Introduction

History&Data

History

Osaka University of Economics dates back to the establishment of Naniwa Commercial High School, its forerunner, in 1932. The High School underwent reorganization and in 1935 Dr. Iwao Kokusho, then professor at Kyoto Imperial University, reopened the school as Showa Commercial High School, which he had built using his personal assets. In 1944, the school became Osaka Girls College of Economics, since male students had to leave school due to student mobilization during WW2. During the post-war period, the school became a coeducational college and in 1946 was renamed Osaka College of Economics. It was given its current name, Osaka University of Economics (OUE), in 1949 and Dr. Iwao Kokusho became its first President. Since then, the University and its graduate schools have been actively working in specialized areas of economics and business administration. In addition to the existing Faculties of Economics and Business Administration, the Faculty of Information Management was added in 1997, and the Faculty of Human Sciences in 2002, on the university’s 70th anniversary. Now with four Faculties, OUE is striving to upgrade the contents of the Faculties and graduate schools. As an educational institution, OUE will continue its efforts to meet the needs of society.Based on our education philosophy of “freedom and harmony”, we would like to take this opportunity to announce our educational objectives.

Iwao Kokusho Ph.D. Iwao Kokusho Ph.D.

Data

Students 7,179  (male: 5,406, female: 1,773)
Faculty of Economics 2,593 
Faculty of Business Administration 2,163
Faculty of Information Technology and Social Sciences 1,121 
Faculty of Human Sciences 781
Graduate School Students 157 (male: 101, female: 56)
School of Economics 12
School of Business Administration 118
School of Business Information System 12
School of Human Sciences 15
No. of graduates 100,711 (as of March 2020)
Library collections approx. 560,000 titles
PCs for educational purposes approx. 1,600 units
Participants in internship programs 493 (academic year 2019)
Organizations accepting interns 207 (academic year 2019)
Overseas partner universities 32 universities in 15 countries
Student clubs 100 
Faculty members (full time) 148
Faculty of Economics 51
Faculty of Business Administration 47
Faculty of Information Technology and Social Sciences 24
Faculty of Human Sciences 26
Graduate School members (full time) 118
School of Economics 45 
School of Business Administration 30
School of Business Information System 22
School of Human Sciences 21