Its campuses are in the Nakagaito area of Daito City, Osaka close to the ancient Japanese capital of Nara.

The university's award-winning clean-energy solar car project frequently participated in domestic and international clean energy competitions.

Yoshihiko Motoyama (本山美彦), former chairman of the Japan Society of International Economics, is its current president.

Osaka Sangyo University started the OSU Solar Car Project as an industry-academia project-based learning program since 1989.

OSU solar car models have been presented in domestic and international clean energy competitions.