Kindai University

Kindai University (Japanese: 近畿大学, Hepburn: Kinki Daigaku) is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university based in Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan with campuses in five other locations: Nara, Nara; Ōsakasayama, Osaka; Uchita, Wakayama; Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima; and Iizuka, Fukuoka. The English name of the university had been Kinki University since its establishment in 1949 to refer to "the surrounding area of the capital city (Kyoto)". On May 20, 2014, the university announced that its English name would officially change to Kindai (近大) being a shortening of the Japanese name Kinki Daigaku (近畿大学), to avoid the implications of the word "kinky", as the university was planning to globalize with the establishment of a new Foreign Language school.

Type

Private university

Founded

1949

Students

38,857

Also known as

Kinki University