The Consortium of Universities in Osaka, comprising 48 national, public and private universities in Osaka Prefecture, is set to launch a "credit transfer project," starting in April this year. The scheme, which will allow students to earn credits from other universities, will start among 30 universities initially. At the same time, the consortium will create an "Osaka Studies" subject to study industry and history of Osaka. It will be open to the public as well.One of the courses of the Osaka Studies will be "Theory of Osaka Industry," which will be a business-academia joint project financed by donations from Kansai Keizai Doyukai (the Kansai Association of Business Executives). Lecturers will include Yoshihisa Akiyama, chairman, the Kansai Economic Federation; Akio Nomura, chairman, the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Masayuki Matsushita, co-chairperson, Kansai Keizai Doyukai.The consortium was created in 2003 to contribute to regional communities and industry by taking advantage of intellectual resources of the participating universities. It aims to promote student internship programs as well as academic exchanges with overseas educational institutions.For inquiries, please contact the Consortium of Universities in Osaka (Tel: 06-6311-9131) URL: http://www.consortium-osaka.gr.jp/html/access.html
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