OU Vision 2021 -- Moving Towards University 4.0 through Orchestration and Co-creation of Knowledge
- OU Vision 2021
Osaka University established OU Vision 2021 as guidelines for its endeavors in continuous self-reform leading up to its 90th anniversary in 2021, which the university considers a "period of evolution."
- Open Education
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Developing Human Resources for Co-creative Innovation
In order to nurture “Explorers of Knowledge,” Osaka University will implement “Open Education” for producing knowledge with the interest of the public by mobilizing all available educational power in university and society in collaboration with industry, government, and civic society.
- Open Research
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International Advanced Research Institute (IARI)
Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies
Open and Trandisciplinary Research Initiatives
Osaka University Institute for Datability Science
The Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities
Osaka University will promote "Open Research" in order to create new knowledge through collaboration with the world beyond OU researchers’ specialized fields with a central focus on academic research driven by their inspiration and out-of-the-box ideas.
- Open Innovation
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Social Solution Initiative (SSI)
Industry-University Co-Creation
Establishment of the Joint Research Chairs & Research Alliance Laboratories
Based on the philosophy “Shift from industry-university collaboration to industry-university co-creation,” Osaka University will commit to "Open Innovation" leading to the creation of new knowledge.
- Open Community
Under the motto of “Live Locally, Grow Globally,” Osaka University will make efforts to become an Open Community where diverse knowledge and people gather together with the goal of contributing to solving issues that face local communities and global society and the development of spiritual affluence of society as a hub of scholarship, culture, art, and medical treatment.
- Open Governance
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Securing and Developing Outstanding Human Resources to Support University Management
Securing Financial Resources for Sound Management
Construction of a Sustainable Education and Research Environment
Open Governance aims to exceed the expectations of society through continual reform and improvement by maximizing the agency of every member of the university, and implement a solid and transparent university management system that balances leadership and consensus.