Kindai University
| 近畿大学 | |
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| Motto | None |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | Founded 1925, Chartered 1949 |
| President | Hiroyuki Hata |
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Academic staff
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920 full-time |
| Undergraduates | 30,379 |
| Postgraduates | N/A |
| Location |
Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan 34°39′05″N 135°35′13″E / 34.651413°N 135.586964°ECoordinates: 34°39′05″N 135°35′13″E / 34.651413°N 135.586964°E |
| Campus | Urban / Suburban, 271 acres (1.1 km²) |
| Athletics | 48 varsity teams |
| Mascot | Devils (American football) |
| Website | www.kindai.ac.jp/english/ |
Kindai University (近畿大学 Kinki daigaku?) is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university based in Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan with campuses in five other locations: Nara, Nara; Ōsakasayama, Osaka; Uchita, Wakayama; Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima; and Iizuka, Fukuoka.
The English name of university had been Kinki University since its establishment in 1949 to refer to "the surrounding area of the capital city (Kyoto)". On May 20, 2014, the university announced that its English name would officially change to Kindai (近大?), to avoid the implications of the word "kinky", as the university is planning to globalize with the establishment of a new Foreign Language school. The name change took effect on April 1, 2016.
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