page_title: Osaka Prefecture University
section_title: University of Osaka Prefecture
hierarchical_section_title: Osaka Prefecture University / History / University of Osaka Prefecture
caption_attribution_description: English: SAKURA road&#160;: The road to Habikino campus, Osaka Prefecture University. 日本語: 大阪府立大学羽曳野キャンパスさくら通り（通学路）
context_page_description: Osaka Prefecture University, also abbreviated to Fudai, is one of the largest public universities in Japan. The main campus is among big Kofun tombs in Sakai, Osaka.
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context_section_description: UOP was originally established in 1949 as Naniwa University (浪速大学: Naniwa is the classical name for Osaka) by mingling several national and public technical colleges. Among them was Osaka National College of Engineering (官立大阪工業専門学校). Since then the faculties in the field of engineering have been very competitive. In 1955 the university was renamed University of Osaka Prefecture (Japanese name for the university has not been changed since 1955).
  The history of the precedent colleges of Naniwa University (NU) is as follows:
  In 1883, the prefectural government founded the Veterinary Training Institute (獣医学講習所, Jūigaku kōshūjo) attached to Osaka Prefectural Medical School. In 1888, the institute was moved to  Osaka Prefectural School of Agriculture (大阪府立農学校, Ōsaka furitsu nōgakkō) in Sakai, which had two courses of agriculture and veterinary science. In 1942, during World War II, the course for Veterinary Medicine was reorganized into Osaka Higher School of Veterinary Medicine (大阪高等獣医学校), which was renamed Osaka College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry (大阪獣医畜産専門学校) in 1945. This prefectural college, together with Osaka Agricultural College (大阪農業専門学校, established in 1944 in Ikeda), constituted NU Faculty of Agriculture (now OPU Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences/School of Life and Environmental Sciences).
  The main origin was founded as Osaka National Higher School of Engineering (官立大阪高等工業学校) in 1939, which was renamed Osaka National College of Engineering in 1944. Its site is now the main (Nakamozu) campus of OPU. The college was merged with four prefectural technical colleges to constitute NU Faculty of Engineering (now OPU Graduate School of Engineering/School of Engineering). In 1950, the two of the former prefectural colleges constituted Junior Technical College Division (one campus in Neyagawa and the other in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka. Neyagawa campus was reorganized into Osaka Prefectural College of Technology [大阪府立大学工業高等専門学校] in 1962, while Yodogawa campus was later abolished).
  Still other origin was established as Osaka Youth Normal School (a national college: 官立大阪青年師範学校) in 1944. This teachers college constituted NU Faculty of Education, which was later abolished and reorganized into Division of Liberal Arts (now OPU Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences).
  The Junior College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture (大阪府立大学農業短期大学部, Osaka Furitsu Daigaku Nogyo Tanki Daigakubu) was a junior college in Mihara-ku, Sakai. It was established in 1953, and closed in 1964. It offered courses in agriculture and food chemistry.
caption: SAKURA road : The road to Habikino campus
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