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Number of Faculty
and Staff

Full-Time Faculty Members

Current as of May 1, 2021.

Faculty or graduate school Qualification 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 61 to 70 51 to 60 41 to 50 31 to 40 26 to 30
Law Professor 37 7 13 13 18 0 0 44 30 54.3
Associate Professor 7 4 0 0 2 9 0 11
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 44 11 13 13 20 9 0 55
Letters Professor 68 12 23 36 20 1 0 80 29 32.1
Associate Professor 13 8 0 1 8 12 0 21
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 82 20 23 37 28 14 0 102
Economics Professor 34 6 8 20 12 0 0 40 30 58.6
Associate Professor 13 1 0 0 8 6 0 14
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 47 7 8 20 20 6 0 54
Business and Commerce Professor 32 9 9 15 13 4 0 41 30 60.3
Associate Professor 10 1 0 3 5 3 0 11
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 42 10 9 18 18 7 0 52
Sociology Professor 34 11 18 13 14 0 0 45 32 55.3
Associate Professor 12 3 0 1 4 10 0 15
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 46 14 18 14 18 10 0 60
Policy Studies Professor 14 4 5 6 7 0 0 18 23 60.6
Associate Professor 7 0 0 1 2 4 0 7
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 21 4 5 7 9 4 0 25
Foreign Language Studies Professor 21 18 14 17 7 1 0 39 11 14.6
Associate Professor 6 2 0 0 3 5 0 8
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
Total 27 22 14 17 10 8 0 49
Health and Well-being Professor 14 4 5 9 4 0 0 18 19 55.6
Associate Professor 5 2 0 1 6 0 0 7
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 19 6 5 10 10 0 0 25
Informatics Professor 42 5 13 13 20 1 0 47 35 39.3
Associate Professor 8 0 0 2 2 4 0 8
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 50 5 13 15 22 5 0 55
Societal Safety Sciences Professor 19 0 4 9 6 0 0 19 17 41.9
Associate Professor 7 2 0 1 3 5 0 9
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 26 2 4 10 9 5 0 28
Engineering Science Professor 52 2 15 24 15 0 0 54 41 24.8
Associate Professor 21 1 2 1 13 6 0 22
Lecturer 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 7 2 0 0 2 4 3 9
Total 81 5 17 26 30 10 3 86
Environmental and Urban Engineering Professor 30 3 10 14 9 0 0 33 28 25.5
Associate Professor 15 2 1 1 10 5 0 17
Lecturer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2
Total 47 6 12 15 19 6 1 53
Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering Professor 40 1 8 20 12 1 0 41 22 25.2
Associate Professor 10 2 0 1 6 5 0 12
Lecturer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Total 53 3 9 21 18 8 0 56
Total (Faculties) 585 115 150 223 231 92 4 700 550 ―
Graduate School of Psychology Professor 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 ― ―
Associate Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
School of Law Professor 14 3 9 4 4 0 0 17 12 ―
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 15 3 9 4 4 1 0 18
School of Accountancy Professor 8 1 3 3 3 0 0 9 12 ―
Associate Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 1 3 3 3 0 0 9
Graduate School of Professional Clinical Psychology Professor 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 6 ― ―
Associate Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 6
Division for Promotion of Educational Development Professor 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 ― ―
Associate Professor 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 3
Division of International Affairs Professor 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 ― ―
Associate Professor 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 5
Total 619 124 168 235 242 94 4 743 ― ―
  • 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 faculty members designated in accordance with the total enrollment capacity of the University.
  • Note 3: Two of the School of Accountancy professors have concurrent posts as stipulated by Article 5-2 of the Professional Graduate School Establishment Standards, including one Faculty of Economics professor and one Faculty of Business and Commerce professor.
  • Note 4: Full-time faculty members of the Graduate School of Psychology (psychology major) and Graduate School of East Asian Cultures are counted as belonging to their main faculty.

Other Faculty Members

Faculty, graduate school, etc. Specially appointed faculty members Concurrent teachers Visiting professors
Specially appointed professors Specially appointed associate professors Specially appointed assistant professors Total
Law 0 0 0 0 78 0
Letters 0 0 0 0 255 3
Economics 0 0 0 0 41 5
Business and Commerce 0 0 0 0 63 2
Sociology 0 0 0 0 107 2
Policy Studies 1 0 0 1 71 3
Foreign Language Studies 0 0 0 0 92 3
Health and Well-being 0 0 0 0 89 4
Informatics 2 0 0 2 57 3
Societal Safety Sciences 0 0 0 0 47 5
Engineering Science 0 1 1 2 45 4
Environmental and Urban Engineering 1 0 0 1 93 3
Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering 1 1 1 3 59 3
Total (Faculties) 5 2 2 9 1,097 40
Graduate School of Psychology 0 0 0 0 14 0
Graduate School of East Asian Cultures 0 0 0 0 10 2
School of Law 1 1 0 2 35 1
School of Accountancy 3 1 0 4 31 4
Graduate School of Professional Clinical Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Division of Promotion of Educational Development 3 1 5 9 723 0
Division of International Affairs 0 0 0 0 11 0
Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies 0 1 0 1 0 0
Organization for Research and Development of Innovative Science and Technology (ORDIST) 0 0 2 2 0 0
Other ― ― ― ― ― 13
Total 12 6 9 27 1,921 60
  • Note 1: In the concurrent teachers column, if a given concurrent teacher is in charge of multiple departments or majors, each role is counted.
  • Note 2: 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 3: Faculty of Engineering Science visiting professors also act as Graduate School of Science and Engineering visiting professors.
  • Note 4: Regarding the Division of International Affairs, the seven specially appointed lecturers and twelve part-time lecturers of Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course are not counted.
  • Note 5: The four specially appointed professors, one specially appointed associate professors, and six specially appointed assistant professors are not counted.

Ratio of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty Members

  • Full-time: 36.8％ (806 faculty members)
  • Part-time: 63.2％ (1,384 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 39 0 0 0 15 0 54
Kansai University Dai-Ichi Senior High School 51 0 0 0 29 0 80
Kansai University Hokuyo Junior High School 16 4 0 0 4 0 24
Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School 46 7 1 0 30 1 85
Kansai University Elementary School 21 1 1 0 10 2 35
Kansai University Junior High School 18 7 0 0 11 2 38
Kansai University Senior High School 18 8 0 0 10 1 37
Kansai University Kindergarten 2 0 0 7 0 0 9
Total 211 27 2 7 109 6 362

Administrative Staff Members

Type Full-time
Management Headquarters 126
Academic Headquarters 346
Annex Schools 18
Total 490

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