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Kinki University 近畿大学
Motto	None
Established	Founded 1925, Chartered 1949
Type	Private
President	Hiroyuki Hata
Faculty	920 full-time
Undergraduates	30,379
Postgraduates	N/A
Location	Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan
Campus	Urban / Suburban, 271 acres (1.1 km²)
Athletics	48 varsity teams
Mascot	None
Website	www.kindai.ac.jp

Kinki University (近畿大学, Kinki daigaku^?), or Kindai (近大, Kindai^?), is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan and in five other locations: Nara City; Osakasayama, Osaka; Uchita, Wakayama; Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima; and Iizuka, Fukuoka.

Contents 1 Campus 2 History 3 Organization 4 Students 5 Faculty 6 Students 7 KINKI UNI INTERNATIONAL WORKS 8 Scholarly exchange 9 Overseas students studying at Kinki University 10 Sports, clubs, and traditions 11 List of faculty 12 List of alumni 13 有名人（Lists of alumni） 14 External links

School of Law / School of Business and Economics / School of Science and Engineering / School of Pharmaceutical Sciences / School of Literature, Arts and Culture Studies / Junior College Division

The university dates its foundation back to the establishment of Osaka Technical College in 1925. Under the new education system, the university proper came into being in 1949 when the founder college merged with Osaka Science and Engineering University, which was established in 1943. The first President was Koichi Seko. Initially there were just two schools, the School of Engineering and the School of Commerce (which has since grown to become the School of Business and Economics). Always sensitive to the latest developments in the world, Kinki University has constantly focused on the future prospects of its alumni. After the war, when food was in short supply, the university turned its attention to opening up the field of marine resources in order to assist in the resolution of that problem. The Marine Research Center was opened in 1948 in Shirahama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture and is still going strong today as the Fisheries Laboratory. This was the first time that research into marine fish farming was carried out in Japan. Other pioneering projects include, along with the opening of the Atomic Energy Research Institute, establishing the first private nuclear reactor facilities in 1960. Kinki University has constantly maintained anapproach to education that is both practical and proactive.

A school culture that's open to the new and possesses substantial facilities

When Masataka Seko became the head of Kinki University in 1965, he effectively used his energy to fill out and improve the curricula and environment. In 1974 the School of Medicine was opened, followed, just a year later, by a teaching hospital. Besides these new departures, existing university buildings were reconstructed and laboratories and other facilities were improved and expanded. One aspect of his vision －"Education comes from the environment"－ that there would be more greenery on campus has also been realized.

Even greater activity towards a more comprehensive university

Coming into the 1990s, more radical changes were in store. In 1989, breathing new life into a university that had hitherto concentrated on science and technology, the School of Literature, Arts and Cultural Studies was opened. At the same time, the School of Agriculture was relocated to a campus in Nara Prefecture which was more conducive to allowing students to pursue more rewarding studies concerned with our natural environment.

In 1993, the School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology was opened in Uchita-cho, Wakayama Prefecture. It attracted public interest as the first center in Japan to concentrate on this new field concerning superior functions possessed by organisms.

As a comprehensive institute of learning that comprises 11 schools and 44 departments in all and which, moreover, has a School of Medicine that runs three general hospitals, Kinki University covers many fields of research. And the contribution this university makes to world has been rising with every passing year.

"An Expansive Campus Encompassed in Greenery" "Education That Responds to the Need of a Dramatically Changing Society" "A Spirit of Practical Science Backed by Over 80 Years of History" Our educational network, extending over the whole of western Japan, continues to produce a preeminent study environment for all our students. [1]

As well as being a comprehensive university with 44 departments in 11 schools, Kinki University is also a major educational organization that runs graduate schools, a distance learning division, four junior colleges, a technical college, a nursing school, and other schools from kindergarten through to high school. These facilities have spread to cover the whole of western Japan with a large-scale network of excellent educational facilities. In these institutions, large numbers of student receive instruction aimed at helping them to become autonomous individuals. This contributes both to the lively atmosphere of the university and greatly to the improvement of the human resources available to the world.

"An Expansive Campus Encompassed in Greenery" "Education That Responds to the Need of a Dramatically Changing Society" "A Spirit of Practical Science Backed by Over 80 Years of History" Our educational network, extending over the whole of western Japan, continues to produce a preeminent study environment for all our students.

From its early days, Kinki University has been committed to promoting international understanding through active exchanges with overseas universities, and there are two main channels for this interchange. First, there are programs for exchanging personnel, both staff and students, in experience and joint research projects. Second, the university exchanges scientific documents and shares information with partner institutions. Both of these channels have helped students and staff to develop perspectives that are truly international in nature.

Country Institution Thailand Chulalongkorn University Chiang Mai University China The China Pharmaceutical University Shenyang Phamaceutical University Nanjing Forestry University Dalian University of Technology Great Wall Hospital Xi'An University of Technology Bulgaria Sofia Medical University U.S.A. University of Illinois University of California at Davis Canada University of Calgary United Kingdom University of Nottingham The University of Sussex Germany Ludwig-Maximilians University

In 1987, Kinki University welcomed the opportunity for the exchange of research with Sofia Medical University (formerly Bulgaria National Medical Academy), and, in 1988, actively entered into similar agreements with Thailand's Chulalongkorn University and Chiang Mai University. The joint research with Chiang Mai University has included ways to eliminate poppy growing and has continued to the present. Meanwhile, our schools of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Agriculture, and Medicine have received samples of herbs native to Thailand,all of which are being investigated in order to determine their effects and analyzed to determine their active agents. Meanwhile, to help with research into breeding kelp bass and other saltwater fish, experts from Kinki University have been dispatched to Chulalongkorn University.

