Osaka Municipal Universities Press (OMUP) was established in new millennium as an association for academic publications by professors of five municipal universities, namely Osaka City University, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka Women’s University, Osaka Prefectural College of Nursing and Osaka Prefectural College of Health Sciences that all located in southern part of Osaka.
Above Prefectural Universities united into OPU on April in 2005. Therefore OMUP is consisted of two universities, OCU and OPU.
OMUP was renovated at be a non-profit organization in Japan from
2006.