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The University of Osaka

Suita, Osaka, Japan
#95 QS World University Rankings 2027
QS World University Rankings 2027 #95
Founded 1931
International 2,692
Core campuses 3

University overview

The University of Osaka — which adopted that English name in place of "Osaka University" recently — was founded in 1931 as Osaka Imperial University, and counts as its ancestors the Kaitokudo merchant academy of 1724 and the Tekijuku school of Dutch learning of 1838. It teaches eleven undergraduate schools and sixteen graduate schools across Suita, Toyonaka and Minoh in northern Osaka, linked by a free shuttle bus. Its English-taught teaching is almost entirely at master's level and concentrated in the Graduate Schools of Engineering, Engineering Science, Science and Information Science and Technology, with one English-taught undergraduate degree in Human Sciences. Tuition is the same for international students.

Academic scale

11 undergraduate schools and 16 graduate schools, across three campuses in northern Osaka
17 English-taught programmes listed here — 1 undergraduate and 16 graduate
23,462 students as of 1 May 2026 — 15,132 undergraduate, 4,756 master's and professional, 3,574 doctoral. Osaka publishes the three separately and prints no combined total.

Global community

2,692 international students as of 1 May 2026

Three core campuses

Suita Campus The largest campus and the administrative and medical core. It teaches the Graduate Schools of Engineering, Information Science and Technology, and Human Sciences — most of the English-taught master's programmes listed here.
Toyonaka Campus Where almost every undergraduate begins, with first-year general education for the whole university. It teaches the Graduate Schools of Engineering Science, Science and Economics.
Minoh Campus The languages campus and the smallest, home to the School of Foreign Studies. It moved to this Semba site in 2021 and teaches none of the English-taught programmes listed here.

More facts

1931 founded as Osaka Imperial University, on the Kaitokudo merchant academy of 1724 and the Tekijuku school of Dutch learning of 1838 — it counts both as ancestors
¥535,800 a year in tuition, the same for international students, with a one-time ¥282,000 admission fee. Examination fees are ¥17,000 undergraduate and ¥30,000 graduate.
A free shuttle bus runs between Toyonaka, Suita and Minoh, which matters because almost every undergraduate starts at Toyonaka and then moves to their school's campus.
University figures verified 8 Sep 2026

Funding

7 external scholarships name this university among their designated schools.

This university’s own scholarships and tuition reductions are not listed here — the source excludes them. Check the university directly.

University sources (5)