Osaka Prefecture University (大阪府立大学, Ōsaka furitsu daigaku) (OPU), also abbreviated to Fudai (府大), is one of the largest public universities in Japan. The main campus is among big Kofun tombs in Sakai, Osaka. OPU was established in 2005 in its current form by integrating three prefectural universities: University of Osaka Prefecture (大阪府立大学), Osaka Women's University (大阪女子大学) and Osaka Prefecture College of Nursing (大阪府立看護大学). UOP was originally established in 1949 as Naniwa University (浪速大学: Naniwa is the classical name for Osaka) by mingling several national and public technical colleges. Among them was Osaka National College of Engineering (官立大阪工業専門学校). Since then the faculties in the field of engineering have been very competitive. In 1955 the university was renamed University of Osaka Prefecture (Japanese name for the university has not been changed since 1955). The history of the precedent colleges of Naniwa University (NU) is as follows: In 1888, the oldest root was founded as Osaka Prefectural School of Agriculture (大阪府立農学校) in Sakai. It consisted of two courses: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.