One of the factors behind the increase in applicants is the external environment, such as the increase in popularity of mid-sized schools due to the stricter enrollment capacity of large-scale schools in metropolitan areas (decrease in the number of successful applicants).In Kansai, there were 2019 universities where the number of applicants increased for 7 consecutive years until the entrance examination in the previous year (4), and 2 universities where the number of applicants increased for a longer period of time, but this time they are all consecutive. The number of years of increase was not updated.

　Otemon Gakuin University opened in April 2019 to improve the Ibaraki Sochiji Campus where all first-year students can study, and academic reforms have progressed based on the new educational concept WIL (Work-Is-Learning). It can be said that the enhancement of employment support was highly evaluated, and the reforms in multiple aspects such as the expansion of the enrollment capacity and the review of the entrance examination system were successful. Ahead of the 4 Common Test for University Admissions, the company plans to continue various efforts to increase the number of highly aspiring applicants in accordance with the admission policy.

　According to a university newsletter survey, as of March 2020, 3, the universities that have increased the number of applicants for more than eight consecutive years are Fukuoka Institute of Technology (Fukuoka Prefecture), Kanazawa Seiryo University (Ishikawa Prefecture), in addition to Otemon Gakuin University. There are three schools, Tokyo Polytechnic University (Tokyo) (see table).
* For universities with 1,000 or more applicants at the start of the increase.As a general rule, recommendations, AOs, etc. are not included.

reference:[Otemon Gakuin University] The number of applicants for entrance examinations at Otemon Gakuin University has increased for eight consecutive years —