Osaka Sangyo University


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 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, 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.

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Osaka Sangyo University started the OSU Solar Car Project as an industry-academia project-based learning program since 1989. The project is focused on the research and development of high efficiency solar cars. The project is funded by major Japanese corporations including Panasonic, Citizen Holdings etc. OSU solar car models have been presented in domestic and international clean energy competitions.
YearName of the CompetitionPosition
1995FIA Dream Cup-Solar Car Race Second
1996World Solar Challenge Eighth
1996World Solar Car Rally Second
1996World Solar Car Rally Second
1996FIA Dream Cup-Solar Car Race Second