Editing Osaka (section)

== Education ==
[[File:KansaiUV1.JPG|thumb|right|[[Kansai University]]]]
[[File:Osaka_City_University_Main_Building_20190818.jpg|thumb|[[Osaka Metropolitan University]]]]

Public elementary and junior high schools in Osaka are operated by the city of Osaka. Its supervisory organization on educational matters is Osaka City Board of Education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/english/more_about_osaka/administrative.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310133632/http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/english/more_about_osaka/administrative.html|url-status=dead|title=-OSAKA CITY-|archivedate=March 10, 2010|website=www.city.osaka.lg.jp|accessdate=February 26, 2025}}</ref> Likewise, public high schools are operated by the [[Osaka Prefectural Board of Education]].

Osaka once had a large number of universities and high schools, but because of growing campuses and the need for larger area, many chose to move to the suburbs, including [[Osaka University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/kyouiku_hiroba/02/osaka-city-education-history.html |trans-title=History of Education in Osaka |script-title=ja:大阪市の教育史 |access-date=February 18, 2009 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406021719/http://www.geocities.jp/kyouiku_hiroba/02/osaka-city-education-history.html |archive-date=April 6, 2009 }}</ref>

Historically foreign expatriates in the Kansai region preferred to live in [[Kobe]] rather than Osaka. As a result, until 1991 the Osaka area had no schools catering to expatriate children.<ref name=Stewartp43>Stewart, Alex. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040921130423/http://www.accj.or.jp/document_library/Journal/1070851088.pdf educating kansai]" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20040921130423/http://www.accj.or.jp/document_library/Journal/1070851088.pdf Archive]). ''The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan'' (''Jānaru''), Volume 40, Issues 7–12. [[The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan]] (ACCJ), 2003. p. 43.</ref> [[Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin]], founded in 1991, is located in nearby [[Minoh, Osaka|Minoh]],<ref>"[http://yayoi.senri.ed.jp/downloads/1409_School%20profile%202014-2015.pdf School Profile 2014–2015]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306100142/http://yayoi.senri.ed.jp/downloads/1409_School%20profile%202014-2015.pdf |date=March 6, 2016 }}). [[Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin]]. Retrieved on November 1, 2015.</ref> and it was the first international school in the Osaka area.<ref name=Stewartp43/> The [[Great Hanshin earthquake|Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake]] of 1995 caused a decline in demand for international schools, as there were about 2,500 U.S. nationals resident in Osaka after the earthquake while the pre-earthquake number was about 5,000. [[American Chamber of Commerce in Japan]] (ACCJ) Kansai chapter president Norman Solberg stated that since 2002 the numbers of expatriates in Kansai were recovering "but the fact is there is still a persistent exodus to Tokyo."<ref>Stewart, Alex. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040921130423/http://www.accj.or.jp/document_library/Journal/1070851088.pdf education kansai]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20040921130423/http://www.accj.or.jp/document_library/Journal/1070851088.pdf Archive]). ''The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan'' (''Jānaru''), Volume 40, Issues 7–12. [[The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan]] (ACCJ), 2003. p. 41.</ref> In 2001 the city of Osaka and [[YMCA]] established the [[Osaka YMCA International School]].<ref name=Stewartp43/>

Colleges and universities include:
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* [[Kansai University]]
* [[Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences]]
* [[Osaka Metropolitan University]]
* [[Osaka University of Economics]]
* [[Osaka Institute of Technology]]
* [[Osaka Jogakuin College]]
* [[Osaka Seikei University]]
* [[Osaka University of Arts]], [[Minamikawachi District, Osaka]]
* [[Osaka University of Comprehensive Children education]]
* [[Osaka University of Education]]
* [[Soai University]]
* [[Tokiwakai Gakuen University]]
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=== Libraries ===
* International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iiclo.or.jp/english/english.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214043955/http://www.iiclo.or.jp/english/english.htm|url-status=dead|title=IICLO / INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE,OSAKA|archivedate=February 14, 2008|website=www.iiclo.or.jp|accessdate=February 26, 2025}}</ref>
* Osaka Municipal Central Library
* [[Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library]]

=== Learned society ===
* The Japanese Academy of [[Family Medicine]]