KANSAI UNIVERSITY

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Number of Faculty
and Staff

Full-Time / Visiting professors

Current as of May 1, 2025.

Faculty or graduate
school		 Qualification Full-Time professors Visiting professors
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 36 8 0 6 2 12 9 11 2 2 0 0 1 52 44 30 57.8  88
Associate Professor 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 8
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 41 12 0 6 2 12 9 11 5 6 2 0 53
Letters Professor 69 18 0 14 18 18 17 13 7 0 0 0 9 93 87 29 32.5 242
Associate Professor 9 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 8 0 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 78 24 0 14 18 19 18 16 9 8 0 0 102
Economics Professor 37 5 0 4 6 14 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 51 42 30 60.3 41
Associate Professor 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 9
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 1 0 0 1
Total 46 6 0 4 6 14 10 9 5 4 0 0 52
Business and Commerce Professor 31 7 0 4 7 6 9 6 5 1 0 0 5 42 38 30 67.0 78
Associate Professor 6 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 8
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 38 9 0 4 8 8 10 7 5 3 2 0 47
Sociology Professor 32 12 0 6 9 5 8 11 5 0 0 0 3 54 44 32 59.0 123
Associate Professor 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 11
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Total 41 16 0 6 10 5 9 13 9 4 1 0 57
Policy Studies Professor 16 3 0 1 0 5 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 23 19 23 63.1 65
Associate Professor 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 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 20 4 0 1 0 6 8 3 5 1 0 0 24
Foreign Language Studies Professor 20 15 0 5 9 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 11 37 35 11 15.2 101
Associate Professor 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 0 12
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 23 0 5 9 9 7 6 5 6 1 0 48
Health and
Well-being		 Professor 22 7 0 4 8 4 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 32 29 19 41.9 106
Associate Professor 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 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 24 9 0 4 9 4 10 3 1 2 0 0 33
Informatics Professor 41 5 0 7 7 6 10 12 3 1 0 0 2 51 46 35 41.5 53
Associate Professor 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 7
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 6 0 7 8 7 10 13 4 3 1 0 53
Societal Safety Sciences Professor 21 1 0 2 3 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 30 22 17 39.1 46
Associate Professor 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 7
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 0 1 1
Total 26 4 0 2 3 6 10 1 6 1 0 1 30
Business Data Science Professor 7 3 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 18 10 21 19.8 4
Associate Professor 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 9
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 16 4 0 0 2 1 3 4 3 4 3 0 20
Engineering Science Professor 57 3 2 9 10 14 13 12 0 0 0 0 4 82 60 40 25.1 59
Associate Professor 17 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 7 2 0 19
Lecturer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 6
Total 81 5 2 9 10 16 13 16 7 8 4 1 86
Environmental and Urban Engineering Professor 29 3 0 4 6 7 10 4 1 0 0 0 1 50 32 28 26.9 108
Associate Professor 11 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 3 1 0 13
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 6
Total 45 6 0 4 6 8 11 10 3 5 2 2 51
Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering Professor 40 2 0 4 11 8 9 6 4 0 0 0 1 55 42 22 27.4 91
Associate Professor 9 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 1 0 0 12
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Total 51 5 0 4 11 9 11 10 8 2 1 0 56
Total (Faculties) 579 133 2 70 102 124 139 122 75 57 17 4 42 670 712 367 ― 1,205
School of Law Professor 15 5 0 8 4 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 21 20 12 ― 36
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 16 5 0 8 4 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 21
School of Accountancy Professor 10 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 12 ― 28
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 11 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 13
Division for Promotion of Educational Development Professor 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 ― ― 767
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 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
Division of International Affairs Professor 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 ― ― 18
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 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Total 612 142 2 80 111 130 144 129 77 59 18 4 43 711 754 391 ― 2,054
  • Note 1: Professors include contract professors.
  • Note 2: The total number of full-time faculty members based on the Establishment Standards does not includes the 213 full-time professors designated in accordance with the total admission capacity of the University.
  • Note 3: One of the School of Accountancy professors are double-counted as one professor in the Faculty of Economics in accordance with Article 5-2 of the Professional Graduate School Establishment Standards.
  • Note 4: The number of full-time professors in the School of Law and the School of Accountancy includes specially appointed professors (School of Law: 1; School of Accountancy: 4) and specially appointed associate professors (School of Law: 1; School of Accountancy: 1).
  • Note 5: The number of concurrent teachers is the total of part-time lecturers and specially appointed faculties including specially appointed professors and visiting professors who are in charge of classes.
  • Note 6: In the concurrent teachers column, if a given concurrent teacher is in charge of multiple departments or majors, each role is counted.
  • Note 7: The number of Faculty of Foreign Language Studies concurrent teachers includes full-time equivalent specially appointed lecturers in Foreign Language Education. Similarly, the number of Faculty of Health and Well-being concurrent teachers includes full-time equivalent specially appointed lecturers in Health & Physical Education.
  • Note 8: Regarding the Division of International Affairs, the eight specially appointed lecturers and fourteen part-time lecturers of Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course are not counted.

Ratio of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty Members

  • Full-time: 35.7％ (832 faculty members)
  • Part-time: 64.3％ (1,501 faculty members)
  • * Full-time faculty members include full-time equivalent faculty members.
  • * Part-time faculty members include only faculty members who are not full-time or 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 38 ― 0 0 14 0 52
Kansai University Dai-Ichi Senior High School 50 ― 0 0 32 0 82
Kansai University Hokuyo Junior High School 15 5 0 0 5 0 25
Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School 48 5 2 0 27 2 84
Kansai University Elementary School 20 0 1 0 12 1 34
Kansai University Junior High School 16 5 0 0 6 2 29
Kansai University Senior High School 22 4 6 0 9 1 42
Kansai University Kindergarten 2 0 0 7 0 0 9
Total 211 19 9 7 105 6 357

Administrative Staff Members

Type Full-time
Management Headquarters 121
Academic Headquarters 357
Annex Schools 19
Total 497

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