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| The roots of our free and open school culture and foresight for the future go back to Tekijuku, which is the origin of Osaka University School of Medicine. |
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 Tekijuku is a “Gakujuku” (school) that OGATA Koan (1810-1863), a scholar of Holland, ran for 24 years from 1838 (Tenpo 9) until 1862 (Bunkyu 2). It was closed when he was welcomed as a physician for the Shogun in Edo.
During this period, OGATA Koan taught his students Rangaku and Medicine. He had developed a number of human assets, who contributed to the modernization of Japan from the Bakumatsu (end of Edo era) to the Meiji period, including HASHIMOTO Sanai, OMURA Masujiro, FUKUZAWA Yukichi, NAGAYO Sensai, TAKAMATSU Ryoun, SANO Tsunetami and OTORI Keisuke.
Tekijuku was declared a historic ruin of Osaka in 1940, a historic ruin of Japan in 1941 and an important national cultural asset in 1964. The Agency for Cultural Affairs carried out the dismantling and reassembly work (from 1976 to 1980) to restore the original architecture back to when OGATA Koan was residing. It is now open to the public under the management of Osaka University.
Tekijuku is a precious building. It passes on its history as a hub for development of Rangaku in Japan. It also shows the architectural features of townhouses in Kitahama, Osaka back then.
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History of Osaka University |
| 1724 |
Kaitokudo was founded. |
| 1838 |
Tekijuku was founded. |
| 1931 |
Osaka Teikoku University, the sixth school in Japan was founded. It had the School of Medicine and the School of Science. |
| 1933 |
It absorbed the Osaka Institute of Technology and started the School of Engineering. |
| 1942 |
Tekijyuku, which was designated as a historic ruin, was transferred to Osaka Imperial University. |
| 1945 |
The Kaitokudo was burned down during the Air raid in Osaka. |
| 1947 |
The school was renamed as Osaka University. |
| 1949 |
The school reform took place. It had a fresh start with the School of Science, the School of Medicine, the School of Engineering, the School of Letters and the School of Law. School of General Arts was newly founded. |
| 1951 |
The School of Dentistry was separated from the School of Medicine. |
| 1953 |
Graduate Schools were founded for each field; School of Letters, School of Law, School of Economics, School of Science, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Engineering and School of Medicine. |
| 1955 |
The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences was founded. |
| 1960 |
The Graduate School of Dentistry was founded. |
| 1981 |
The Department of Physical Health was founded. |
| 1993 |
The School of Allied Health Sciences was founded. Osaka University Hospital was moved from Nakanoshima, Osaka to the Suita campus, completing integration to the Suita and Toyonaka campus. |
| 1994 |
The Osaka School of International Public Policy was founded. |
| 2002 |
The Graduate School of Information Science and Technology and the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences were founded. |
| 2004 |
Osaka University became under a system of independent administration. |
| 2007 |
Osaka University integrates it with Osaka University of Foreign Studies on Oct 1. |
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