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. It is abbreviated as "DaiSanDai" using the first characters of its name. It was established in 1923 as Osaka Railway School. The university has six faculties and four graduate schools. Its campuses are in the Nakagaito area of Daito City, Osaka close to the ancient Japanese capital of

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. There are about 11,000 students; 10% of them are international students. It is one of the major universities in Japan with a higher number of international students. In 2004, it was selected as one of the special universities under the Educational Support Program for Special Universities ( 特色ある大学教育支援プログラム) of the

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of the Japanese Government. The university's award-winning clean-energy solar car project frequently participated in domestic and international clean energy competitions. Yoshihiko Motoyama ( 本山美彦), former chairman of the Japan Society of International Economics, is its current president. Yoshikuni Dobashi, former president of

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, is the chairman of the board of directors.

History

* 1928 Established as Osaka Railway School * 1950 Developed as Osaka Transportation College *1965 Developed as Osaka Industrial University * 1988 English name was changed from Osaka Industrial University to Osaka Sangyo University

Organization

Faculties

* School of Engineering **Department of Mechanical Engineering **Department of Information Systems Engineering **Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering **Department of Mechanical Engineering for Transportation **Department of Civil Engineering * School of Economics * School of Human Environment * School of Management * School of Education * School of Design Engineering

Graduate schools

* Graduate School of Engineering **Division of Production Systems Engineering ***Department of Information Systems Engineering ***Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering ***Department of Mechanical Engineering ***Department of Mechanical Engineering for Transportation **Division of Environmental Design Engineering * Graduate School of Economics * Graduate School of Human Environment * Graduate School of Management

Research institutes

* OSU Institute for Industrial Research * New Industrial Research and Development Center * Asian Community Research Center

Venture business

OSU Digital Media FactoryOSU CorporationOSU Health Support Academy Inc.

Solar Car Project

Osaka Sangyo University started the OSU Solar Car Project as an industry-academia project-based learning program since 1989. The project is focused on the research and development of high efficiency solar cars. The project is funded by major Japanese corporations including

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etc. OSU solar car models have been presented in domestic and international clean energy competitions.

External links

Official website

References

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