Introduction to Osaka University

International student numbers

Figures are accurate as of May 1, 2019

Region	Country/region	Number of students
	India	41 (27)
	Indonesia	131 (57)
	Cambodia	6 (2)
	Singapore	18 (9)
	Sri Lanka	13 (9)
	Thailand	105 (63)
	Nepal	7 (4)
	Pakistan	4 (3)
	Bangladesh	22 (13)
	Philippines	41 (23)
	Brunei Darussalam	4 (0)
	Vietnam	82 (47)
	Malaysia	39 (18)
	Myanmar	17 (15)
	Mongolia	19 (10)
	Laos	2 (0)
	Timor-Leste	1 (1)
	Hong Kong	14 (1)
	Taiwan	92 (0)
	South Korea	249 (37)
	China	1226 (42)
Middle East	Afghanistan	1 (1)
	United Arab Emirates	1 (1)
	Yemen	2 (1)
	Israel	1 (1)
	Iraq	3 (2)
	Iran	15 (9)
	Oman	2 (0)
	Saudi Arabia	2 (0)
	Syria	10 (9)
	Turkey	8 (6)
	Jordan	5 (4)
	Lebanon	3 (3)
Africa	Angola	1 (1)
	Uganda	1 (1)
	Egypt	21 (14)
	Ethiopia	3 (3)
	Cameroon	1 (0)
	Gambia	1 (1)
	Guinea	1 (1)
	Kenya	6 (3)
	Côte d'Ivoire	1 (1)
	The Congo	1 (0)
	Sudan	6 (6)
	Tanzania	1 (1)
	Tunisia	2 (2)
	Nigeria	6 (5)
	Burkina Faso	1 (1)
	Madagascar	2 (1)
	Malawi	2 (2)
	Mozambique	3 (2)
	Mauritania	1 (1)
	Morocco	2 (1)
	South Africa	3 (3)
	South Sudan	1 (1)
Oceania	Australia	5 (3)
	New Zealand	3 (2)
	Independent State of Samoa	1 (1)
	Tonga	1 (1)
North America	USA	31 (7)
North America	Canada	10 (3)
Latin America	Argentina	2 (1)
	Uruguay	1 (1)
	Ecuador	1 (1)
	El Salvador	1 (1)
	Cuba	1 (1)
	Costa Rica	1 (1)
	Columbia	3 (3)
	Dominican Republic	1 (1)
	Haiti	1 (1)
	Panama	5 (2)
	Paraguay	1 (1)
	Brazil	34 (26)
	Venezuela	3 (3)
	Peru	7 (4)
	Mexico	7 (3)
Europe	Ireland	2 (0)
	Azerbaijan	5 (5)
	U.K.	17 (3)
	Italy	7 (2)
	Ukraine	5 (4)
	Uzbekistan	6 (4)
	Estonia	1 (1)
	Austria	5 (2)
	Netherlands	5 (2)
	Kazakhstan	8 (4)
	Cyprus	1 (0)
	Greece	2 (2)
	Kirghiz Republic	1 (1)
	Croatia	2 (2)
	Georgia	2 (2)
	Switzerland	4 (1)
	Sweden	9 (3)
	Spain	6 (1)
	Slovakia	1 (1)
	Slovenia	1 (1)
	Serbia	1 (1)
	Tajikistan	3 (2)
	Czech Republic	2 (2)
	Denmark	1 (1)
	Germany	26 (0)
	Norway	4 (2)
	Hungary	6 (4)
	Finland	2 (0)
	France	30 (3)
	Bulgaria	10 (9)
	Republic of Belarus	2 (2)
	Belgium	1 (1)
	Poland	8 (7)
	Portugal	2 (1)
	Lithuania	4 (3)
	Romania	5 (4)
	Russia	27 (17)
Total		2,594 (635)

( ) indicates Japanese Government Scholarship Student

School	Number of international students
School of Letters/Graduate School of Letters	169 (31)
School of Human Sciences/ Graduate School of Human Sciences	171 (40)
School of Foreign Studies	133 (1)
School of Law/Graduate School of Law and Politics	99 (13)
School of Economics/Graduate School of Economics	242 (18)
School of Science/Graduate School of Science	219 (46)
School of Medicine/Graduate School of Medicine	171 (35)
School of Dentistry/Graduate School of Dentistry	21 (5)
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences/Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences	44 (8)
School of Engineering/Graduate School of Engineering	574 (170)
School of Engineering Science/Graduate School of Engineering Science	180 (53)
Graduate School of Language and Culture	190 (49)
Osaka School of International Public Policy	91 (25)
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology	91 (20)
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences	55 (15)
Osaka University Law School	2 (0)
Joint Graduate School of Child Development	8 (1)
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases	2 (1)
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research	8 (3)
Institute for Protein Research	4 (0)
Institute of Social and Economic Research	3 (0)
Joining and Welding Research Institute	5 (0)
Institute of Laser Engineering	10 (0)
Research Center for Nuclear Physics	0 (0)
Center for International Education and Exchange	8 (7)
Center for Japanese Language and Culture	93 (93)
Immunology Frontier Research Center	1 (0)
Total	2,594 (635)

( ) Japanese Government Scholarship Student

Financed by	Under-graduate	Graduate			Research students, etc.	Total
Financed by	Under-graduate	Master’s course	Doctor’s course	Total	Research students, etc.	Male Students	Female Students	Total
Government	111	138	230	368	156	347	288	635
At own expense	262	648	581	1,229	468	988	971	1,959
Total	373	786	811	1,597	624	1,335	1,259	2,594

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.