# Osaka University

- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1724
- Official website: http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/osaka-university-b186f041

## Summary

The University of Osaka was founded in 1931 as Osaka Imperial University, Japan's sixth imperial university, with schools of medicine and science, and physicist Hantaro Nagaoka was its first president. It regards the merchant academy Kaitokudo (1724) and Ogata Koan's Tekijuku school of Western medicine (1838) as its intellectual roots. It merged with Osaka University of Foreign Studies in 2007 and changed its English name to The University of Osaka in 2025.

## Key facts

- rank: #95 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/)
- [Admissions](http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/admissions)
- [Reference](https://ror.org/035t8zc32)
- [Official history: founded 1931, Tekijuku roots 1838, 2007 merger](https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/history.html)
- [Kaitokudo 1724, 23,226 students (2021 profile), motto, 2025 name change (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_University)

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