Otaru University of Commerce (小樽商科大学, Otaru Shōka Daigaku) is one of the national universities in Japan. The main campus of the university is located in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan, and the satellite campus is located in Chūō-ku, Sapporo. The origin of the university dates back to 1910, when the Otaru School of Higher Learning was established in Otaru as the 5th national school of commerce in Japan. In 1944, during World War II, the school was renamed to Otaru College of Economics. In 1949, the Otaru University of Commerce was officially established, with a Faculty of Commerce. The university became a Junior college and a Graduate School of Commerce. In 1991, the system of the university was reorganized, which established four departments in the Faculty of Commerce: the Department of Economics, Department of Commerce, Department of Law, and Department of Information and Management Science. The Otaru University of Commerce's Junior College was abolished in 1996. After the establishment of a satellite campus in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, the university opened the Major in Business Administration course in the graduate school in 1997.