Osaka Kyoiku University

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Osaka Kyoiku University (OKU) was founded in 1949 by consolidating three normal schools in the area, the origins of those which date to the 1870s. Today, OKU has two major campuses, one in Kashiwara City (670,000 square meters) and the other in mid-town Osaka City (50,000 square meters). OKU provides twenty-two day-time programs and one night-time program in Teacher Training and fifteen day-tim...e programs in the Department of Arts and Sciences at the undergraduate level. The OKU graduate school offers eighteen programs for a Master degree in Education, Arts and Sciences, and Art.
The primary mission of OKU is to foster qualified professionals in the field of school education and to develop and create knowledge and skills relevant to education. The area of Osaka (ca. population eight million) is the birth place of a number of world-class top-industries, especially many electronics, and marked by vigorous activity in merchandise. Also, the area is close to many world-famous historic sites in Kyoto and Nara. OKU has currently 4,900 full-time students, including 153 foreign students from 15 countries enrolled in various undergraduate and graduate programs. OKU has just entered a new stage of it"s history with the mission of remaining at the forefront of delivering human and intellectual resources crucial to the world of education. Visit OKU and work together with us on our new challenge:education for knowledge-based societies in the twenty-first century.
Today"s Osaka Kyoiku University has its main campus (Kashiwara Campus) located at about 20km east of central Osaka, inside Kongo Ikoma Quasi-National Park, where the graduates become educational personnel of significance through our teacher training and liberal arts education programs. We also have 11 other affiliated schools accommodating elementary and junior high school education as well as special needs education, in Tennoji-ku and Hirano-ku of Osaka-shi, and in Ikeda-shi, Osaka Prefecture.
In the School of Education, there are teacher training programs and liberal arts courses. The graduate school (master"s program) is composed of 18 specialized areas of study based either in the field of teacher training and liberal arts. The enrollment is approximately 4,000 for the undergraduate, and 500 for the graduate level.
We also have approximately 110 international students. They are mainly from China, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Germany, France, Australia, Philippines, and Afghanistan.
The administrators at Osaka Kyoiku University consist of the University President, 4 Directors, and 2 Superintendents. The university is managed by the top administration of the board of directors centering on the University President. Important matters regarding administration are brought before the management council (consisting of 6 external committees and 6 internal committees), and important matters regarding education research are brought before the Education Research Council (consisting of 22 internal councilors).
Osaka Kyoiku University has nine affiliated schools and one kindergarten (three elementary schools, three junior high schools, one high school in three school campuses, one school for disabled children and one kindergarten).These schools and a kindergarten are established and located in Tennoji District and Hirano District in Osaka City, and Ikeda District in northern Osaka. They play important roles in the educational research and practices and teaching practices followed in conjunction with the University as the center, and in conducting various cooperative collaborations, including career and educational advancements, in each district.