Dean's Message

Toward Creating Advanced and Reliable "Systems"

The Faculty of Engineering Science at Kansai University consists of four departments: the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Physics and Applied Physics, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, which focus on education and research in "science fields" that examine the principles of "systems = mechanisms" and "core engineering fields" that apply and innovate these principles.
The concept of our faculty is "creating advanced and reliable 'systems' for sustainable development aimed at safe and high-quality living."
In addition to research on cutting-edge fields such as AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things: connecting all "things" to the Internet) that have been attracting attention in recent years, each of the four departments is working on research from different perspectives for system development in various fields related to information communication such as smartphones, big data, and autonomous driving.
Industry-academia-government and international collaborative research activities are also active, with many laboratories collaborating with companies and overseas research institutions to promote research on "things" needed in a rapidly changing world.

Solid Technical Skills Not Swayed by Changes of the Times

World technological development is advancing at a speed far beyond our imagination.
How should we face and deal with such changes? What is important is to know the principles of things, broaden one's perspective, and cultivate flexible sensibilities to lead the transformation of the times.
While the knowledge required changes with the times, the principles of things do not change. Our faculty has prepared educational programs to cultivate solid technical skills and application abilities that are not swayed by changes of the times, and to nurture excellent engineers who can appropriately respond to the needs of system construction, creation, improvement, and maintenance management.
As one of these, we are developing the "Data Scientist Training Program (implemented from 2020)" to cultivate AI/IoT engineers proficient in manufacturing.
On the other hand, it is also important to cultivate human resources who can play active roles in global society. Therefore, we develop the "Global Human Resource Development Program" and the "DD Bridge Program" with National Central University (Taiwan), providing opportunities for cross-cultural exchange through experiential training at overseas universities and bidirectional internships to cultivate the ability to respond to international society.
In addition, students meet diverse personalities on a campus that integrates arts and sciences, and within a wide range of learning not bound by the framework of arts and sciences, we cultivate engineers with rich humanity and sensibility.

Under the Motto "Jitsugaku" (Practical Learning)

Kansai University has a motto called "Gaku no Jitsuge" (Realization of Learning).
This is a motto advocated by Juntaro Yamaoka, the 11th President of Kansai University (1922-1925) and General Director.
This means that the university should not just end with the pursuit of truth in learning as an institution of study, but should propose what society should be and provide what it needs, thereby bridging academic principles with the industrial world and government, in other words, seeking "harmony between academic principles and practice."
It calls upon the university to return its achievements to society, and conversely, to absorb the needs in society and pursue the ideal form of learning aimed at a better society. This can be understood as the basic concept of what we now call industry-academia collaboration and industry-academia-government collaboration.
Isn't this exactly what universities today should aim for?
Under this philosophy, the Faculty of Engineering Science at Kansai University aims to create new "systems = mechanisms" that support a comfortable, safe, secure, and sustainable society, and to cultivate science and engineering human resources who can think for themselves and act collaboratively with others.

Establishment of a New Department and Future Prospects

The Faculty of Engineering Science will establish the "Department of Green Electronics Engineering (tentative name, under planning)" as the fifth department in April 2026.
This will be a new department where students can learn about environmentally harmonious (green) electronics technology from both hardware and software perspectives, focusing on semiconductor devices installed in smartphones, personal computers, electric vehicles, etc.
In the increasingly developing Faculty of Engineering Science at Kansai University, we look forward to welcoming students rich in curiosity who will learn and act on their own to acquire much specialized knowledge and technology!