initiated startups

Katsuhiko CHIKA

Information economics, information social science, research on
valuation techniques for information investment

Masashi MAKINO

Research on manufacturing revolution and value chain in the transition in the electronics industry

Yoshikatsu NAGATA

Research on transformation of agricultural villages in northeast
Thailand using geographic information systems

Center for Research and Development of Higher Education
Atsushi OKUBO

Research on articulation between high school and university,
Science education, Palaeobotany

Hiroko IIYOSHI

Research on mission, curriculum, teaching and learning for university
education, History of university education, Higher education

Junko NISHIGAKI

Takashi OZAWA

College student development, University evaluation, Developmental psychology

Tamane OZEKI

Practical Research for career development with teaching materials
and support program, Social psychology

Research on cause and eﬀect in declining markets
Entrepreneurship, research on innovation and strategic collaboration

Toshiyuki ARUGA

Yoriko WATANABE

Research Center for Urban Health and Sports

Research on preservation methods and new construction methods for housing

Comparative international research on formation of local industrial clusters
accompanying the expansion of Japanese multinational corporations

Akiko KOITO

Jie sheng LI

Research on housing-related lifestyles of children and families

Research on management and labor relations in Japanese and Chinese corporations

Research on physiological response to various stimuli, research on archery,
research on health and physical ﬁtness in urban disaster prevention

Daisuke MATSUSHITA

Tomei OH

Research on capital markets in China

Akira OGITA

Research on design methods based on human behavior

Tadashi DOI

Katsunori KANEKO

Comprehensive functional environmental materials, performance
evaluation of wooden environments

Hiroyuki UEDA

Research on housing for the elderly and residential anthropology

Miho FUKUDA

Research on history of living spaces

Research on medical and nursing industry in Thailand and human resource development

Urban Policy
Kazuyuki KONAGAYA

Economic regional structure and urban policy in megacities,
community building, research on regional revitalization

Hideki SAKAI

Yoshihiro FUJITSUKA

Shihoko KOIKE

Junya TATEMI

Craig FARNHAM

Keiko MATSUNAGA

Eisuke IKUTA

Takayuki YOSHIDAMoto NISHIOKA

Toru KODAMA

Research on environmental materials
Research on design of living spaces
Research on air conditioning equipment and thermal comfort
Research on disaster prevention and safety in residential environments
Ergonomic research on devices and environments supporting thelifestyles of the elderly and disabledSocial Services and Clinical Psychology
Takaaki NAKAI

Education clinical studies, evolutionary human behavioral science,
behavioral analysis

Naoko MIFUNE

Research on psychopathology and developmental disorders,
research on psychotherapy

Research on revitalization of declining areas in large cities
Research on development of industrial cluster zones and roles of laws and customs
Regional industrial theory, research on sustainable development of urban and rural areas
Urban culture policy, cultural capital theory, art project theory
Research on international comparison of housing policy

Yayoi HISASUE

Research on administrative litigation, research on park legislation in Europe and America

Norimichi GOISHI

Comparative international research on social policy in East Asia

Jyunko NAGATA

Research on management related to public sector organizations and people

Keigo MIZUKAMI

Shinichi OKADA

Research on city ﬁnances and city management, international
comparative research on government debt

Michihiko TOKORO

Mariko AKUZAWA・Human rights education and development, international humanrights standards, concept of human rights and residentsʼ awareness, human rights investigation methods

Research and Development of Advanced Interdisciplinary Care Science
Theory and policy research on social security for handling
diversiﬁcation of families

Ryoko HATTORI

Economic policy research on labor, lifestyles, and welfare, researchon work-life balance policy

Tadashi HORIGUCHI

Social development studies (community revitalization, community building,poverty reduction, development assistance, lifestyle improvement, etc.)

Jiro OHNISHI

Psychiatric social work, end-of-life care

Miki SHINODA

Research on clinical psychology of the elderly, research on psychotherapy

Teruyo NAGAHAMA

Research on clinical psychology of mothers and children, researchon psychotherapy

Yasuyo NOMURA

Yoji HIROTA

Clinical psychology, assessment, aid techniques

Hiroshi KASHIWAGI

NPO theory, NPO management, civic activity in America, human rights policy in America

Akitomo SHINGAE

Research on life models of sexual minorities, research on scientiﬁc technology and the body

Sakura FURUKUBO

Contemporary Japanese womensʼ history, gender and sexuality theory, gender equality education

Hiromichi MIZUNOPlural society theory, care labor theory, research on comparison ofelderly care in Japan and China, Buraku issues

