Osaka University

Continente:: Asia
Country:: Japan
Address:: Osaka University, 1-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Web Site:: www.osaka-u.ac.jp

About Osaka University:

Osaka University, or Handai, is a national university located in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College, and one of Japan's National Seven Universities. Osaka University traces its origin back to 1869 when Osaka Prefectural Medical School was founded in downtown Osaka. The school was later transformed into the Osaka Prefectural Medical College with university status in 1919. The college merged with the newly founded College of Science to form Osaka Imperial University in 1931. The university was eventually renamed Osaka University in 1947. Suita, Toyonaka and Minoh are the university's three campuses. The Suita campus extends across Suita city and Ibaraki city in Osaka prefecture. The Suita campus houses faculties of Human Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Engineering. The Toyonaka campus is home to faculties of Letters, Law, Economics, Science, and Engineering Science. The Minoh campus is home to School of Foreign Studies.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
World University Rankings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	120	127	143	175	179	163	217	230	210

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Agriculture	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Engineering	26	31	33	48	49	55	69	99	131	141	147	163	186	229	269	401-450	401-450	401-450
Life Sciences	35	37	33	42	44	49	54	70	81	88	99	101	96	105	143	135	139	146
Medicine	93	94	119	123	122	130	162	178	190	204	208	221	212	222	237	230	257	231
Natural Sciences	30	28	34	35	33	37	40	50	64	63	70	78	101	110	138	150	130	138
Social Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Agricultural Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500	451-500	401-450	451-500	-	-	-	301-350	401-450
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	109	139	134	154	161	198	190
Chemistry	9	11	15	15	27	31	37	41	48	60	70	76	139	160	139
Chemical Engineering	126	114	146	127	176	222	256	267	280	-	-	-	-	-	451-500
Civil Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	214	212	210	225	237	258	224
Computer Science	133	146	214	180	241	226	267	257	237	276	301-350	301-350	351-400	401-450	451-500
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical Engineering	73	66	82	95	107	132	143	163	196	186	271	288	301-350	301-350	351-400
Environment / Ecology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Geosciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	67	77	83	110	123	135
Materials Science	23	26	26	34	45	59	78	80	95	119	119	137	167	244	209
Mathematics	197	166	220	171	165	242	265	222	224	222	296	351-400	298	301-350	351-400
Mechanical Engineering	119	142	94	150	136	189	196	237	256	278	270	232	291	299	301-350
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117	174	193	190	200	240	243
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	78	78	106	111	104	112
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	210	227	247	251	290	293	268
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	122	149	157	202	228	210	232	256	276	351-400	401-450	351-400	401-450	451-500
Physics	34	37	32	42	47	66	66	65	51	59	59	78	98	91	92
Plant & Animal Science	231	232	299	299	292	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	451-500	-	-	-	-	-
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	205	216	219	211	216	204	179
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	-	-	-	155