Message from the President

Kindai University holds "learning for the real world" and "nurturing intellectual and emotional intelligence" as its founding spirit, and makes the development of people who are "caring, trustworthy, and respectable" its educational purpose. Established in 1949, the University traces its roots to Osaka Technical College, founded in 1925, and Osaka Science and Engineering University, founded in 1943. Embracing the philosophy of our founder, Koichi Seko — instilling teachings in those that yearn to learn — Kindai University has grown into a comprehensive institution where students can study everything from medicine to the arts. Responding to the changing needs of society, we have opened the Faculty of International Studies in 2016, the Faculty of Informatics in 2022, and the Faculty of Nursing in 2026. In 2025, we marked the 100th anniversary of our founding, and we have now begun in earnest a new chapter of challenges for our next hundred years.

The mission of our education is to "nurture intellectual and emotional intelligence" by fostering a spirited challenge, creativity, social engagement, and lifelong self-directed learning, and thereby to send into the world people of high aspiration who will support society. At the same time, we are committed to conducting high-quality research grounded in "practical education" and returning its benefits to society.

Since the spread of COVID-19, university education has been transformed dramatically. In 2021, we opened KICS (KINDAI Creative Studio), a studio on the Higashi-Osaka campus equipped with audio and video processing facilities, making it possible to produce high-quality on-demand course materials. In addition, in response to the growing demand among working adults for recurrent education and reskilling, we established Japan's first Faculty of Architecture offered entirely through distance learning. By extending the opportunity for specialized education in architecture to those constrained by time or location, we have created a new place of learning where students of diverse backgrounds come together. We will continue to actively adopt the latest ICT, offering next-generation forms of learning unlike any before.

As one of our talent-development initiatives within practical education, the University launched "KINCUBA," the Kindai University Venture Entrepreneurship Support Program. As a base for advancing this program, in October 2022 we opened "KINCUBA Basecamp," an incubation facility on the Higashi-Osaka campus. This facility is a place where students and faculty with an entrepreneurial mindset can freely interact and exchange ideas, offering support tailored to each stage — from cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset to establishing a company. In 2023, we further established the "Transdisciplinary Graduate School of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship," a graduate program for both aspiring and established entrepreneurs that provides entrepreneurship education transcending the boundaries of existing academic disciplines.

Over the coming century as well, as a private university, Kindai University will continue to advance highly distinctive education and research grounded in our "founding spirit" and "educational purpose." To this end, our guiding principles are to be "always innovative," "useful to society," and "counted on and supported by others," and we are moving steadily toward the vision they point to: the Kindai University Long-Term Vision 2030 — "Adapting to the changing times and remaining an educational institution of choice." As the population of 18-year-olds declines, the environment surrounding universities and other educational institutions grows ever more demanding. Determined always to look to the future and to remain a comprehensive university that society needs, all of us — faculty and staff alike — are united in our resolve to press forward.