KANSAI UNIVERSITY

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Number of Faculty
and Staff

Full-Time / Visiting professors

Current as of May 1, 2023.

Faculty or graduate
school		 Qualification Full-Time professors Visiting professors
Gender By age Total Number of
full-time faculty members based on the Establishment Standards		 Number of
enrolled
students per full-time faculty members
Male Female 66
to
70		 61
to
65		 56
to
60		 51
to
55		 46
to
50		 41
to
45		 36
to
40		 31
to
35		 26
to
30
Law Professor 38 7 6 5 4 11 11 7 1 0 0 45 30 55.2 90
Associate Professor 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 8
Lecturer 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 2
Total 44 11 6 5 4 11 11 8 5 4 1 55
Letters Professor 67 14 10 15 18 20 11 6 1 0 0 81 29 32.5 248
Associate Professor 12 9 0 0 0 1 4 6 7 3 0 21
Lecturer 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
Total 79 23 10 15 18 21 15 12 8 3 0 102
Economics Professor 34 6 3 8 5 15 6 3 0 0 0 40 30 57.6 27
Associate Professor 13 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 7 0 0 14
Lecturer 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
Total 47 7 3 8 5 15 10 6 7 0 0 54
Business and Commerce Professor 32 9 5 5 7 12 3 8 1 0 0 41 30 60.0 72
Associate Professor 10 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 11
Lecturer 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
Total 42 10 5 5 9 13 6 10 7 0 0 52
Sociology Professor 35 11 9 10 4 6 10 7 0 0 0 46 32 56.7 119
Associate Professor 9 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 13
Lecturer 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
Total 44 15 9 10 5 6 11 11 5 2 0 59
Policy Studies Professor 14 4 0 3 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 18 23 60.9 71
Associate Professor 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 6
Lecturer 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
Total 20 4 0 3 3 6 6 2 3 1 0 24
Foreign Language Studies Professor 20 17 6 5 155 3 6 2 0 0 0 37 11 14.7 83
Associate Professor 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 2 0 13
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 25 25 6 5 15 3 7 4 8 3 0 51
Health and
Well-being		 Professor 20 8 4 9 4 5 4 2 0 0 0 28 19 41.6 99
Associate Professor 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
Lecturer 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
Total 23 10 4 10 4 5 7 2 1 0 0 33
Informatics Professor 38 4 1 9 8 4 13 7 0 0 0 42 35 41.2 56
Associate Professor 9 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 11
Lecturer 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
Total 47 6 1 10 8 6 13 10 3 1 1 53
Societal Safety Sciences Professor 20 1 2 0 4 8 5 2 0 0 0 21 17 41.6 48
Associate Professor 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7
Lecturer 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
Total 25 3 2 1 4 10 5 4 2 0 0 28
Engineering Science Professor 57 2 6 13 12 13 10 5 0 0 0 59 41 24.1 53
Associate Professor 19 3 0 1 0 1 3 5 7 5 0 22
Lecturer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
Total 82 5 6 14 13 14 14 11 8 7 0 87
Environmental and Urban Engineering Professor 30 3 2 7 7 9 5 3 0 0 0 33 28 25.8 93
Associate Professor 12 2 0 1 1 0 3 4 5 0 0 14
Lecturer 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Total 46 6 2 9 8 9 8 8 6 1 1 52
Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering Professor 39 1 1 7 10 11 7 3 1 0 0 40 22 25.0 71
Associate Professor 10 4 0 0 1 2 2 5 4 0 0 14
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
Total 52 5 1 7 11 13 9 8 6 1 1 57
Total (Faculties) 577 130 55 102 107 132 122 96 66 23 4 707 550 ― 1,130
School of Law Professor 15 3 3 7 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 18 12 ― 34
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lecturer 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
Total 16 3 3 7 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 19
School of Accountancy Professor 9 3 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 12 12 ― 33
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lecturer 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
Total 10 3 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 13
Division for Promotion of Educational Development Professor 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 ― ― 769
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lecturer 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
Total 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
Division of International Affairs Professor 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 ― ― 18
Associate Professor 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
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Total 610 138 59 113 113 138 128 101 69 23 4 748 574 ― 1,984
  • Note 1: Professors include contract professors.
  • Note 2: The total number of full-time faculty members based on the Establishment Standards includes the 203 full-time professors designated in accordance with the total admission capacity of the University.
  • Note 3: Full-time faculty members of the Graduate School of Psychology (psychology major) are counted as belonging to their main faculty.
  • Note 4: Two of the School of Accountancy professors are double-counted as one professor in the Faculty of Economics and one professor in the Faculty of Business and Commerce in accordance with Article 5-2 of the Professional Graduate School Establishment Standards.
  • Note 5: 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: 3) and specially appointed associate professors (School of Accountancy: 1).
  • Note 6: 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 7: In the concurrent teachers column, if a given concurrent teacher is in charge of multiple departments or majors, each role is counted.
  • Note 8: 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 9: Regarding the Division of International Affairs, the seven specially appointed lecturers and thirteen 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: 35.4％ (801 faculty members)
  • Part-time: 64.6％ (1,461 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 34 0 84
Kansai University Hokuyo Junior High School 17 0 0 0 7 0 24
Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School 48 4 1 0 26 2 81
Kansai University Elementary School 20 0 1 0 14 1 36
Kansai University Junior High School 16 6 1 0 10 2 35
Kansai University Senior High School 20 6 3 0 9 0 38
Kansai University Kindergarten 2 0 0 7 0 0 9
Total 211 16 6 7 114 5 359

Administrative Staff Members

Type Full-time
Management Headquarters 125
Academic Headquarters 356
Annex Schools 17
Total 498

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