, is a private university

Private university

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 located in Higashiyodogawa-ku

Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka

is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.Higashiyodogawa-ku is located in the north-east part of Osaka city.The population of Higashiyodogawa-ku is 181,535....

, Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

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History

It was founded in 1932 as Naniwa Higher Commercial School (浪華高等商業学校). A few years later, difficulties fell upon the school and it was about to be abolished. In 1935, with the large donation by Dr. Iwao Kokusho (黒正巌, 1895–1949), the school was revived as Showa Higher Commercial School (昭和高等商業学校).

During World War II

World War II

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, most of the students were enlisted. So in 1944 Osaka Women's College of Economics (大阪女子経済専門学校) was established instead. In 1946, after the war, the school was reorganized into Osaka College of Economics (大阪経済専門学校), a co-educational school.

In 1949, under Japan's new educational systems, Osaka College of Economics was developed into four-year Osaka University of Economics.

At first OUE had one faculty: Faculty of Economics. OUE added faculties as follows:

• 1964: Faculty of Business Administration
• 1966: Graduate School (Master's degree course in Economics)
• 1968: Doctoral degree course in Economics
• 1997: Faculty of Information Management
• 2002: Faculty of Human Sciences

Faculties (Undergraduate Schools)

• Economics
• Business Administration
• Information Management
• Human Sciences

Graduate Schools

• Economics (Master's course/Doctor's course)
• Business Administration (Master's course only)
• Business Information Systems (Master's course only)
• Human Sciences (Master's course only)

Institutes

• Institute for Research in Economic History of Japan
  • established in 1933 by Dr. Kokusho.
• Institute of Small Business Research and Business Administration

External links

• Official Website