Urban Information
Venkatesh RAGHAVANDevelopment of open source spatial information systems and application to urban information

Research on housing for life and well-being, research on conﬂict
management methods in communities

Katsumi ONISHI

Hiroto MATSUKI

Daisuke YOSHIDAFamily social science, research on child raising support

Kayoko GOTOU

Research on clinical psychology practice for adolescents andmentalities of adolescents

Naoko UNOURA

Research on advocacy in social work

Yuka SHIMIZU

Research on community life support services for people with mental disorders

Naohiko TACHI

Psychoanalysis, child and adolescent psychiatry

Naomi NAKASHIMA

Research on community-based child and family welfare

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Research on eﬃcient use of computers in networked environments

Hitoshi WATANABE

Research on biomolecular function and bioactive substance forregulating human health

Kazunobu OKAZAKI・Research on mechanisms of improvementin physical capacity and physiological function with exercise training
and environmental adaptation

Hisayo YOKOYAMA

Glucose and energy metabolism during exercise, clinical research on
the eﬀect of exercise on health promotion among the elderly

Daiki IMAI

Eﬀect of environmental stress on physiological function and athletic
performance

Yuta SUZUKI

Mechanical function of lower limb muscles during fundamental
human movements

Research Center for Human Rights
Naoko SAITO

Study of the Buraku Issue, sociology of the family

Urban Research Plaza
Toshio MIZUUCHI

Urban social geography, policy support NPO research, contemporary
urban research

Hiroshi OKANO

Social design for products and services, construction of international
networks between cities

Hong Gyu JEON

Residents in poverty in disadvantaged Areas in East Asian cities,
community-based regional revitalization Studies, Housing welfare Studies

Satoshi ENDO

Research on dynamics of environmental pollutants

Rii NUMATA

Community music therapy, improvisational music, research on art
activities including the socially vulnerable

English Education Development Center
Osamu YAMAMOTO

Cognitive linguistics, Cognitive Grammar

Miki NODA

English education, British Romantic literature

Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology
Nobuo KAMIYA

Photosynthesis oxygen generation function analysis, X-ray crystal
structure analysis, biological structure analysis

Yutaka AMAO

Research on web services and cloud information platforms for spatial information

Research on invention of an artiﬁcial photosynthesis system forenergy conversion of sunlight

Go YONEZAWA

Tomoko YOSHIDA

Research on spatiotemporal analysis of cities using GIS and remotesensing and sustainable urban development

Kota ABE

Research on distributed systems and platform software

Hayato ISHIBASHI

Research on distributed systems and networks

Toshio MATSUURA

Research on distributed systems, operational technology, and information education

Harumi MURAKAMI

Research on information search, artiﬁcial intelligence, and user interfaces

Invention of solid photocatalyst for realization of artiﬁcial photosynthesis
Physical property analysis of functional materials with synchrotron radiation spectrum

Ritsuko FUJII

Structure and photochemistry of photosynthetic functional molecules

Yoshihiro YAMAGUCHI

Control mechanisms of suicide gene in bacteria

Research Institutes
Media Center

http://www.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp

With a collection of approximately 2.5
million books and access to 30,000
scientiﬁc journals, the Media Center is
one of the largest university libraries inJapan. It oﬀers a wide variety offacilities where students can study,
practice presentations or simply relax,
whilst also functioning as theuniversityʼs information processing
and network hub.

Research Center for Artiﬁcial
Photosynthesis (ReCAP)
http://www.recap.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Building on cutting-edge research into
photosynthesis by professors at OCU,ReCAP was established in 2013 toaccelerate the realization of artiﬁcial
photosynthesis throughindustry-university-government
cooperation. It is ReCAPʼs ultimate aim
to develop a new recycling-basedenergy for the next generation.

Center for Health Science
Innovation (CHSI)
http://www.chsi.osaka-cu.ac.jp

CHSI was established in 2013, aiming
to contribute to health preservationand improvement, with researchconcentrating on fatigue. Throughindustry-university-government
collaboration the center develops
health products and services, while
making the latest scientiﬁc information
available to society.

Center of Education and Research
for Disaster Management (CERD)
http://www.cerd.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Immediately after the Great East Japan
Earthquake, OCU launched across-sectional research group to
study ways to support the aﬀectedareas and anticipate future calamities.
CERD was established in 2015 tofurther promote these activities,
focusing on the themes of “social
implementation of disasterknowledge” and “community disaster
preparedness” in close cooperation
with local residents and governments.

