Mission｜Osaka University of Economics

Introduction

87 years ago, the school was founded here in the greater commercial city of Osaka.

The Osaka business community was determined to establish a school in the city to develop talented manpower resources who could step up and support and the future of the nation.
In the early 1930s, Osaka was a very vibrant metropolis, the 6th largest city in the world with a population 2.1 million that even outstripped Tokyo.

What was the mindset of students back in those days?
What did the instructors think of their students? And how did they go about managing the school?

That was 87 years ago, and today we are looking 13 years ahead to the school's 100th anniversary in 2032. It is clearly time to implement a new phase in the university's history.

Why was Osaka University of Economics established in the first place? What is the mission of the school, and how can OUE best contribute to society in the years ahead?

Let us go back to the beginning and reexamine the school's founding philosophy, chart how we will proceed in the years ahead by highlighting OUE's philosophy, mission, and vision, and define the university we want to become on the 100th anniversary in 2032.

100 years of excellent education and beyond
—this is our centennial vision.

I. Cultivate the ability to survive a uncertain times
II. Contrive ways of producing a circular flow of learning
III. Provide places that promote learning diverse values

IV. Create a site that brings diverse researchers together so they can meet
V. Be proactive in disseminating research findings and information

VI. Build a hub that supports small and medium-sized businesses, key players in business successions and start-ups
VII. Create a site as a central core for the local community

University management and organization vision

VIII. Systematic and spatial design that encourages learning
IX. Create an environment that promotes further development of faculty and staff
X. Strengthen the university's financial foundation by diversifying financial resources and streamlining operations

Striving for Number 1 in connectivity, Osaka University of Economics has built up an extensive network of links spanning the campus and connecting the community at large. And by broadening our vision in the years ahead, exciting new developments will be integrated into the curriculum, and

new solutions will be discovered and implemented. By sticking to this policy, we know that OUE will produce truly exceptional graduates who will have a significant impact in all the diverse fields of society.

OUE is thus working together with students to build a place of "emergent wisdom based on sustained learning through life." "Sustained learning through life" is a core value students retain after graduating from OUE that continually renews their intellect all through their later life. And "emergent wisdom" derives from interaction among all the diverse things learned at university, and goes into the creation of new values. OUE is also strongly committed to strengthen ties between industry and the academic community through establishment of the Institute of Small Business Research and Business Administration. And by bringing together and unifying the voice of the community, this revitalizes the relationship between students and the local community. We have also moved to create a space on campus where students and faculty get together, meet face-to-face, and spend time together. Leveraging this new connectivity by setting up places on and off campus that provoke diverse thinking and modes of living through networking, the goal is to create sites of emergent wisdom.

Our mission is to produce exceptional graduates who bring diverse values and steadfast convictions to society. OUE is committed to the education of next-generation citizens, who we will soon take on responsibility for the world.