Admission Policies of Schools

Summarized admission policies of schools can be found below.

School of Letters

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Letters (file in Japanese)

The School of Letters investigates humans activities. More specifically, what humans did in the past, clarifications of what we are doing now, and, on the basis of these two points, explore what humans should do in the future.
The School of Letters nurtures capable individuals who can meet the expectations of society, have a keen interest in humans and the society they live in, and carve a path toward the future with theory and sensitivity.
The School of Letters studies a field that is broad and spread across several different specialties. However, these fields share one common principle -- putting emphasis on the intellectual enthusiasm of learners. In other words, the school seeks persons who are not content with merely absorbing knowledge, but value their thinking processes and logical paths. Under these teaching and research policies, the School of Letters is looking for:

Individuals who are never satisfied with a single answer to a question and continue to look for other answers.
Individuals who strive to polish their own sensitivity and express their views about human lives in their own words.
Individuals who make efforts to understand social changes from a broad perspective.
Individuals who make efforts to elevate their acquired “knowledge” to the level of “wisdom.”
Individuals who make efforts to understand the cultures and societies of Japan and other countries from multi-dimensional and comprehensive viewpoints.

School of Human Sciences

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Human Sciences (file in Japanese)

The School of Human Sciences aims to nurture persons who are able to view humans and society from a scientific viewpoint and see and understand humans in such a way as to contribute to a more "human" society. The school desires individuals possessing these qualities.

As you can understand from the name "human sciences," first and foremost a strong interest in humans and scientific viewpoints is needed. In order to sympathize with other persons' feelings --suffering, pleasure, anger, love-- and their experiences, and, at the same time, analyze cause and effect in human problems and come up with solutions, it is necessary to handle phenomena objectively and scientifically.
Humans are very diverse and complicated. In order to achieve a viewpoint from which one can see the whole picture, one must be well educated. The foundation of culture becomes academic ability. When in high school student, candidates are advised to acquire a wide range of academic capabilities without being bound by liberal arts subjects or science subjects. Only through such a foundation can the integration of liberal arts and science be realized in a real sense after enrolling in university. Therefore, the second desired quality for this school is to have a well-balanced general education and expertise.
The environment where humans find themselves is changing from moment to moment and the role of humans varies in accordance with changes in environment, society, and times. So the third desired quality for the school is the intellectual interest and vitality to challenge new things flexibly and bravely.

School of Foreign Studies

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Foreign Studies (file in Japanese)

Our world is made up of people with diverse cultural and social backgrounds with roots in an environment in which different languages are exchanged. Therefore, for us to coexist with people in the world with understanding and sympathy for different cultures and societies in real sense, it is necessary to fully understand foreign languages and have serious dialogue using these languages.

By conducting research and education in foreign and native languages, foundations of culture and society through lecture and practice, the School of Foreign Studies aims to develop personnel who can contribute to humanity and the world with their high language proficiency and wide range of world knowledge. In order to achieve this goal, the school accepts students who are interested in native and foreign languages, culture, and society.

Individuals who want to acquire the ability to communicate with people from different backgrounds.
Individuals who want to acquire special knowledge about language, culture, and society.
Individuals who want to research foreign culture and society by making full use of their ability in another language.
Individuals who want to study their own language, culture, and society from their understanding of foreign language, culture, and society.
Individuals who want to serve as mediators to deepen dialogue and mutual understanding between different cultures.
Individuals who want to promote international cooperation in order to solve world problems.

School of Law

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Law (file in Japanese)

Law, politics, and economics that one learns in the School of Law are profound academic fields and have been developed over many years. However, they are flexible enough to respond to changes in society such as internationalization and informatization. Using aspects of the academic fields of law, politics, and economics, the School of Law makes efforts to nurture persons who can, using their knowledge, bravely address new challenges in a new era. The School of Law strives to impart such an education.
Laws and politics greatly affect people’s lives and society. What direction should Japan and the world go in? The School of Law wants to think about such with you. As such, the School of Law hopes to enroll persons possessing these qualities:

Individuals who can understand things profoundly and from multiple aspects.
Individuals who can think theoretically and discuss actively.
Individuals who can talk about dreams for Japan and the world's future.

We welcome such thoughtful, forward-looking, and open-minded persons.

School of Economics

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Economics (file in Japanese)

Modern society faces big historical changes and challenges such as economic globalization, rapid progress in information technology, and worsening global environmental problems. With declining birthrate and growing population of the elderly, Japan is having to change its economic structure and corporate structure. In such a setting, there is an increasing need to examine the theory of our economy and management systems that greatly affect our lives, from theoretical, empirical, and historical viewpoints. In order to understand complex changes in economy and management, diverse knowledge and varied approaches are needed. Therefore, the School of Economics welcomes the following students.

Individuals who have a solid grounding in the fundamentals and can think flexibly.
Individuals who also excel in specific fields such as mathematics or language and can think theoretically.

The School of Economics welcomes students who understand social economic phenomena in Japan and the world with concern for and a passion to improve human welfare.

School of Science

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Science (file in Japanese)

Looking at the history of science, one can see that much of the progress was achieved by efforts and discoveries by people who were attracted by the beauty of science without consideration for the benefits brought about by scientific achievements. Moreover, many great discoveries were often inspired by very simple questions. However, in order for questions to lead to achievement, scientific thought and methods must be acquired and followed. The School of Science accepts persons with basic scholarship from a variety of educational backgrounds.

