KANSAI UNIVERSITY

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Number of Faculty
and Staff

Full-Time / Concurrent Faculty

Current as of May 1, 2026.

　　　　　 　　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　
Faculty or graduate
school		 Qualification Full-time faculty members Concurrent Faculty
Gender By age Foreign nationality Japanese nationality Total Number of
full-time faculty members based on the Establishment Standards		 Number of
enrolled
students per full-time faculty members
Male Female Over
70		 65
to
69		 60
to
64		 55
to
59		 50
to
54		 45
to
49		 40
to
44		 35
to
39		 30
to
34		 Under
29
Law Professor 35 80 5 3 12 10 9 4 0 0 0 1 51 43 30 57.3

85
Associate Professor 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 08
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 40 12 0 5 3 12 10 9 8 3 2 052
Letters Professor 64 19 1 12 16 20 17 12 5 0 0 0 9 92 83 29 32.9 242
Associate Professor 8 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 7 0 015
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 03
Total 72 29 1 12 16 20 21 14 8 8 1 0101
Economics Professor 39 6 0 6 5 14 10 8 2 0 0 0 1 53 45 30 58.5 39
Associate Professor 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 9
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 47 7 0 6 5 14 12 9 6 2 0 0 54
Business and Commerce Professor 31 7 0 5 5 9 6 8 5 0 0 0 5 41 38 30 69.3 74
Associate Professor 6 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 8
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 37 9 0 5 7 10 8 8 6 1 1 0 46
Sociology Professor 31 12 0 5 7 6 10 10 4 1 00 4 55 43 32 56.7 106
Associate Professor 8 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 5 1 0 13
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
Total 41 18 0 5 8 6 11 13 8 6 2 0 59
Policy Studies Professor 17 3 0 1 1 5 7 2 4 0 00 1 25 20 23 59.3 62
Associate Professor 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 6
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 21 5 0 1 1 6 7 4 5 1 1 0 26
Foreign Language Studies Professor 17 18 0 4 13 4 6 6 2 0 00 11 39 35 11 15.1 68
Associate Professor 8 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 5 2 0 15
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 25 25 0 4 13 4 8 6 8 5 2 0 50
Health and
Well-being		 Professor 21 7 0 5 7 6 7 2 1 0 00 1 31 28 19 43.4 95
Associate Professor 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 23 9 0 6 7 6 8 2 3 0 0 0 32
Informatics Professor 44 6 0 9 7 6 12 13 2 1 00 2 53 50 35 39.9 46
Associate Professor 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 49 6 0 10 7 7 12 13 2 3 1 0 55
Societal Safety Sciences Professor 21 2 0 2 3 9 6 1 2 0 00 0 30 23 17 39.6 45
Associate Professor 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 6
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 25 5 0 2 3 9 7 3 3 2 1 0 30
Business Data Science Professor 11 3 0 1 1 1 6 5 0 0 00 2 24 14 21 28.7 24
Associate Professor 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 09
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
Assistant Professor 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 03
Total 22 4 0 1 1 1 6 5 3 4 5 026
Engineering Science Professor 57 3 1 9 11 15 13 10 1 0 00 5 90 60 47 31.5 48
Associate Professor 22 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 10 3 0 24
Lecturer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 10
Total 90 5 1 9 11 17 15 13 8 12 7 2 95
Environmental and Urban Engineering Professor 29 3 0 3 6 10 8 5 0 0 00 2 50 32 28 27.1 98
Associate Professor 10 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 3 0 0 12
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 8
Total 46 6 0 3 7 10 9 10 3 5 3 2 52
Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering Professor 38 2 0 4 10 10 7 6 3 0 00 1 54 40 22 27.4 86
Associate Professor 10 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 13
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Total 50 5 0 4 11 11 9 9 8 1 2 0 55
Total (Faculties) 588 145 2 73 100 133 143 118 79 53 28 4 45 688 733 374 ― 1,118
School of Law Professor 14 5 0 9 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 20 19 12 ― 38
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 15 5 0 9 3 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 20
School of Accountancy Professor 9 3 0 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 12 ― 32
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 3 0 2 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 13
Division for Promotion of Educational Development Professor 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 ― ― 749
Associate Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Division of International Affairs Professor 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 ― ― 21
Associate Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
Total 619 156 2 85 106 139 149 125 81 55 29 4 46 729 775 398 ― 1,958
  • Note 1: Professors include contract professors.
  • Note 2: The total number of core faculty members based on the Establishment Standard does not include the 215 core faculty members designated in accordance with the total admission capacity of the University.
  • Note 3: One of the School of Accountancy professors is counted toward both the School of Accountancy and the Faculty of Economics under the concurrent appointment ("double-counting") provision set forth in Article 5, Paragraph 2 of the Establishment Standard of Professional Graduate Schools.
  • Note 4: Full-time faculty members in the School of Law and the School of Accountancy include specially appointed professors (4 in the School of Accountancy) and specially appointed associate professors (1 in the School of Law and 1 in the School of Accountancy).
  • Note 5: The “Concurrent Faculty” column includes, in principle, specially appointed professors, visiting professors, and other specially appointed faculty members, as well as part-time lecturers, all of whom are responsible for teaching courses.
  • Note 6: In the “Concurrent Faculty” column, if a given faculty member teaches in multiple departments or majors, they are counted in each department and major.
  • Note 7: The “Concurrent Faculty” column for the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies includes full-time equivalent specially appointed lecturers in foreign language education and full-time lecturers in foreign language education. Similarly, the “Concurrent Faculty” column for the Faculty of Health and Well-being includes full-time equivalent specially appointed lecturers in health & physical education.
  • Note 8: In the case of the Division of International Affairs, 8 specially appointed full-time lecturers and 14 part-time lecturers in the Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course are not counted.

Ratio of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty Members

  • Full-time: 37.4％ (874 faculty members)
  • Part-time: 62.6％ (1,465 faculty members)
  • * Full-time faculty members include full-time equivalent faculty members.
  • * Part-time faculty members refer to faculty members other than full-time faculty members and full-time equivalent faculty members.

Annex School Faculty Members

Type Tenured teachers Full-time lecturers Contract teachers Temporary contract teachers Part-time lecturers Foreign language instructors Total
Kansai University Dai-Ichi Junior High School 39 ― 0 0 16 0 55
Kansai University Dai-Ichi Senior High School 52 ― 0 0 32 0 84
Kansai University Hokuyo Junior High School 13 6 0 0 4 0 23
Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School 51 1 4 0 27 2 85
Kansai University Elementary School 20 0 0 0 10 1 31
Kansai University Junior High School 17 5 0 0 7 2 31
Kansai University Senior High School 21 5 5 0 8 1 40
Kansai University Kindergarten 2 0 0 7 0 0 9
Total 215 17 9 7 104 6 358

Administrative Staff Members

Type Full-time
Management Headquarters 124
Academic Headquarters 365
Annex Schools 18
Total 507

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