Kindai University

Kindai University (Japanese: 近畿大学, Hepburn: 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.

Kindai University

近畿大学
Motto	「実学教育」と「人格の陶冶」
Motto in English	"learning for the real world" and "nurturing intellectual and emotional intelligence"
Type	Private
Established	Founded 1925, Chartered 1949
President	Hiroyuki Hata
Academic staff	920 full-time
Undergraduates	30,379
Postgraduates	N/A
Location	Higashiosaka , Osaka , Japan 34°39′05″N 135°35′13″E
Campus	Urban / Suburban, 271 acres (1.1 km²)
Athletics	48 varsity teams
Mascot	Devils (American football) [1]
Website	www.kindai.ac.jp/english/

The English name of the university had been Kinki University since it was created in 1949. On May 20, 2014, the university announced that its English name would officially change to Kindai (近大), to avoid any connections of the word "kinky".^[2] The name change became official on April 1, 2016.^[3]