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, abbreviated to , is a private university located in Higashiosaka City,
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History

The origin was founded in 1928 as Osaka Joto School of Commerce (大阪城東商業学校) by Noboru Tanioka (谷岡登, 1894–1974). This was a five-year school for boys (for ages 12–17 or above). In 1934 the school was hit by Typhoon Muroto, and the school building was rebuilt with
reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...
in 1935 (Tanioka Memorial Hall today). In 1944, during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the school was forcedly reorganized into Fusé Technical School (布施工業学校), which was restored to a commercial school after the war.The history during World War II is based o

(in Japanese).
In September 1947, the school was merged with Katano Women's College (交野女子専門学校) to constitute Joto Vocational College (城東専門学校, a three-year college for ages 17–20 or above). The former commercial school was reorganized into a high school in 1948 under Japan's new educational systems (Osaka University of Commerce High School today). In 1949 Joto Vocational College was developed into .or, Osaka Joto University JVU had one faculty: Faculty of Economics. The university was renamed Osaka University of Commerce in 1952, and its faculty too was renamed Faculty of Commerce and Economics. In 1997 OUC established Graduate School (Regional Policy Studies, a master's degree course). In 1999 Graduate School added a doctoral degree course. In 2000 Faculty of Commerce and Economics was reorganized into two faculties: Economics and Business Administration.


Faculties (Undergraduate Schools)

*Economics **Department of Economics *Business Administration **Department of Management **Department of Commerce **Department of Public Management


Graduate school

* Regional Policy Studies


Institutes

* Institute of Regional Studies * Institute of Amusement Industry Studies * Museum of Commercial History (in Tanioka Memorial Hall) * U-Media Center GATEWAY (Library)


References


External links


Official Website
(in Japanese—English "Digital Book" lashis available)
Tanioka Gakuen Educational Foundation
Private universities and colleges in Japan Education in Osaka Universities and colleges in Osaka Prefecture 1928 establishments in Japan Kansai Collegiate American Football League Higashiōsaka {{osaka-university-stub