Osaka University posts advertisements in morning editions of Nikkei

Osaka University posted an advertisement for itself in the morning edition of the Nikkei on Sunday, December 28 and Monday, December 29.
The message in the ad on December 28 was...
Our ranking of 3rd in Japan is not good enough! Osaka University aims to become one of the top 10 universities in the world!
Osaka University should not be satisfied with third best in Japan. Although we rank third in this country in the number of theses posted in foreign academic magazines and in the amount of research funds obtained, being third is not the final goal to be reached for Osaka University.
Our goal is to become the Japanese university that research institutes and companies in the world first think of, a comprehensive research university that influences the world in basic and applied research.
Just as young people studying at OU's prime root Tekijuku during the Meiji era trail blazed in that era, harmonious diversity coupled with scholarship at Osaka University will define the next era. In its 100th anniversary in 2031, Osaka University aspires to be reborn as GLOBAL UNIVERSITY World Tekijuku and become a destination for students and researchers around the world.

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