Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology FUJIWARA Akio visits the Minoh and Suita Campuses

On Tuesday, November 21, 2023, Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology FUJIWARA Akio visited Osaka University’s Minoh and Suita Campuses.

After inspecting the following research facilities, Mr. Fujiwara had a discussion with Osaka University President NISHIO Shojiro about university management.

Minoh Campus

• Minoh Campus, Osaka University’s Global Campus, which aims to become a hub for developing internationally-minded citizens under the university’s motto of “Live Locally, Grow Globally”

Suita Campus

• The Futuristic and Intellectual Co-Creation Town Division of the Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI), a R&D hub for the JST’s COI-NEXT project to solve social issues through co-creation between early-career researchers at OU and local residents
• Joint Research Chair “Consortium for Future Innovation by Cultured Meat” at the Graduate School of Engineering to study practical applications of 3D bioprinting approaches to cultured meat production
• Osaka University Shimadzu Omics Innovation Research Laboratories, places for industry-university co-creation and developing highly skilled talent

Minoh Campus (OU Global Campus)

The Futuristic and Intellectual Co-Creation Town Division of OTRI
(The COI-NEXT project is led by Prof. Sekitani of The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research)

Joint Research Chair “Consortium for Future Innovation by Cultured Meat” at the Graduate School of Engineering

Osaka University Shimadzu Omics Innovation Research Laboratories