Osaka University, abbreviated as Handai, is a public research university located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
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18 Facts About Osaka University
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Osaka University was one of the earliest modern universities in Japan at its founding in 1931.
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Osaka University is one of the most productive research institutions in Japan.
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In 1993, Osaka University Hospital was relocated from the Nakanoshima campus in downtown Osaka to the Suita campus, completing the implementation of the university's plan to integrate the scattered facilities into the Suita and Toyonaka campuses.
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Osaka University is organized into 11 faculties for undergraduate programs and 16 graduate schools.
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Osaka University has 21 research institutes, 4 libraries, and 2 university hospitals.
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Some staff at Osaka University are represented by the General Union, a member of the National Union of General Workers, which is itself a member of the National Trade Union Council.
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Osaka University maintains four overseas Centers for Education and Research, in San Francisco, Groningen, Bangkok, and Shanghai.
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Osaka University has completed academic exchange agreements with a large number of universities throughout the world and exchange agreements between schools at Osaka University and schools and institutes in other countries .
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Osaka University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, as seen in various foreign and domestic rankings.
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Internationally, Osaka University was ranked 71st among the world's best universities and the third best Japanese university in 2020 according to the QS World University Rankings produced by Quacquarelli Symonds.
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Osaka University is third in Japan and 53rd worldwide in the 2019 Center for World University Rankings.
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Osaka University is one of the most productive research institutions in Japan.
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Weekly Diamond reported that Osaka University has the seventh highest research funding per researcher in the Japanese COE Program.
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Osaka University had the third most patents accepted among Japanese universities during 2017.
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Osaka University graduates has served as presidents of the Japanese Economic Association five times in its history.
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Recent years Osaka has a regular windsurfing competition relationship with Kyoto University, Kobe University, and Taiwan's National Sun Yat-sen University .
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