Osaka Sangyo University

is a private university in Daitō, Osaka, Japan. It is abbreviated as "DaiSanDai" using the first characters of its name. It was established in 1923 as Osaka Railway School. The university has six faculties and four graduate schools. Its campuses are in the Nakagaito area of Daito City, Osaka close to the ancient Japanese capital of Nara. A satellite campus is in the Umeda district of Osaka. There are about 11,000 students; 10% of them are international students. It is one of the major universities in Japan with a higher number of international students. In 2004, it was selected as one of the special universities under the Educational Support Program for Special Universities (特色ある大学教育支援プログラム) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Government. The university's award-winning clean-energy solar car project frequently participated in domestic and international clean energy competitions. Yoshihiko Motoyama (本山美彦), former chairman of the Japan Society of International Economics, is its current president. Yoshikuni Dobashi, former president of Kubota Corporation, is the chairman of the board of directors. History 1928 Established as Osaka Railway School 1950 Developed as Osaka Transportation College 1965 Developed as Osaka Industrial University 1988 English name was changed from Osaka Industrial University to Osaka Sangyo University Organization Faculties School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Information Systems Engineering Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering for Transportation Department of Civil Engineering School of Economics School of Human Environment School of Management School of Education School of Design Engineering