List of Intellectual Gymnastics Programs

Differences in curriculum and course of study

Program Details

WISE Programs (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education)

These are five-year integrated doctoral programs designed to foster doctoral professionals capable of tackling social issues and powering innovation in society, as well as playing leading roles in the creation and application of new knowledge and generating values for a new era. Those completing the program will have their completion recorded on their degree certificates when they complete the doctoral program in their affiliated graduate school.

Program for Leading Graduate Schools

These are five-year integrated※ educational programs designed to cultivate leaders to take a wide variety of global roles in industry, academia, and government. Program completion is recorded on your degree certificate once you have satisfied the program conditions and successfully completed doctoral studies in your graduate school
※ Some programs offer study patterns other than the five-year integrated model.

Honors Program for Graduate Schools

The Honors Program for Graduate Schools consists of two programs in the areas of science, engineering, and informatics as well as the humanities and social sciences. The objective of both programs is to provide students an opportunity to pursue their chosen field of interest, broaden their perspectives, and enable them to contribute to new or different fields of study. Both programs are comprised of units, one of which can be selected by students.

Graduate Minor Program / Graduate Program for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies

The Graduate Minor Program and Graduate Program for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies are educational programs in which subjects are systematically organized according to certain academic themes for students to effectively acquire multifaceted and comprehensive perspectives. In either program, students will be able to proactively take subjects that they are interested in, allowing them to explore the latest issues in the real world and academia while working with academic staff and students from different disciplines. Students will be awarded a certificate of completion for the program when a student satisfies the requirements specified for the program. The number of programs offered varies from year to year: in the 2023 academic year there are 24 Graduate Minor Programs and 44 Graduate Programs for Advanced Disciplinary Studies.

Osaka University International Certificate Program
Osaka University International Certificate Program-S

OUICP
This is a hybrid education program composed of online subjects and Practical Study Abroad courses international fieldwork subjects utilizing Osaka Universityʼs ASEAN campuses.
In the 10-month program, students participate in a short study at an international institution that houses an ASEAN campus and receive a certificate of completion upon satisfying the requirements (earning between 6 and 8 credits). The number of programs offered varies from year to year: for the 2024 academic year, there are 4 planned programs.

OUICP-S
This is an educational program that aims to nurture highly -skilled global talent that will lead a co-creative knowledge-based society and achieve high-quality growth in the ASEAN region. These programs are offered for one to six months, depending on the program, with at least seven days of overseas practical training at Osaka University’s ASEAN campuses. A completion certificate is conferred on students who have met the completion requirements (to earn two to six credits). (For the 2024 academic year, there are 3 planned programs.)

Advanced Liberal Arts Education

Advanced Liberal Arts Education are subjects designed for students in higher year levels and located within the “Liberal Arts” category, one of the three pillars of Osaka Universityʼs education system. Osaka University aims to cultivate “multifaceted and comprehensive viewpoints” which can be acquired from learning outside professional education and “high-level capability” to solve real-life problems through use of the advanced expert knowledge and skills acquired in specialized education. For this purpose, students are able to take subjects other than those offered within their own graduate school, undergraduate school, or department. Students from the fall semester of the second year of undergraduate studies through to graduate school level can be awarded credit upon completion of such subjects nominated by their own school, as advanced liberal arts and sciences subjects.