# Osaka City University

> higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

**Wikidata**: [Q1143396](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1143396)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_City_University)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/osaka-city-university

## Summary
Osaka City University (大阪市立大学, Ōsaka Shiritsu Daigaku) was a public university-level higher education institution located in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university traces institutional roots back to 1880, was formally established in 1928, and was replaced by Osaka Metropolitan University on 2022-04-01.

## Key Facts
- Osaka City University is an instance of a university and a higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
- Inception (formal establishment): 1928.
- Predecessor institutions trace back to 1880 (Ōsaka Shōgyō Kōshūsho, 市立大阪商業学校, 市立大阪高等商業学校), with the official name "大阪市立大学" in use since 1949.
- Replaced by Osaka Metropolitan University effective 2022-04-01.
- Located in Osaka; campus coordinates are latitude 34.592736111111 and longitude 135.50753888889.
- Headquarters / main street address: 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585; alternate address listed: 1-4-54 Asahi-Machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545.
- Student body count: 8,230 students (point in time: 2021-10-01).
- Parent organization: University Public Corporation Osaka (start time 2019-04-01); previous corporate form listed for 2006-04-01 to 2019-03-31.
- Official website: https://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp (Japanese and English).
- Common aliases: Ōsaka shiritsu daigaku; OCU; Osaka shogyo gakko; Ōsaka shōgyō kōshūjo; and others.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Osaka City University?
A: Osaka City University was a public university in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, founded formally in 1928 with predecessor institutions dating to 1880. Its official Japanese name is 大阪市立大学 (Ōsaka Shiritsu Daigaku).

### Q: Is Osaka City University still operating?
A: Osaka City University was replaced by Osaka Metropolitan University on 2022-04-01. After that date its institutional functions continued under the successor Osaka Metropolitan University.

### Q: How large was the student body?
A: As of 2021-10-01, Osaka City University reported 8,230 students.

### Q: Who governed or owned the university in recent years?
A: From 2019-04-01 the university was part of the University Public Corporation Osaka. Prior corporate arrangements are recorded for 2006–2019.

## Why It Matters
Osaka City University served as a significant public university in Japan’s second-largest metropolitan area. Its origins and successive name changes document over a century of local higher-education development beginning with commercial-training institutions in 1880 and culminating in the modern university established in 1928. The institution functioned as a regional center for higher learning and research up to its reorganization into Osaka Metropolitan University in 2022, a change that reflects broader public-university governance and consolidation trends. The university maintained identifiable international and research metadata (ISNI, GRID, ROR, ARWU/Times/QS identifiers), indicating engagement with global university indexing and rankings. With a student population of over eight thousand in 2021 and centralized campuses in Osaka city (coordinates and postal-addressed headquarters), the university played a role in educating local and international students and in contributing to Osaka’s academic infrastructure. Its continuity under a public university corporation underscores its role in municipal and regional higher education policy.

## Notable For
- Formal inception in 1928 with predecessor institutions dating back to 1880, documenting a continuous institutional lineage.
- Official Japanese name 大阪市立大学 (Ōsaka Shiritsu Daigaku) adopted since 1949; earlier official names and dates are recorded in the university’s institutional history.
- Administrative transition into the University Public Corporation Osaka beginning 2019-04-01 and replacement by Osaka Metropolitan University on 2022-04-01.
- Presence in international research and ranking systems via persistent identifiers (ISNI 0000000110096411; grid ID grid.261445.0; ROR 02skfsw40; ARWU / THE / QS identifiers).
- Noted affiliated person listed: Mitsunori Miki (Japanese computer scientist; born 1950).

## Body

### History and names
- Predecessor institutions:
  - Ōsaka Shōgyō Kōshūsho (大阪商業講習所): start 1880, end 1889.
  - Shiritsu Ōsaka Shōgyō Gakkō (市立大阪商業学校): 1889–1901.
  - Shiritsu Ōsaka Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō (市立大阪高等商業学校): 1901–1928.
- Formal establishment/inception of the university entity: 1928 (officially recorded as inception).
- Official name transitions:
  - 大阪商科大学 (Ōsaka Shōka Daigaku): used 1928–1949.
  - 大阪市立大学 (Ōsaka Shiritsu Daigaku): adopted in 1949 and used thereafter.
- Catchphrase recorded: 「国立大学のコッピー（コピー）であってはならぬ」 (associated with Hajime Seki).

### Governance and organizational status
- Instance of: university.
- Parent organization: University Public Corporation Osaka (start time recorded as 2019-04-01).
- Previous corporate form: Osaka City University, University Public Corporation (2006-04-01 to 2019-03-31).
- Identification codes: mext_school_code F127210107878; corporate number (Japan) 5120005010077; identification code for Japanese universities and colleges 1018.

### Campus, location, and contact details
- Located in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
- Coordinates: latitude 34.592736111111, longitude 135.50753888889.
- Headquarters / main campus postal address: 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585.
- Additional listed address: 1-4-54 Asahi-Machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545.

### Size and demographics
- Count of students: 8,230 (point in time: 2021-10-01).

### Online presence and identifiers
- Official website: https://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp (Japanese and English pages archived).
- Logo image available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/大阪市立大学.svg.
- Campus image available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osaka_shiritsu_daigaku_1-go_kan.jpg.
- Persistent identifiers: ISNI 0000000110096411; grid ID grid.261445.0; ROR 02skfsw40; VIAF entries; GND/Kalliope 41664-2.
- Ranking/service identifiers: ARWU id Osaka-City-University; QS id osaka-city-university; THE id osaka-city-university; U-Multirank id osaka-city-university.
- Social media: Twitter account ocu_pr (follower counts recorded: 2,848 at 2020-04-22; social_media_followers entry 3,292 at 2021-01-04 with point_in_time qualifiers).

### Affiliations and notable people
- Affiliated person listed in source material: Mitsunori Miki (born 1950), Japanese computer scientist/engineer.
- Parent corporation and administrative affiliations documented as University Public Corporation Osaka.

### Replacement and succession
- Replaced by: Osaka Metropolitan University effective 2022-04-01. This replacement is recorded as the institutional successor as of that point in time.

### Metadata and cataloguing
- Wikimedia and library identifiers present, including commons category "Osaka City University", NDL authority id 00297199 (with Japanese label 大阪市立大学), CiNii Research id 1140563741683065856, Ringgold 12936, KAKEN/KISTI K000201795, and others.
- Wikipedia language coverage includes: de, en, es, fr, ja, ko, pl, tl, zh.
- Sitelink_count: 10.

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## References

1. GRID Release 2017-01-10
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. CiNii Research
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
5. [Source](https://www.upc-osaka.ac.jp/new-univ/en-research/about/)
6. [Source](https://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/ja/about/university/history)
7. [Source](http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/)
8. [Source](https://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/ja/about/university/students_faculty_staff)
9. GRID Release 2015-12-14
10. GRID Release 2016-12-06
11. [Source](https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=5120005010077)
12. Quora
13. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
14. Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph
15. [Source](http://web.archive.org/web/19970624011247/http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/e_map.html)
16. [2004](http://kikakurui.com/x0/X0408-2004-01.html)
17. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)