Osaka Metropolitan University

Not to be confused with Osaka University.
This article is about the Japan university. For other institutions with similar names, see Metropolitan University.
Osaka Metropolitan University
大阪公立大学
Former name
Osaka City University (OCU)
Osaka Prefecture University (OPU)
TypePublic
Established1880 (1880) (Former OCU)
1883 (1883) (Former OPU)
Unite April 1, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-01)
Location
Abeno-ku, Osaka
,
Japan
CampusUrban
Websitewww.omu.ac.jp/en/

Osaka Metropolitan University (大阪公立大学, Ōsaka kōritsu daigaku), abbreviated to OMU, is a Japanese public university that was established through the integration of Osaka City University (OCU) and Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) on 1 April 2022.[1]

OMU was inaugurated with 1 undergraduate college, 11 undergraduate schools and 15 graduate schools. With the integration of the two universities, the number of students amounts to about 16,000, which is the largest scale in Japan as a public university. In addition, OMU's number of new first-year students per year is 2,853, placing it in third place among Japanese national/public universities, after Osaka University and the University of Tokyo.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ About | Osaka Metropolitan University (tentative name)
  2. ^ "List of universities scheduled to open in 2022" (PDF) (in Japanese). MEXT. August 2021. pp. 1–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ 大阪公立大学（仮称）2022年開学予定（構想中）／University of Osaka (tentative name) | めざすのは大阪発、世界レベル「“超”大学始動」 (Retrieved: 2020-07-24)
  4. ^ A-naka_ol | めざすのは大阪発、世界レベル「“超”大学始動」 (Retrieved: 2020-07-24)
  5. ^ 新大学基本構想 (Retrieved: 2020-07-24)