Setsunan University continues to evolve as a new type of university that never existed before.
A consistent stance of engaging with students supports the evolution of Setsunan University.
The predecessor of Setsunan University, the Osaka Technical College, was founded during a period of high economic growth and dramatic change in Japan. It focused on cultivating human resources needed by society – skilled professionals who could play active roles at workplaces – by thoroughly implementing practical education in small-group classes, and adhering to a consistent stance of engaging with students and developing their individualities in accordance with preferences and aptitudes. The college’s evolution into a university was the result of an aim to meet diversifying social needs as well as to open up possibilities for students. Setsunan University’s initiatives such as uniform seminars from enrollment to graduation and career training from the first year onward have all been born from close communication with students.
New faculties and departments established in April 2010 respond to social issues with up-to-date education.
In April 2010, Setsunan University established a Faculty of Economics, and, in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, a Department of Life Science and a Department of Living and Environmental Design, to open up a path to new areas for which there is a social demand. New education expands students’ prospective choices, and the intertwining of diverse studies offers personalized learning for each student ahead of creating their future.
A new Faculty of Nursing to open in 2012 takes a step toward further being a university that engages with students.
In 2012, Setsunan University plans to open a Faculty of Nursing as a new area of education. The addition aims to cultivate human resources equipped with specialized knowledge and skills as well as well-rounded characters capable of providing advanced treatment in team medical care. Qualifications scheduled to be acquirable are registered nurses and midwives. Collaboration with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences will create synergy between the two educational areas. Setsunan University continues to evolve toward a creative future and further being a university that engages with students.
