The University of Osaka is a national university corporation with its head office in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. It was founded in 1931 as Osaka Imperial University, with faculties of medicine and science, after campaigning and donations by Osaka’s political, business and civic communities. On 1 October 2007 it merged with Osaka University of Foreign Studies, creating a university with three main campuses in the Hokusetsu area: Suita, Toyonaka and Minoh.
Its 2026 profile lists 11 undergraduate schools, 10 graduate schools plus five independent graduate schools, and six research institutes. As of 1 May 2026 it had 15,132 undergraduates, 8,330 graduate students, 3,331 faculty members and 4,281 other staff. Its budget for fiscal 2026 is 193,953 million yen. Atsushi Kumanogoh became the university’s 19th President in April 2025.