Oita University was founded in 1949, and after merging with Oita Medical University in 2003, is now a general university with 5 faculties and 5 graduate schools. The Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Science and Technology celebrated its 100th anniversary, and the Faculty of Science and Technology will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022, steadily building up its history as a regional (intellectual) centre in Oita. We will continue to evolve with the aim of becoming a university that can contribute not only as a core centre for regional development, but also to solving global issues.