Osaka University of Economics is a private university in Osaka, Japan. It was originally founded in 1932 as Naniwa Higher Commercial School. During World War II, most of the students were enlisted leading to the creation of Osaka Women's College of Economics. Later in 1946 the school was reorganised into Osaka College of Economics.
In 1949, Osaka College of Economics was renamed as the Osaka University of Economics.
The university has programmes in the faculty of economics, faculty of business administration, graduate school (master's degree course in economics), doctoral degree course in economics, faculty of information management and faculty of human sciences.
The Kitahama campus was established in 2005 and is where the business school is located. It is also home to the university's research centres in the economic history of Japan, and small business research and administration.