URA Center andOsaka City University Incubator
http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/ja/research/ura
email: sangaku-ocu@ado.osaka-cu.ac.jp

As the general point of contact forcollaborative activities among government,
industry, and academia, the URA (University
Research Administration) Center seeks torevitalize the local economy by sparking
industrial innovation. The OCU Incubator was
established in 2002 for local entrepreneurs
and enterprises seeking the creation of new
venture businesses or development of new
products by making the most of the results ofresearch conducted by the university
researchers.

University Hospital

http://www.hosp.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

The hospital has 37 medical
departments, handling more than 2000
patients on average each day, making it
one of the largest general hospitals inJapan. Designated as ① Cancer Care
District Liaison Hospital, ② Medical
Center for Dementia and ③ Emergency
Medical and Critical Care Center thehospital strives to provide high-quality
health care for the Osaka region and tocontinually improve the care for its
patients.

Other Research Institutes & Facilities
Academic Extension Center
Advanced Research Institute for Natural
Science and Technology
Archives of University History
Career Center
Center for Information Initiative
Center for Research and Developmentof Higher Education
Central Workshop
Collaboration and Contribution Centerfor Community
English Education Development Center
Global Exchange Oﬃce
Health and Medical Services Center
MedCity21, Division of Premier Medicine
Medical Science Information Center

Medical Staﬀ Education Center
Radioisotope Center
Research Center for Finance andSecurities
Research Center for Human Rights
Research Center for Urban Health andSportsStudent Support Center
Takahara Hall
Tanaka Memorial Hall
Toneyama Institute for Tuberculosis
Research
Urban Research Plaza

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Feature: Research institutes and facilities where conduct
international efforts(some coming up soon)
Introduce research institutes and facilities in where are engaged

Osaka City University Advanced Mathematical Institute(unfinished)coming up soon（See the following URL for your reference）
http://www.sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp/OCAMI/index_e.html

Urban Research Plaza (URP) : “Public Square” for Urban & Cultural Studies, Policy Making and Community
Development
Cities are supposed to be an arena or public square where new knowledge and urban culture is created throughvarious encounters and discourses. URP provides a platform for such a variety of endeavors with its unique structure
and approach. URP was founded in April 2006. The University has continuously put its energy into urban studies,and produced results befitting the metropolitan university. URP features ‘mobile’ satellites (Local Plaza). Local
Plazas provide places for community development with global citizens and any kind of sectors, public and private(including UNESCO and EU) which are located in modern building, shopping arcade, or traditional town house(Machiya). URP is doing financial supports for young researchers studying all over the world by using Research
Fellows Program, (1) Global Course as well as (2) Meister Course.
URP is also establishing international networks through Overseas Centers & Offices at Shanghai, Yogyakarta,
Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul, Taipei. Also URP launched the international academic journal City, Culture and Society(CCS) published by Elsevier, the top publishing house since 2010, with editors working at the top universities, City
Univ. of London, Zurich Univ., HEC Montreal, Singapore Management Univ., Univ. of Turin, Univ. of Oxford and others.

International Students

Global Exchange Oﬃce, tel. +81-(0)6-6605-3558, email: goto.ocu@ado.osaka-cu.ac.jp
http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en

Studying for a Degree (undergraduate/graduate)
Undergraduate Courses

The Faculties of the university provide courses leading to Bachelorʼs Degrees for undergraduate students. The courses consist of 4 (or 6in the case of the Faculty of Medicine) consecutive university years.

Graduate Courses

The Graduate Schools of the university oﬀer courses of specialized study for graduate students leading to Masterʼs Degrees andDoctorates. The Masterʼs Degree courses normally extend over 2 consecutive university years, and the Doctoral courses usually require
3 years to complete. The Graduate School of Medicine, for international students, oﬀers only Doctoral Courses, which take 4 years.
Masterʼs Degrees and Doctorates involve both course work and the presentation of a thesis based on original research conducted by
students working individually.

Research Students
Every year the university admits research students who are not reading for a degree, but who would like to undertake a period of study
at the graduate level under the guidance of the academic staﬀ of OCU, in preparation for graduate school. It is usual for such students
to enroll for six months or one year starting in April or October.

Exchange Programs
OCU has concluded various academic agreements with
universities and research institutes abroad. Under thoseagreements, a number of mutual exchange programs forboth researchers and students have been established.
Students of universities with exchange agreements with
OCU can take regular graduate or undergraduate classes,
and can also follow Japanese language classes and classes
introducing Japanese culture and history. We host parties
and cultural events for our international students several
times per year.

