Synopsis of the Administration (as of April 1, 2009)
Title, name, term, and professional experience of administration members
| President | WASHIDA Kiyokazu |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2011 |
| 1977 | Mar. | Doctor's course, Philosophy major, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University |
| 1978 | Apr. | Full-time instructor, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University |
| 1981 | Apr. | Associate professor, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University |
| 1988 | Apr. | Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University |
| 1992 | Mar. | Left Kansai University |
| 1992 | Apr. | Associate professor, School of Letters, Osaka University |
| 1996 | Apr. | Professor, School of Letters, Osaka University |
| 1999 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University |
| 2000 | Apr. | Councilor, Osaka University (through March, 2002) |
| 2003 | Aug. | Dean, Graduate School of Letters & School of Letters, Osaka University (through March, 2004) |
| 2004 | Apr. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University (through August, 2007) |
| 2007 | Apr. | Librarian, Osaka University (through August, 2007) |
| 2007 | Aug. | President, Osaka University |
Trustees
| Trustee & Vice President | NISHIDA Shogo |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2009 |
| 1976 | Mar. | Master's course, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 1976 | Apr. | Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 1984 | Sept. | Visiting researcher, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1989 | Mar. | Group manager, Central Research Lab, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. |
| 1995 | Apr. | Professor, School of Engineering Science, Osaka University |
| 1997 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University |
| 2002 | Apr. | Councilor, Osaka University |
| 2003 | Oct. | Dean, School of Engineering Science & Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (through August, 2007) |
| 2005 | Sept. | Adviser to Osaka University President (through August, 2007) |
| 2007 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President | KOIZUMI Junji |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2009 |
| 1981 | Jun. | Graduate School, Stanford University |
| 1981 | Jul. | Izaak Walton Killam post-doctoral scholar & part-time instructor, University of Alberta |
| 1982 | Jun. | Instructor, School of Letters, Aichi Prefectural University |
| 1985 | Oct. | Associate professor, School of Letters, Aichi Prefectural University |
| 1987 | Apr. | Associate professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University |
| 1990 | Apr. | Associate professor, School of Human Sciences, Osaka University |
| 1996 | Apr. | Professor, School of Human Sciences, Osaka University |
| 1996 | Sep. | Ralph and Doris Hansmann Member, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University |
| 2000 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University |
| 2004 | May | Dean, School of Human Sciences & Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University (through Apr.il, 2006) |
| 2006 | Apr. | Adviser to Osaka University President (through August, 2007) |
| 2007 | Apr. | Director, Global Collaboration Center, Osaka University |
| 2007 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President | NISHIO Shojiro |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2009 |
| 1980 | Mar. | 2nd semester of doctor's course, Applied Mathematical Modeling major, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
| 1980 | Apr. | Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University |
| 1980 | Jul. | Visiting research associate professor, University of Waterloo, Canada |
| 1988 | Oct. | Associate professor, School of Engineering Science, Osaka University |
| 1989 | Oct. | Associate professor, Education Center for Information Processing, Osaka University |
| 1992 | Apr. | Associate professor, School of Engineering Science, Osaka University |
| 1992 | Aug. | Professor, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1998 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 2000 | Apr. | Director, Cybermedia Center, Osaka University (through August, 2003) |
| 2000 | Apr. | Councilor, Osaka University |
| 2001 | Apr. | Scientist, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology |
| 2002 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, and Technology, Osaka University |
| 2003 | Aug. | Dean, Graduate School of Information Science, and Technology, Osaka University (through August, 2007) |
| 2004 | Apr. | Adviser to Osaka University President (through March,2006) |
| 2007 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President | TAKASUGI Eiichi |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2009 |
| 1975 | Sep. | Graduate School, University of Maryland, USA |
| 1975 | Oct. | Assistant, Ohio State University, USA |
| 1977 |
Oct. | Assistant, The University of Texas, USA |
| 1979 |
Oct. | Assistant, University of Oregon, USA |
| 1980 |
Mar. | Assistant, Department of Liberal Arts, Osaka University |
| 1985 |
May | Instructor, Department of Liberal Arts, Osaka University |
| 1986 |
Aug. | Associate professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Osaka University |
| 1989 | May | Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Osaka University |
| 1994 |
Apr. | Professor, School of Science, Osaka University |
| 2003 |
Oct. | Councilor, Osaka University |
| 2004 |
