KANSAI UNIVERSITY

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Number of Faculty
and Staff

Full-Time / Visiting professors

Current as of May 1, 2024.

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 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 8 6 4 5 15 8 5 3 0 0 1 53 46 30 56.6 95
Associate Professor 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 8
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 43 11 6 4 5 15 8 7 6 2 1 54
Letters Professor 68 15 10 15 16 22 12 6 2 0 0 9 93 83 29 32.6 244
Associate Professor 11 8 0 0 0 1 3 6 6 3 0 19
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 16 23 15 12 8 3 0 102
Economics Professor 36 6 4 6 8 13 9 2 0 0 0 1 51 42 30 60.0 41
Associate Professor 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 10
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 45 7 4 6 8 13 12 5 4 0 0 52
Business and Commerce Professor 34 7 3 8 4 14 5 5 2 0 0 5 47 41 30 60.3 76
Associate Professor 9 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 10
Lecturer 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 1
Total 44 8 3 9 6 15 7 5 6 0 1 52
Sociology Professor 33 12 7 10 4 6 12 5 1 0 0 2 56 45 32 57.9 126
Associate Professor 9 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 1 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 42 16 7 11 4 6 13 10 6 1 0 58
Policy Studies Professor 16 3 0 2 4 5 4 3 1 0 0 1 23 19 23 62.0 68
Associate Professor 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 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 21 3 0 2 5 5 6 4 1 1 0 24
Foreign Language Studies Professor 21 17 4 8 13 2 7 4 0 0 0 11 40 38 11 14.5 83
Associate Professor 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 0 11
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Total 26 25 4 8 13 2 8 6 7 3 0 51
Health and
Well-being		 Professor 23 7 6 7 5 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 33 30 19 41.4 104
Associate Professor 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
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 24 9 6 8 5 5 6 2 1 0 0 33
Informatics Professor 42 4 2 8 8 5 14 7 2 0 0 2 53 46 35 39.8 50
Associate Professor 7 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 9
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 49 6 2 9 8 7 16 8 3 1 1 55
Societal Safety Sciences Professor 21 1 2 3 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 29 22 17 40.3 43
Associate Professor 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 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 4 2 3 4 12 1 5 2 0 0 29
Engineering Science Professor 56 2 9 9 14 14 7 5 0 0 0 2 85 58 40 24.6 57
Associate Professor 19 3 0 0 0 1 3 7 7 4 0 22
Lecturer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 6
Total 82 5 9 9 15 15 11 13 8 7 0 87
Environmental and Urban Engineering Professor 28 3 0 7 7 8 6 3 0 0 0 1 50 31 28 26.2 98
Associate Professor 11 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 4 1 0 13
Lecturer 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Assistant Professor 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 6
Total 45 6 0 8 8 8 9 8 5 3 2 51
Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering Professor 39 1 0 10 8 11 7 4 0 0 0 1 55 40 22 26.8 73
Associate Professor 10 4 0 0 1 2 5 1 5 0 0 14
Lecturer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assistant Professor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Total 51 5 0 10 9 13 12 5 6 1 0 55
Total (Faculties) 577 128 53 102 106 139 124 90 63 22 5 36 668 704 549 ― 1,158
School of Law Professor 15 4 4 7 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 21 19 12 ― 34
Associate Professor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
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 17 4 4 7 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 21
School of Accountancy Professor 10 2 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 12 ― 26
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 11 2 1 1 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 13
Division for Promotion of Educational Development Professor 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 ― ― 755
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 2 0 1 0 0 4
Division of International Affairs Professor 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 ― ― 16
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 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Total 611 136 59 111 113 145 132 93 66 23 5 37 710 747 573 ― 1,989
  • 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: 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 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: 35.5％ (813 faculty members)
  • Part-time: 64.5％ (1,480 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 15 0 54
Kansai University Dai-Ichi Senior High School 51 ― 0 0 34 0 85
Kansai University Hokuyo Junior High School 16 4 0 0 8 0 28
Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School 48 4 1 0 25 2 80
Kansai University Elementary School 20 0 1 0 14 1 36
Kansai University Junior High School 14 8 2 0 8 2 34
Kansai University Senior High School 18 7 4 0 10 1 40
Kansai University Kindergarten 2 0 0 7 0 0 9
Total 208 23 8 7 114 6 366

Administrative Staff Members

Type Full-time
Management Headquarters 120
Academic Headquarters 357
Annex Schools 18
Total 495

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