Japanese Language Ability Requirement
Classes at OCU are conducted in Japanese and international students are ordinarily expected to be proﬁcient in the Japanese language.
However, at the master and doctoral level supervision in English may be possible depending on the supervisor and the course.

Supplemental Japanese Language ClassThis free supplemental class is oﬀered once a week and is for enrolled international students who wish to further improve their
Japanese.

Academic Calendar 2017-2018
Commencement
First Semester
Matriculation Date
Summer Vacation
Second Semester
Winter Vacation
Spring Vacation

Late March
Apr. 1 ‒ Sept. 30
April 5
Aug. 5-Sept. 15
Oct. 1 ‒ Mar. 31
Dec. 23 ‒ Jan. 7
March 20-31

Visa
Students need to obtain a visa before coming to Japan. OCU can apply to the Japanese Ministry of Justice for a Certiﬁcate of Eligibility for
you to make the visa application process go more smoothly. After receiving the Certiﬁcate of Eligibility you can take it to the Japanese
Embassy or Consulate in your country and apply for a visa.

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Step-by-Step Admission Guide□ Undergraduate Courses
June orNovember

Step1: Take the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU)

October December

Step2: Apply

February

Step3: Take the Osaka City University entrance exam

1 AprilEnter Osaka City University (academic year: 1 April - 31 March)

The subjects you need to take and the scores you need to obtain diﬀer per faculty.

Obtain application form (from October) ➡ Submit application (speciﬁed date in December)□ Master Courses
Before July

Step1: Find an academic supervisor

June - July

Step2: Apply

August or
September

Step3: Take the Osaka City University entrance exam

1 AprilEnter Osaka City University (academic year: 1 April - 31 March)(October entry possible for Graduate School of Science. Application periods diﬀer.)

Obtain application form (from June) ➡ Submit application (speciﬁed date in July)□ Doctoral Courses
BeforeDecember

Step1: Find an academic supervisor

NovemberJanuary

Step2: Apply

February

Step3: Take the Osaka City University entrance exam

1 AprilEnter Osaka City University (academic year: 1 April - 31 March)(October entry possible for Graduate School of Science, Graduate School of Engineering and Graduate
School of Medicine. Application periods diﬀer.)

Obtain application form (from November) ➡Submit application (speciﬁed date in January)□ Research Students (6 months or 1 year period of study in preparation for entry into Graduate School)
Step2: Find an academic supervisor
Step2: Apply Application periods, selection and entry dates diﬀer per Graduate School□ Exchange Students

Exchange students from universities that have an Academic Exchange Agreement with OCU must submit theirapplications through their universities.

? How to ﬁnd a supervisor

see the list of research subjects of professors on pages 9~16
see the list of teaching staﬀ on the HP of each Graduate School
see the list of research subjects in the 'Graduate Schools Outline' on
the HP
see who teaches a speciﬁc course in the syllabus of each Graduate
SchoolContact a professor directly or via the Global Exchange Oﬃce and provide:
your academic background (diplomas obtained or expected in the near future)
the level you want to study at: research student/master/doctoral
which Graduate School and which course you want to enter
an indication of your Japanese language ability
which professor you would like to ask to become your supervisor
your study/research plan
Email address Global Exchange Oﬃce: goto.ocu@ado.osaka-cu.ac.jp

NOTE: Classes at OCU are in Japanese, but at the master and doctoral level supervision in English may be possible depending on the supervisor and the course.
No rights can be derived from this information. For exact information see the oﬃcial admission guidelines on http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp
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Global Exchange Oﬃce, tel. +81-(0)6-6605-3558, email: goto.ocu@ado.osaka-cu.ac.jp
http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en

Tuition Fees (for privately ﬁnanced international students, as of April 2017, amount may be subject to change)
Fees (all in Yen)
Undergraduate
Graduate

Admission Fee for
Annual Tuition Fee
Osaka Citizens (1)Application Fee

Admission Fee

Degree Student

30,000382,000

222,000

535,800

Degree Student

30,000382,000(Law School:0)

222,000(Law School:0)535,800

Research Student

9,800

102,600

66,60029,700 p/m(1) To be eligible for the special fee for Osaka citizens or their children, you need to satisfy one of the following conditions:-having lived in Osaka consecutively for at least 1 year prior to the day of university entrance-having a parent in the same family register who has lived in Osaka consecutively for at least 1 year prior to the day of university entrance
Note: Payment of the tuition fee for degree students must be made in two installments for six month periods in May and October.
Payment in smaller installments is not possible.
Payment of the tuition fee for research students is required per six months. Payment in smaller installments is not possible.