Apr. | Professor, Institute for Higher Education Research and Practice, Osaka University |
| 2004 |
Apr. | Dean, Institute for Higher Education Research and Practice, Osaka University (through August, 2007) |
| 2005 |
Apr. | Adviser to Osaka University President (through March, 2006) |
| 2007 |
Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President | MONDEN Morito |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2009 |
| 1970 | Mar. | Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1970 |
Apr. | Clinical training support, Osaka University Hospital |
| 1970 |
Jun. | Clinical training, Osaka University Hospital |
| 1971 | Jul. | Doctor, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital |
| 1973 |
Jul. | Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1975 |
Apr. | Medical intern, Osaka University Hospital |
| 1979 |
Feb. | Associate, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1979 |
Jul. | Visiting researcher, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| 1986 |
May | Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1990 | Aug. | Associate professor, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1994 |
Nov. | Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1999 |
Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 2004 |
Apr. | Vice Director, Osaka University Hospital |
| 2007 |
Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President | TSUKIOKA Hideto |
| April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2010 |
| 1978 | Apr. | Joined Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture |
| 1992 | Sept. | Director for Textbook Policy, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture |
| 1994 | Jul. | Vice Superintendent, Saga Prefectural Board of Education |
| 1997 |
Jul. | Chief of Textbook Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture |
| 1999 | Jul. | Chief of Elementary School Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture |
| 2001 |
Jan. | Director, National Institute for Educational Policy Research |
| 2004 |
Jul. | Chief supervisor for Social Education & Deputy Director-General of Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology |
| 2005 |
Apr. | Trustee & Vice Director National Center for University Entrance Examinations |
| 2008 |
Apr. | Trustee & director of Administration Bureau, Osaka University |
| 2009 |
Apr. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President | TAKEDA Sachiko |
| Term: October 2, 2007 - October 1, 2009 |
| 1985 | Mar. | Doctor's course in History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities,Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| 1985 | Apr. | Associate professor, Osaka University of Foreign Studies |
| 1997 | Jan. | Professor, Osaka University of Foreign Studies |
| 2007 | Oct. | Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University |
| 2007 | Oct. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President | TSUJI Kiichiro |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2009 |
| 1973 | Jun. | Doctor's course, Graduate School, Case Western Reserve University |
| 1973 | Aug. | Assistant, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1981 | Apr. | Instructor, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1984 | Jan. | Associate professor, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1988 | Dec. | Professor, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1998 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1998 | Apr. | Director, Research Center for Superconducting Materials and Electronics, Osaka University (through March 2000) |
| 2001 | Apr. | Director, Research Center for Superconductor Photonics, Osaka University (through June, 2004) |
| 2003 | Apr. | Councilor, Osaka University |
| 2004 | Apr. | Director, International Student Center, Osaka University (through March, 2006) |
| 2005 | May | Adviser to Osaka University President (through March, 2007) |
| 2007 | Apr. | Professor emeritus, Osaka University |
| 2007 | Aug. | Trustee, Osaka University |
| 2008 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, Osaka University |
Auditors
| Full-time | SEKI Jun-ichiro |
| April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2010 |
| 1972 | Apr. | Joined Suntory Limited |
| 1992 | Aug. | Manager, Office of Secretariat, Osaka, Suntory Limited |
| 1996 | Mar. | Manager, Management Planning Division, Suntory Limited |
| 1998 | Mar. | Manager, Health Food Division, Suntory Limited |
| 2000 | Mar. | President, Haagen Dazs Japan, Inc. (temporary transfer) |
| 2006 | Mar. | Executive director, Suntory Foundation (temporary transfer) |
| 2008 | Mar. | Resigned executive director, Suntory Foundation (temporary transfer) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Auditor, Osaka University |
| Part-time | YAMAZAKI Masaru |
| April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2010 |
| 1981 | Apr. | Joined Kamakura Law Office |
| 1987 | Mar. | Left Kamakura Law Office |
| 1987 | Apr. | Established Umeda Sogo Law Office |
| 2003 | Apr. | Mediator, Osaka Family Court (through March 31, 2009) |
| 2003 | Nov. | Part-time auditor, Mandai Co., Ltd. (through Feb. 29, 2008) |
| 2005 | Apr. | Lawyer, Legal Office, Osaka University |
| 2005 | Jul. | Part-time auditor, Nippon Telephone Inc. (through May 31, 2010) |
| 2006 | Jan. | Mediator, Osaka District Court (through March 31, 2009) |
| 2007 | Apr. | Chairperson, Dispute Mediation Committee, Osaka Bar Association (through March 31, 2009) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Part-time auditor, Osaka University |
