Osaka University held a "parents' gathering" for parents of first-year undergraduate students at the Osaka University Hall in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture, and exchanged opinions on the university's operational status, education, international exchange, and current student support. ..
According to Osaka University, this event has been held every year since 2014 to help parents understand the actual situation of the university and make the university feel closer to them. From 2016, in order to encourage more parents to visit, the seminar was divided into two sessions, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Arts.
Following the greeting by President Shojiro Nishio of Osaka University, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Executive Vice President, "Flying to the World, Osaka University Student", Yoshinori Iwatani, Chairman of the Student Life Committee, "About Student Life", Kosuke Sato, President (Director of the Center for Education in Liberal Arts) gave an explanation of the current state of the university under the title of "University Common Education" and Hideki Yoshikawa, Executive Vice President, "About the Osaka University Future Fund".The parents who attended asked a series of enthusiastic questions and opinions.