Financial Support and Scholarships for International Students
Tuition Fee Exemption

There are 30%, 50% or 100% exemptions of tuition fees available for international students with satisfactory study results but ﬁnancial
diﬃculties. You can apply after entering OCU.

Scholarships

After enrollment you can apply for a number of scholarships for which you need a recommendation from OCU. You
can apply for a recommendation in April (after you have been admitted to OCU) and you can then use therecommendation throughout the year to apply for the various scholarships.
For a list of available scholarships, amounts and conditions, please see the QR Code on the right▶

Cost of Living
Undergraduate

Research
students

MasterDoctor

141,000

122,000

128,000

131,000JPY

Per university type

Kinki region(incl. Osaka)

157,000

135,000

JPY

Breakdown of monthly spending (Kinki region)

7％
6％
3％

160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,00060,00040,00020,0007％

0National

Kanto region(incl. Tokyo)

PublicPrivatePer region

Kinki
region32％

160,000

140,000
120,000

40％

100,000
80,00060,00040,00020,0000Kanto region (incl. Tokyo)

Kanto region (incl. Tokyo)

Source: Lifestyle Survey of Privately Financed International Students 2015 (JASSO)

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CommutingInsurance & Medical

Food

Hobby & Entertainment

Rent

Miscellaneous

Utility charges (electricity, gas and water)5％

Accommodation and Extra-Curricular Activities
Student Accommodation
Osaka City University and other public organizations have a limited number of residential facilities for international and exchange
students, including the Osaka City University International Residence. Nearly 90% of international students live in private apartments
near Osaka City University.

Osaka City University International Residence: 2-438 Higashiuenoshibacho, Kita-ku, Sakai-shi
Application period: Mid-January (residents are selected in early
March)
Number of rooms: 29 single rooms
Eligibility: Single students (new privately ﬁnanced degree students
have priority)
Residency period: Maximum 1 year (residents must leave by March
28th)
Monthly fee: 6,000 yen (as of April 2017)
Apart from the OCU International Residence, we also introduce
students to dormitories managed by non-proﬁt organizations such as
the Osaka Foundation of International Exchange Orion International
House, International Student House Osaka (El Sereno Kobaicho), Ono
Scholarship Foundation Uenoshiba Woman's Dormitory, dormitoriesof the Corporate Friendship Network for Foreign students Program to
accept overseas students to company dormitories, and Kyoritsu
International Foundation Student dormitories. (*conditions apply)

Extra-Curricular Club Activities
There are more than 200 clubs and circles at OCU, covering all kinds of sports, cultural and academic activities. The clubs are managed
by students themselves and oﬀer a valuable chance for students to build experience, skills and a personal network.

Examples of clubs and circles at OCU:

Aikido, American Football Club Golden Cedars, Archery, Baseball, Cycling, Fencing, Karate, A Cappella Circle, Concert Band, E-sports
Club, Folk Song Club, Glee Club, Music Research Club, Photo Club, Symphony Orchestra, etc. etc.

Alumni Associations
The beneﬁts of a university education do not end at the moment of graduation of course. It also oﬀers you an extensive network offellow alumni. OCU makes an active eﬀort to facilitate the activities of OCU alumni groups, within Japan, but also abroad.
Currently, the OCU Alumni Association has chapters in the following cities outside Japan: Bangkok, Jakarta and Shanghai.
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International Students

Global Exchange Oﬃce, tel. +81-(0)6-6605-3558, email: goto.ocu@ado.osaka-cu.ac.jp
http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en

Global Village
In 2016 OCU opened the Global Village, a space where international and local students can freely get together, interact, organize eventsand study. Many events have taken place since then and we wanted to give you a small impression of what has been going on andwhat you can expect in the future.

Relax space (food/drink okay)
Information corner (scholarships, life in Japan), Study space,
English Café, Event space (kitchen, tatami corner,
presentation, equipment)

Country series
During the Country Series events
international students from OCU
explain about their countryʼsculture, food, attractions andbackground. So far we have had
events on India, Sri Lanka andVietnam.

India

Vietnam

Gyoza

Takoyaki

Sri Lanka

Cooking events
Great food to share from all
countries of the world and a
special cooking series presented
by the President himself!

