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, 2024
Undergraduate
1st yr.
2nd yr.
3rd yr.
4th yr.
Total
Female %
Faculty of Engineering
914
891
882
1,058
3,745
14.0%
Faculty of Robotics and Design
305
308
294
346
1,253
23.0%
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
469
454
420
574
1,917
10.8%
Faculty of Intellectual Property
147
152
146
146
591
13.3%
Total
1,835
1,805
1,742
2,124
7,506
14.6%
Graduate Schools
Master's Courses
1st yr.
2nd yr.
Total
Female %
Graduate School of Engineering
181
178
359
12.0%
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
45
45
90
21.1%
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
44
45
89
5.6%
Total
270
268
538
12.5%
Professional Master Course
1st yr.
2nd yr.
Total
Female %
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
37
57
94
22.3%
Doctoral Courses
1st yr.
2nd yr.
3rd yr.
Total
Female %
Graduate School of Engineering
4
2
4
10
10.0%
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
0
0
3
3
0%
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
1
0
2
3
0%
Total
5
2
9
16
6.3%
International Students
Undergraduate
Faculty of Engineering
43
Faculty of Robotics and Design
10
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
8
Faculty of Intellectual Property
0
Total
61
Master's Courses
Graduate School of Engineering
5
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
2
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
2
Total
9
Professional Master Course
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
5
Doctoral Courses
Graduate School of Engineering
2
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
0
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
0
Total
2
No. of Students per Staff
Number of Faculty
Number of Students
No. of students per staff
Undergraduate
249
7,506
30.1
Graduate Schools
203
538
2.7
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
12
94
7.8
Total
294
8,154
27.7
Number of Faculty and Staff
as of May 1, 2024
Omiya Campus
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
Specialized Education
Faculty of Engineering
58
36
13
3
110
Faculty of Intellectual Property
9
3
0
0
12
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
11
1
0
0
12
General Education (Humanities)_Faculty of Engineering
9
2
4
0
15
General Education (Humanities)_Faculty of Intellectual Property
1
1
1
0
3
General Education (Science and Technology)_Faculty of Engineering
8
4
6
0
18
Teaching Profession Course, Education Center, Computing Center, etc.
14
6
6
0
26
Total
110
53
30
3
196
Umeda Campus
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
Specialized Education
19
8
3
0
30
General Education (Humanities)
0
1
1
0
2
General Education (Science and Technology)
1
1
0
0
2
Total
20
10
4
0
34
Hirakata Campus
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
Specialized Education
28
15
7
0
50
General Education (Humanities)
3
4
2
0
9
General Education (Science and Technology)
4
0
0
0
4
Yawata Engineering Laboratory
1
0
0
0
1
Total
36
19
9
0
64
Total Number of Faculty
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Total
166
82
43
3
294
Part-time lecturers, visiting professors, engineers, etc. are not included.
Administrative Staff
Full-time
Full-time Contract
Temporary
Temporarily Transferred
Total
115
62
3
1
181
Part-time staff is not included.
Career Path
Employment rate based on the number of graduates who wished to get employed
Faculty (Undergraduate)
Department
2021 (*1)
2022 (*2)
2023 (*3)
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering and Urban Design
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Department of Architecture
98.1%
97.4%
95.5
Department of Mechanical Engineering
98.3%
96.2%
98.7%
Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering
95.4%
100.0%
100.0%
Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering
100.0%
100.0%
98.9%
Department of Applied Chemistry
95.5%
97.6%
99.0%
Department of Environmental Engineering
93.3%
100.0%
100.0%
Department of Robotics
50.0%
-
-
Department of Design and Architecture
-
100.0%
-
sum
97.3%
98.7%
98.9%
Faculty of Robotics and Design
Department of Robotics
96.5
95.8
98.3%
Department of System Design
95.9%
95.8%
98.3%
Department of Design and Architecture
100.0%
95.9%
96.7%
sum
97.6%
96.4%
97.4%
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
Department of Data Science
-
-
-
Department of Information and Computer Science
100.0%
92.9%
98.6%
Department of Information Systems
96.8%
98.9%
95.9%
Department of Media Science
97.6%
100.0%
96.3%
Department of Network Design
100.0%
100.0%
98.9%
sum
98.6%
98.8%
97.3%
Faculty of Intellectual Property
Department of Intellectual Property
97.6%
98.8%
97.3%
Total
97.7%
97.1%
95.7%
*1: as of May 1, 2022
*2: as of May 1, 2023
*3: as of May 1, 2024
Graduate School
Course
2021 (*1)
2022 (*2)
2023 (*3)
Graduate School of Engineering
Architecture
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Civil Engineering and Urban Design
100.0%
100.0%
90.0%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
100.0%
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%
92.3%
92.3%
sum
100.0%
99.2%
98.7%
Graduate School of Robotics and Design
Mechatronics
100.0%
-
-
Soft Robotics
100.0%
-
-
Robotics
-
100.0%
100.0%
System Design
-
90.9%
100.0%
Product Design
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Architectural Design Course
85.7%
100.0%
100.0%
sum
97.0%
97.6%
100.0%
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Information Science and Technology
97.6%
100.0%
100.0%
Graduate School of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
96.8%
94.4%
100.0%
Total
98.6%
98.4%
99.2%
*1: as of May 1, 2022
*2: as of May 1, 2023
*3: as of May 1, 2024