About OIT
Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) is a private university in Osaka, Japan. It started as “Kansai Engineering Technical School” in 1922, and it gained a 4-year university status and changed its name to “Osaka Institute of Technology” in1949.
It has three campuses: the Omiya Campus is a main campus located in Asahi-ku, Osaka, the Umeda Campus is a new campus opened in 2017 in Downtown Osaka, and the Hirakata Campus is in Hirakata City on the foothill between Osaka and Kyoto.
Our Mission
For the world, for the people and for the community, to develop specialists with science-based practical skills who play an important role in society.
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Type-B-e
Number of Students
as of May 1, 2023
Undergraduate
1st yr.
2nd yr.
3rd yr.
4th yr.
Total
Female %
Faculty of Engineering
921
907
935
1,008
3,771
13.6%
Faculty of Robotics and Design
314
296
324
321
1,255
22.0%
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
474
425
524
480
1,903
10.2%
Faculty of Intellectual Property
150
147
158
143
598
12.5%
Total
1,859
1,775
1,941
1,952
7,527
14.1%
Graduate Schools
Master's Courses
1st yr.
2nd yr.
Total
Female %
Graduate School of Engineering
180
162
342
10.8%
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
44
44
88
23.9%
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
42
34
76
7.9%
Total
266
240
506
12.6%
Professional Master Course
1st yr.
2nd yr.
Total
Female %
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
50
48
98
25.5%
Doctoral Courses
1st yr.
2nd yr.
3rd yr.
Total
Female %
Graduate School of Engineering
2
1
7
10
20.0%
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
0
0
3
3
0%
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
0
2
0
2
0%
Total
2
3
10
15
13.3%
International Students
Undergraduate
Faculty of Engineering
36
Faculty of Robotics and Design
9
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
5
Faculty of Intellectual Property
0
Total
50
Master's Courses
Graduate School of Engineering
7
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
2
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
2
Total
11
Professional Master Course
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
2
Doctoral Courses
Graduate School of Engineering
0
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
0
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
0
Total
0
No. of Students per Staff
Number of Faculty
Number of Students
No. of students per staff
Undergraduate
252
7,527
29.9
Graduate Schools
205
483
2.4
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
11
98
8.9
Total
291
8,146
28.0
Number of Faculty and Staff
as of May 1, 2023
Omiya Campus
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
Specialized Education
Faculty of Engineering
56
36
12
1
105
Faculty of Intellectual Property
9
3
0
0
11
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
9
2
0
0
11
General Education (Humanities)_Faculty of Engineering
7
4
4
0
15
General Education (Humanities)_Faculty of Intellectual Property
1
1
1
0
3
General Education (Science and Technology)_Faculty of Engineering
10
4
3
0
17
Teaching Profession Course, Education Center, Computing Center, etc.
14
4
9
1
28
Total
106
54
29
2
191
Umeda Campus
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
Specialized Education
18
10
3
0
31
General Education (Humanities)
0
1
1
0
2
General Education (Science and Technology)
1
1
0
0
2
Total
19
12
4
0
35
Hirakata Campus
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
Specialized Education
28
14
10
0
52
General Education (Humanities)
3
4
2
0
9
General Education (Science and Technology)
3
1
0
0
4
Yawata Engineering Laboratory
1
01
0
0
1
Total
35
19
12
0
63
Total Number of Faculty
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
159
85
45
2
291
Part-time lecturers, visiting professors, engineers, etc. are not included.
Administrative Staff
Full-time
Full-time Contract
Temporary
Temporarily Transferred
Total
112
61
4
1
178
Part-time staff is not included.
Career Path
Employment rate based on the number of graduates who wished to get employed
Faculty (Undergraduate)
Department
2020 (*1)
2021 (*2)
2022 (*3)
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering and Urban Design
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Department of Architecture
93.2%
97.2%
97.4
Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering
94.8%
95.4%
100.0%
Department of Mechanical Engineering
97.8%
98.3%
96.2%
Department of Applied Chemistry
92.7%
95.5%
97.6%
Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering
92.0%
95.7%
100.0%
Department of Environmental Engineering
95.3%
96.7%
100.0%
Department of Design and Architecture
100.0%
-
-
Department of Biomedical Engineering
98.2%
93.3%
100.0%
Department of Robotics
75.0%
50.0%
-
Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering
-
-
100.0%
sum
95.2%
96.4%
98.7%
Faculty of Robotics and Design
Department of Robotics
95.5
96.5
95.8%
Department of System Design
98.3%
94.5%
97.4%
Department of Design and Architecture
94.6%
100.0%
95.9%
sum
96.0%
97.2%
96.4%
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
Department of Computer Science
98.3%
97.2%
92.9%
Department of Information Systems
98.6%
95.2%
98.9%
Department of Media Science
92.5%
95.3%
100.0%
Department of Information Networks
97.5%
96.2%
100.0%
Department of Information and Computer Science
-
-
98.4%
Department of Network Design
-
-
98.8%
sum
96.6%
96.0%
98.8%
Faculty of Intellectual Property
Department of Intellectual Property
95.0%
97.6%
97.1%
Total
95.6%
96.5%
98.2%
*1: as of May 1, 2021
*2: as of May 1, 2022
*3: as of May 1, 2023
Graduate School
Course
2020 (*1)
2021 (*2)
2022 (*3)
Graduate School of Engineering
Architecture
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Civil Engineering and Urban Design
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
97.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Mechanical Engineering
96.4%
100.0%
100.0%
Applied Chemistry
92.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Environmental Engineering
100.0%
100.0%
92.3%
Biomedical Engineering
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
sum
96.7%
100.0%
99.2%
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
Mechatronics
100.0%
100.0%
-
Soft Robotics
100.0%
100.0%
-
Robotics
-
-
100.0%
System Design
-
-
90.9%
Product Design
-
100.0%
100.0%
Architectural Design Course
100.0%
85.7%
100.0%
sum
100.0%
97.0%
97.6%
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Information Science and Technology
96.9%
97.6%
100.0%
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
92.6%
96.8%
94.4%
Total
96.7%
98.6%
98.4%
*1: as of May 1, 2021
*2: as of May 1, 2022
*3: as of May 1, 2023