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Exchange events with visiting students
and scholars from universities abroadMusic from Thailand

English Café

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French students

Presentation about Chicago

And many more events
coming up!
For the full agenda, see

Language events

Italian class

Tea Ceremony forNumber of Students and Career Prospects
Number of Students (as of 1 May 2017)
Faculty/
Undergraduate
Graduate School

Graduate

International
Undergraduate

International International
Graduate
Research Students

Business

961

55

13

14

2

1,016

Economics

944

47

17

34

1

991

Law

707

67

6

4

1

774

Literature andHuman Sciences

715

137

13

51

14

852

Science

714

238

0

9

1

952

1,227

437

11

6

7

1,664

Medicine

584

251

-

10

2

835

Nursing

230

30

-

-

-

260

Human Life
Science

508

131

2

12

9

639

-

228

-

43

6

228

6,590

1,621

62

183

43

8,211

Engineering

Creative Cities
Total

Country/Area

Total

Students

China, P.R.

214

Korea (R.O.K)

31

Vietnam8

Taiwan7

Afghanistan

4Indonesia

4

France3

Sri Lanka

3

Thailand3

Bangladesh

2Germany

2

Benin

1

Bolivia1

Bulgaria

1

Italy

1

Mongolia

1

Nepal

1

Russia

1
288

Total

After Graduation (March 2017)

Graduates

FacultyofBusiness

Facultyof
Economics

Facultyof
Law

Facultyof
Literature&
Human
Sciences

Facultyof
Sciencegraduated

195

235

166

184

164

278

127

1349

advancedstudies

1

4

7

13

92

198

27

342

employment

182

207

146

155

60

70

92

912

company

163

171

70

124

43

61

65

697

civil service

19

35

76

19

7

8

26

190

academics

0

1

0

12

10

1

1

25

12

24

13

16

12

10

8

95

other

Faculty
Facultyofof
Human
Engineering Life
Science

Total

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International Students

Global Exchange Oﬃce, tel. +81-(0)6-6605-3558, email: goto.ocu@ado.osaka-cu.ac.jp
http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en

Education and Student Voices
Global Village
Currently, about 300 international students from more than 22 countries are studying at OCU. OCU has 8 undergraduate faculties and
10 graduate schools. In all faculties and graduate schools emphasis is placed on small grouped tutorials and seminars, so teaching staﬀ iseasily approachable and students can freely lay down their questions. Free discussion is an important aspect in our education.
As an urban-based university OCU has a special interest in study and research of issues that cities in general, and Osaka in speciﬁc, arefacing. This involves a wide area of subjects such as environmental technology, health, economy and so on, essentially encompassing
all faculties.
OCU is located in the south of Osaka city, easily accessible by public transport and only 20 minutes by train from the city center. Cities
with a rich cultural heritage such as Kyoto and Nara are only about a one-hour train ride away.
The university provides international students with opportunities to deepen their insight into Japanese culture, history and economy
through its classes and through various excursion programs. We also host parties and events for our international community several
times a year.

International Student Voices

Mungunsor Tsogkhuu

Nationality: Mongolia
Faculty of Economics,
2nd year student

Mungunsor started her studies at Osaka City University in 2016.
She entered via a special admission track that OCU has in placewith the diplomatic missions of several Asian countries in order toattract outstanding international students. Mungunsor came to
Japan well-prepared. After Japanese design caught her interest at
a young age, she purposively entered a Japanese-style senior highschool in Mongolia. She mastered the Japanese language, took
study trips to Japan and learned about Japanese culture. Although
Mungunsor has a strong passion and talent for fashion design (seeone of her own amazing designs in the photo below), she opted
to study Economics. “I am really impressed by the quick economic
development of Japan in the 20th century and want to bring mystudy experience back to Mongolia and support the industrial
development of Mongolia”. Her ﬁrst impression of OCU is thatprofessors in the Faculty of Economics really challenge thestudents to think for themselves and to deeply study theirsubject. As Mungunsor just started oﬀ, she of course has to study
hard to keep up with her Japanese fellow students, but because
she receives a tuition fee exemption she can fully concentrate on
her studies. It seems that she is determined to make the most of
the opportunities OCU has to oﬀer and will work hard to makeher dream come true: to combine
her talent for fashion design with
contributing to the economic
progress of Mongolia.

