International student numbers

Below you will find tables showing the number of international students currently studying at Osaka University in relation to various criteria.

Figures are accurate as of May 1, 2011

 

 Region   Country/region   Number of students 
Asia Pakistan 3 (2)
India 24 (17)
Nepal 3 (2)
Bangladesh 15 (11)
Sri Lanka 10 (5)
Myanmar 4 (2)
Thailand 99 (62)
Malaysia 64 (21)
Singapore 9 (6)
Indonesia 82 (53)
Philippines 25 (21)
Hong Kong 7 (4)
South Korea 255 (48)
Mongolia 44 (22)
Vietnam 88 (55)
China 615 (72)
Cambodia
  4 (2)
Bhutan
  1 (1)
Laos 7 (0)
Macao 1 (0)
Taiwan 68 (0)
Middle East Iran 17 (8)
Turkey 11 (7)
Syria 2 (2)
Lebanon 1 (1)
Israel 1 (1)
Jordan 3 (2)
Saudi Arabia 4 (1)
Afghanistan
3 (2)
Palestine
1 (0)
Yemen
1 (1)
United Arab Emirates
1 (1)
Bahrain 2 (2)
Africa Egypt 11 (5)
Sudan 3 (3)
Tunisia 2 (2)
Algeria 1 (1)
Kenya 2 (2)
Congo 1 (1)
Ghana 1 (1)
Morocco 2 (2)
Uganda 2 (1)
South Africa 1 (1)
Eritrea 1 (0)
Angola 1 (1)
Oceania Australia 9 (1)
New Zealand 4 (2)
Papua New Guinea 2 (2)
North America Canada 10 (3)
USA 26 (8)
Latin America Mexico 9 (5)
Guatemala
1 (1)
Costa Rica
1 (1)
Dominican Republic 1 (1)
Brazil
19 (17)
Argentina 1 (1)
Peru 5 (5)
Ecuador 2 (2)
Columbia 3 (3)
Venezuela 1 (1)
Honduras 1 (1)
Panama 1 (1)
Haiti 1 (1)
Europe Finland 5 (3)
Sweden 5 (1)
Denmark 5 (1)
Ireland 1 (1)
U.K. 9 (2)
Belgium 7 (3)
Netherlands 7 (1)
Germany 10 (1)
France 14 (2)
Spain 5 (3)
Portugal 3 (2)
Italy 5 (4)
Greece 3 (1)
Austria 2 (0)
Switzerland 3 (1)
Poland 14 (9)
Czech Republic 2 (1)
Hungary 13 (9)
Romania 3 (2)
Bulgaria
15 (14)
Albania 1 (1)
Russia 23 (15)
Estonia 1 (1)
Latvia 5 (2)
Lithuania
4 (3)
Ukraine 2 (2)
Kazakhstan 2 (2)
Republic of Belarus 2 (2)
Croatia 1 (1)
Slovenia 2 (2)
Macedonia 1 (1)
Kirghiz Republic 1 (1)
Azerbaijan 2 (2)
Turkmenistan 1 (1)
Republic of Moldova 1 (1)
 Total   1,780 (608) 

 (  ) indicates Japanese Government Scholarship Student

 
 School  Number of international students 
School of Foreign Studies 90 (3)
School of Letters/Graduate School of Letters 113 (27)
School of Human Sciences/ Graduate School of Human Sciences   96 (25)
School of Law/Graduate School of Law and Politics 83 (9)
School of Economics/Graduate School of Economics 154 (47)
School of Science/Graduate School of Science 109 (42)
School of Medicine/Graduate School of Medicine 101 (30)
School of Dentistry/Graduate School of Dentistry 12 (5)
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences/Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences 25 (4)
School of Engineering/Graduate School of Engineering 485 (178)
School of Engineering Science/Graduate School of Engineering Science 143 (53)
Graduate School of Language and Culture 151 (58)
Osaka School of International Public Policy 63 (20)
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology 41 (14)
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
18 (8)
Osaka University Law School
1 (0)
 Research Institute for Microbial Diseases 1 (0)
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research 5 (1)
Institute for Protein Research
2 (2)
Joining and Welding Research Institute 2 (0)
Institute of Social and Economic Research 0 (0)
Center for International Education and Exchange (CIEE)  5 (5) 
Center for Japanese Language and Culture  78 (77) 
Institute of Laser Engineering 1 (0)
Immunology Frontier Research Center  1 (0) 
 Total   1,780 (608)

 (  ) Japanese Government Scholarship Student

 
Financed by   Undergraduate   Graduate  Research students, etc.   Total 
 Master’s course  Doctor’s course   Total  Male Students
 Female Students  Total
Government 84
176 221 481 127 353 255 608
At own expense
190 322 322 834 338 612 560 1,172
 Total  274 498 543 1,315 465 965
815 1,780

Note: The term “international student” is used here for students with the resident status of “exchange student” stipulated in Exhibit 1 of The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.