Kindai University was founded in 1925 with its principle mission to conduct research and provide education relevant to the real world. Today, with over 30,000 students and over 6,000 faculty members on six campuses in and around Osaka, Japan’s second largest city, and in other parts of the country, Kindai University is widely recognized as one of Japan’s leading research institutions. Kindai University is comprised of 14 faculties with 48 departments, 33 of which are science-based. In addition to the academic faculties and departments, the University supports 18 research facilities, which include the Fisheries Laboratory, the Atomic Energy Research Institute, and two affiliated hospitals, which treat over a million patients per year, and function as central medical institutes for the Kinki region of Japan.