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Pimprapa Yodtomorn

Nationality: Thailand
Graduate School for Creative Cities,
2nd year of Doctoral Course
Pimprapa graduated from the Master Course of the Graduate
School for Creative Cities in 2016 and is now in the second year of
her Doctoral Course. Her graduation thesis was awarded with theExcellent Paper Award after she presented her research at aconference of the International Centre of Research andInformation on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy(CIRIEC International). Pimprapa remembers that in the ﬁrst year inJapan it was very diﬃcult to carry out the necessary paperwork,
to register her address, apply for scholarships etc. Her academic
supervisor and the tutor for international students helped her alot. "If you go to Japan, if possible try to contact someone fromThailand who is already living in Japan. A senior student from yourhigh school or university for example. That way you can get many
valuable tips in advance". For Master and Doctoral students, it isessential to ﬁnd an academic supervisor, so it is also important todevelop your network to ﬁnd the right supervisor. As many
students and parents from Thailand agree, Japan seemed a good
choice because of the safe environment. Pimprapa also really liked
the nature and Japanʼs four distinct seasons. She chose Osaka
because it is much more aﬀordable than Tokyo, especially aroundcampus. And she can go snowboarding in winter, with snow andmountains just a few hours away. Pimprapa would like to pursue a
career in academics. She values theclose relationship graduate students
in Japan have with their supervisors.
My supervisor takes great care of me
and I know students who have
graduated a long time ago, but are
still in very close contact with theirprofessors. That seems to be one of
the unique points of Japan.

Research and Fellowships
Research
Osaka City University strives to carry out original and distinctive research aimed at the creation of new knowledge. As a city university,
OCU has a special focus on research of issues that aﬀect cities and urban life and places great importance on research that will beneﬁt
the citizens of Osaka and contribute to the development of the local community.
Researchers at OCU can obtain competitive research funding from the university itself and from external funding. Each year theuniversity awards strategic research proposals in the categories of ̀priority research', ̀fundamental research' and ̀young researchers'.
To support researchers to obtain external funding the university's URA Center (University Research Administrator) helps researchers andlaboratories with grant applications and facilitates contract and joint research with industry and government.
OCU also places great importance on the development of new talent and makes an active eﬀort to create an environment which
welcomes diversity and oﬀers female researchers equal opportunities.

Fellowships and Guest Professors
OCU Fellowship for Foreign Researchers

The OCU Fellowship for Foreign Researchers was established in 1992 to promote international cooperation and understanding throughacademic research. We invite about 5 to 9 internationally recognized scholars from all over the world every year and conductcollaborative research. The Fellowship covers ﬂight and living expenses of the researchers invited.

OCU Guest Professors

OCU regularly invites Guest Professors from universities and research institutes abroad to hold lectures or participate in research or
symposia. Invitations are extended on a case-by-case basis.
Applications for a Fellowship or Guest Professor position must be submitted via a host scholar at OCU.

Accommodation for Foreign Researchers

Osaka City University Guest House was founded in 1999 on the Sugimoto Campus as a short-term accommodation facility for
researchers who visit our university for international academic exchange and educational and research purposes. All rooms are
furnished and have their own kitchen, bathroom and toilet. Its convenient location, situated on the Sugimoto campus with easy accessto the center of Osaka City, enables guests to make the most of their time in Japan. To reserve a room please contact your host scholar.
(Additionally, two rooms at the OCU International Residence (see above) are available for visiting researchers, for periods between 3
and 12 months.)
Osaka City University Guest House: 3-3-138 Sugimoto Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi
Application period: year-round, via host scholar
Number of rooms: 27 single rooms, 3 family rooms
Eligibility: Visiting scholars, visiting graduate students and exchange students
Residency period: Maximum 1 year
Daily fee: 2,000 yen for single room, 4,000 yen for family room (as of April 2016)

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Why Osaka?
Osaka oﬀers you all you could want from a modern city: excellent food,convenient public transport, mountains nearby and easy access via theinternational airport at only 35 minutes by train from the city center. Yet
costs of living are relatively low, commuting times short and being in the
middle of the culturally rich Kansai area with cities such as Kyoto and Nara,
you will never run out of places to explore.

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International Exchange Agreements
Osaka City University has concluded various academic exchange agreements with universities and research institutes abroad. Under
these agreements, a number of mutual exchange programs for both researchers and students have been established. The University
expects to expand its international exchange through further agreements with other overseas universities.

Australia★University of Melbourne (University-wide)
Bangladesh
Rajshahi University
University of Dhaka
Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Bolivia
Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
Brazil★University of São Paulo (University-wide)
CambodiaInternational University
CanadaUniversity of Victoria
China★All Universities in Shanghai(University-wide)
Anhui University
China Paulownia Research Center
Chinese Academy of Social Science
Chinese University of Hong Kong
(University-wide)
Dalian University (University-wide)
Dalian University of Technology
East China Normal University(University-wide)
Fuzhou University
Hong Kong Baptist University
Inner Mongolia Normal University
Jilin University
Nanjing Normal University
Nankai University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai University (University-wide)
Shenzhen University (University-wide)
Soochow University
Sun Yat-Sen University
Tongji University
Zhengzhou University of Light Industry
FranceCergy-Pontoise University
Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 University
Pierre & Marie Curie University
Université Paris Diderot
University Claude Bernard Lyon 1
University of Le Havre
Germany
EKO-Haus der Japanischen Kultur
JWG-Universität Frankfurt
University of Bonn
University of Freiburg★University of Hamburg (University-wide)