Individuals who have a keen instinct and good judgment.
Individuals who can think flexibly based on their broad basic knowledge of natural science.
Individuals who can contribute to society using their scientific knowledge.

The School of Science welcomes persons who have questions about things that appear obvious and are willing to find out the roots of these things.

Faculty of Medicine

Detailed Admission Policies of Faculty of Medicine (file in Japanese)

The roots of the School of Medicine reach back to Tekijuku founded by OGATA Koan and the school has adopted the Tekijuku tradition and developed it for the past 130 years. In order to realize Osaka University’s motto "Live Locally, Grow Globally," the school contributes to local medical care and promotes world-leading medical research. The school was transferred from Nakanoshima, Osaka, original "home base" of the school, to a new building on the Suita Campus in 1993. The school provides medical education focusing on development of personnel and human-oriented medical care and has attained world-class achievements in close cooperation with other schools and institutes. The School of Medicine seeks outstanding persons by setting the following two goals for personnel development.

To nurture doctors and medical researchers possessing humanity and a high sense of ethics.
To lead in world medicine and medical care and nurture doctors and medical researchers with rich creativity while promoting the development of advanced medical treatment.

Admission Policies of the Division of Health Sciences

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Division of Health Sciences (file in Japanese)

Health Sciences is the academic field devoted to good health. In other words, it’s a field of scholarship that examines body and mind from a scientific viewpoint. In order to accomplish the purpose of this field of study, nurses and medical engineers are sought who will focus on treatment of diseases, contribute to diseases prevention, support recuperation, and promote health maintenance and the improvement of normal human life.
The Division of Health Sciences consists of 3 courses: Nursing, Medical Physics and Engineering, and Laboratory Sciences, and welcomes individuals who are eager to approach health sciences as a practical scholarship as well as those who wish to pursue theoretical health sciences. In addition, it must be remembered that health is not an issue just for one nation; a global viewpoint is needed. The Division of Health Sciences welcomes persons with a broad perspective who are willing to contribute to the world. And we, in particular, seek individuals who are interested in people and view them sympathetically because health sciences is an academic field that focuses on humans. As such, the three courses of the Division of Health Sciences welcomes the following persons.

Individuals who are willing to carve out new paths in health sciences, medical science, and technology.
Individuals who are interested in putting health sciences into practice in cooperation with persons in other fields.
Individuals who are able to think of individuals and groups from an international viewpoint.

School of Dentistry

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Dentistry (file in Japanese)

Dental medicine is one of the health science fields striving to prevent and eradicate diseases and disorders in the oral region and contribute to the maintenance and promotion of health. The School of Dentistry, as a major center of oral scientific research, sets its basic principles on developing research, education, treatment, and social contribution, focusing on individuality in a competitive environment. Because this faculty also includes a Graduate School of Dentistry, the School of Dentistry aims to nurture creative dental care staff, staff capable of contributing to health science and persons able to become oral scientists. Therefore, the School of Dentistry seeks persons desiring to learn and in possession of excellent academic aptitude in addition to a sincere attitude and sense of responsibility for dental care.

Cooperative and social individuals able to think flexibly.
Individuals who respond to the progress of society and science, always have questions, and have the ability to solve problems positively on their own.
Individuals who have a clear sense of purpose, possess the desire to learn throughout life, have a sense of responsibility and the ability to instruct others.
Individuals possessing the motivation and aptitude to acquire the knowledge of dental medicine.

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (file in Japanese)

Pharmaceutical Sciences is the academic field that examines life and health by focusing comprehensively on molecules and compounds. Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to contribute to human health and the development of an affluent society through development of medicines, establish the correct use of such medicines, and to securing safe and reliable living conditions. The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to nurture personnel who will play a role in the advancements in bioscience, medicinal chemistry, social and environmental hygiene, and Medical Pharmaceutics in the 21st century. As such, the school seeks persons who possess rich humanity, creativity, a sense of ethics, broad knowledge and specialties in pharmaceutical fields and those who are ambitious and will be active in research, education, industry, administration, or international clinical situations.

School of Engineering

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Engineering (file in Japanese)

Under the motto "Live Locally, Grow Globally," the School of Engineering celebrating the 115th anniversary of its founding, is expected to contribute to the development of unique science and technology in order to promote the stability and welfare of human society.
To this end, the school aims to nurture researchers and engineers who are creative, have a dream, and bravely address new challenges affecting the future of humanity. Therefore, the School of Engineering seeks persons who have advanced specialties and a broad education in the structure of human society and of nature as well as judgment and imagination that views the whole. We welcome:

Individuals who are deeply interested in the current situation and future of human society from an international viewpoint and are willing to face problems and solve them.
Individuals who are academics and are willing to devote themselves into study and research.
Individuals who broadly and deeply understand what they have learned in high school.

School of Engineering Science

Detailed Admission Policies of School of Engineering Science (file in Japanese)

The School of Engineering Science aims at fundamental developments in science and technology through the blending of science and technology, giving birth to a truly human culture. Thus, the School of Engineering Science provides a curriculum in which students can study natural science and technology and the ways in which such enriches life through the integration of science with technology. As such, the School of Engineering Science seeks the following types of people.

Individuals who fully understand the fundamentals and who are always willing to address new fields based on their knowledge.
Individuals capable of devoting themselves to such a degree that time ceases to have meaning.
Individuals who are able to explain their ideas and have dialogue with persons with different opinions.

United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University and Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Detailed Admission Policies of Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University and Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (file in Japanese)

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