Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) is one of Japan’s largest public universities. The main campus is located in Sakai, Osaka, near large Kofun tombs. Founded in 1883 and reformed in 2005 by combining three prefectural universities: the University of Osaka Prefecture, the Osaka Women’s University, and the Osaka Prefecture College of Nursing.

Osaka Prefecture University now has eight undergraduate and six graduate schools spread among four colleges: the College of Sustainable System Sciences, the College of Engineering, the College of Life, Environment, and Advanced Sciences, and the College of Health and Human Sciences. OPU features facilities such as a library, a U Function hall, and grassy spaces where people can picnic, as well as four cafeterias that are popular with students and professors.