India
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health and
Neuro Sciences
Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education & Research
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical
Sciences and Technology
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(University-wide)
University of Pune
Indonesia
Andalas University (University-wide)
Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta
Universitas Airlangga
Universitas Gadjah Mada (University-wide)
University of Padjadjaran
IrelandDublin City University
Italy
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Università Politecnica delle Marche
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Korea
Ajou University
Catholic University of Daegu
Chonnam National University(University-wide)
Chung-Ang University
Jeju National University (University-wide)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science andTechnology
Korea Center for City and Environment
Research
Korea Institute for Health and Social Aﬀairs
Kyung Hee University
Kyungpook National University
Pusan National University
Sahmyook University (University-wide)
Seoul National University
The Seoul Institute
University of Seoul (University-wide)
Yeungnam University
Yonsei University
MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Guadalajara
Instituto Potosino de Investigacion
Cientiﬁca y Tecnologica
Pakistan
Quaid-i-Azam University
Philippines
Damayan ng Maralitang Pilipinong Api
De La Salle University (University-wide)

Russia★St.Petersburg State University(University-wide)
TaiwanFu Jen Catholic University
National Central University(University-wide)
National Cheng Kung University
National Taiwan University
Soochow University
Taipei Medical University
Thailand
Chiang Mai University (University-wide)
Chulalongkorn University (University-wide)
Mahidol University
Naresuan University
Navamindradhiraj University
Silpakorn University
Srinakharinwirot University
Thammasat University (University-wide)
UK
Oxford University Hertford College
University College London
University of London
University of Manchester
University of Sheﬃeld
United Arab Emirates
Gulf Medical University
USA
Florida State University (University-wide)
San Francisco State University
Thomas Jeﬀerson University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
Weber State University (University-wide)
Vietnam
Consulate General of the Socialist Republicof Vietnam in Osaka (University-wide)
Da Lat University
Hanoi Medical University
Hanoi Technical University of Mining &Geology
HoChiMinh City Institute of Resources
Geography
Nam Dinh University of Nursing(University-wide)
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho
Chi Minh CityVNU University of Economics and Business(University-wide)★Osaka sister city exchange program

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ACCESS
Abeno Campus
Faculty of Medicine

MIO
Tennoji Sta.

Kintetsu
Abenobashi

Osaka City University
Abeno Campus

Sta.

N

Abeno Campus

1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka
545-8585 JAPAN (Faculty of Medicine)
1-5-17 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka
545-0051 JAPAN (School of Nursing)Access by Public Transport:
10 min. walk from Tennoji Station(JR Hanwa Line and Subway Midosuji Line)
10 min.walk from Osakaabenobashi Station(Kintetsu Osaka Line)
From Kansai Airport:
Take the Kansai-Airport Rapid Service or
Haruka Ltd. Express and get oﬀ at Tennoji Station

Umeda Satellite(Graduate School of Urban Management, Graduate School for Creative Cities and Academic Extension Center)

Daimaru

Osaka City University
Sugimoto Campus

HanshinUmeda Sta.

Abiko sta.

JR Sugimotocho sta.

HankyuJR Osaka Sta.

Sugimoto Campus

地
下
鉄
御
堂
筋
線

N

Nishi Umeda
Sta.

Higashi Umeda
Sta.

Osaka eki mae
No.2bldg

Osaka City University
Umeda Satellite

Umeda Satellite
Sugimoto Campus

3-3-138 Sugimoto Sumiyoshi-ku,
Osaka
558-8585 JAPANAccess by Public Transport:
5 min. walk from Sugimoto-cho Station(JR Hanwa Line)
From Kansai Airport: Take the Kansai-Airport
Rapid Service, change at Sakai-shi to a local train
for Tennoji and get oﬀ at Sugimoto-cho Station

1-2-2-600 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001 JAPANAccess by Public Transport:
1 min. walk from Kitashinchi station(JR Tozai Line)
3 min. walk from Umeda/Nishi Umeda/
Higashi Umeda station (Subway),
Umeda station (Hanshin Line),
Osaka station (JR Line)
From Kansai Airport: Take the Kansai-Airport
Rapid Service for Kyobashi and get oﬀ at Osaka
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