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Osaka University

Based on the University Reform Implementation Plan and the National University Reform Plan and following an exchange of opinions between national universities and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), redefinitions of each universities’ strengths, characteristics, and social mission have been drawn up.
Although officially founded in 1931 as Japan’s 6th imperial university, you may be interested to learn that Osaka University’s roots reach back to1838 and Tekijuku, a private “place of learning” founded by OGATA Koan. As the author SHIBA Ryotaro wrote at the beginning of his historical novel Kashin, Teijuku, a private “place of learning” in Semba, Osaka, for Western medicine was the predecessor of Osaka University. Thanks to Tekijuku, the passion for scholarship of Osaka citizens and the spirit of “For people, for society, and for benevolence,” were passed on to Osaka University.
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