According to Koichi Seko, Kinki University's first president, "The mission of this university is to throw open its lecture halls and laboratories to the young people of the world and to encourage the development of truly international attitudes." Committed to making these words a reality, in 1953 the university accepted 15 scholarship students from Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, former Burma, and India. At present, about 300 overseas students are studying in graduate programs or standard university courses.

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In 1991, the International Student Center was established in order to offer detailed advice about studies and aspects of daily life in Japan. Supplementary to their academic studies, overseas students learn much about Japanese culture and language through interaction with Japanese students and the local community. Kinki University also provides a Japanese Language Course for overseas students who do not have sufficient competence in Japanese.

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Overseas student population by country or region Country or region Number of students Country or region Number of students China 217 Tonga 2 Korea 63 Turkey Taiwan 41 Chile 1 Malaysia 11 Canada Indonesia 4 Laos Saudi Arabia Mongolia Australia 2 Myanmar Hong Kong Thailand

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政治 The political world / 向井通彦 Mukai －泉南市長 : Mayor / 橋上義孝 Hashimoto－河内長野市長 Mayor / 山脇悦司 Yamawaki－ 元大阪府八尾市長（商経卒）Mayor / 尾西尭 Onishi－ 元兵庫県龍野市長（大阪専門学校卒） Mayor / 多田利喜 Tada－　富田林市長（商経学部卒） Mayor / 中本幸一Nakamoto－元生駒市長（短大部卒） Mayor / 陳鴻基　－台湾・台北駐日経済文化代表処副代表　 / [編集]

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司法・官界 細谷明 － 福岡高等検察庁検事長（法学部中退、昭27年司法修習生） / 菱垣理英 －弁護士・タレント（商経学部卒） / 大平光代－弁護士・大阪市元助役（通信教育課程法学部単位取得中退） / 草原一陽 －大蔵省大阪税関輸入部長 / 吉村幸晴 －鳥取県警察本部長 / [編集]

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経済 Business community 臼田琢美 -カブドットコム証券執行役員　商経学部商学科卒 Executive / 吉村精仁 －丸一鋼管社長 Executive / 松本公一郎 －小野薬品工業社長 Executive / 山下英明 －元、東京証券取引所顧問 Executive / 高須康有 －朝日工業社社長 Executive / 西口泰夫－京セラ専務 Executive / 中山哲也－トラスコ中山社長 Executive / 中田拓－森精機製作所取締役 Executive / 古津豊美－三洋電機取締役 Executive / 中敏直－フランスベッド取締役 Executive / 原公巳－デサント常務 Executive / 岡林朗－百十四銀行取締役 Executive / 板東道夫－徳島銀行常勤監査役 Executive / 村井道夫－岩谷産業取締役 Executive / 多田喜明－山村硝子監査役 Executive [編集]

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文化・学術 Art 赤井 英和 Hidekazu Akai（あかい ひでかず) - actor and comedian/ 奥井亜紀 －ミュージシャン、中退 Musician/ つんく - ミュージシャン(シャ乱Q) - Musician & Director/ はたけ - ミュージシャン(シャ乱Q) 音楽プロデューサー - Musician/ 伊藤孝氣-ニルギリス / 鮫肌文殊 － 放送作家 / 竹内義和 － 作家、中退 / 武田康廣 －ガイナックス代表取締役統括本部長 / 竹本住大夫 －人間国宝（大阪専門学校卒） / 清水崇 － 映画監督 / 鈴木松美 －日本音響研究所所長 / 名越康文 － 精神科医、評論家 / マーキー(MARK'E) － FM802 DJ / 牧野隆志（東京プリン）- 歌手、タレント / 今森光彦 Mitsuko Imai イマモリミツヒコ 写真家 - photographer/ 奥田均 － 映画評論家 / Byung-Mook Kim－韓国・慶熙大学校総長 / 田中圭一 － 漫画家 / 田中一光 タナカイッコウ Ikkow Tanaka: designer/ 楢木逸郎 ナラキイツロウ Ituro Narasaki 写真家 - photographer/ [編集]

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スポーツ Sport 朝潮太郎 － 元力士 Sumo/ 朝乃若武彦 － 力士 Sumo/ 旭富士正也 － 元力士、日本相撲協会第63代横綱 Sumo/ 赤井英和 － 元ボクサー、俳優、タレント Boxing/ 糸井嘉男－ プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 有藤道世 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 宇高伸次 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 大熊忠義 － 元プロ野球選手、中退 Pro-Baseball/ 大西宏明－ プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 岸本秀樹 － プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 木村恵二 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 木村公宣 Kiminobu Kimura キムラキミノブ - skier/ 酒井光次郎 － 元プロ野球選手、野球台湾代表チーム投手コーチ Pro-Baseball/ 佐々木修 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 佐野重樹 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 清水章夫 － プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 内匠政博 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 中尾美樹 － 水泳選手 Swimmer/ 二岡智宏 － プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 野村宏之－ プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 藤井彰人 － プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 藤田一也 － プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 藤原満 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 森田幸一 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 山下律夫 － 元プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 山下勝充－ プロ野球選手 Pro-Baseball/ 山本貴司 ヤマモトタカシ Takashi Yamamoto : swimmer at World Championship/ 吉村道明 － プロレスラー / 山本隆造ー元プロ野球選手、プロ野球審判員 Pro-Baseball/ 山下哲治－読売ジャイアンツ　編成部部長（スカウト）Agent (Pro-Baseball)/ 林威助－阪神タイガース選手 Pro-Baseball/

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