About AGU

Aichi Gakuin University and its Long History

1876

Founded as the Nagoya Branch Training Center of Soto Zen Buddhism at Daikoin Temple, Monzen-machi, Nagoya

1890

Renamed the Branch Training Center the “Soto Buddhism School” following the “Soto Buddhism Educational Ordinance”

1896

Renamed the Eighth Academy of Soto Buddhism (middleschool)

1899

Merged and renamed the Seventh (Mikawa), Eighth (Owari) and Ninth (Mino) Academies into Aichi Academy

1902

Renamed Aichi Middle School the Third Academy of Soto Buddhism according to the revised Soto Buddhism Educational Ordinance

1925

Renamed Aichi Middle School

1947

Re-established the school as “Aichi Junior High School” under the new post-war school system

1948

Established Aichi High School and adopted the collective name of “Aichi Gakuin”

1950

Established the Aichi Gakuin Junior College Department of Commerce, comprising day and night courses

1951

Established the new Department of Letters (a night course for religious education majors) at Aichi Gakuin Junior College

1953

Accredited by the Ministry of Education as a “University”; founded the Faculty of Commerce along with the Department of Commerce; appointed Yuzo Koide, chancellor, the first president of the university

1955

Renamed the school “Aichi Gakuin,” an incorporated educational institution

1957

Established the Faculty of Law, with the Department of Law

1961

Established the School of Dentistry, with the Department of Dentistry

1962

Added the Department of Business Administration to the Faculty of Commerce

1965

Appointed Tessen Takeda, chancellor, the second president of the university

1970

Established the Faculty of Letters comprising the Department of Religious Studies (the present Department of Buddhist and Religious Studies) and the Department of Psychology (currently belonging to the Faculty of Psychological and Physical Science)

1974

Moved the university to a new campus in the former town of Nisshin, Aichi-gun, Aichi Prefecture (currently Nisshin City); added the Department of History to the Faculty of Letters

1976

Celebrated the 100th anniversary

1986

Added the Department of International Culture to the Faculty of Letters

1988

Appointed Tadataka Koide, vice President, the third president of the university; added the Department of Japanese Culture to the Faculty of Letters

1990

Established the Faculty of Management, with the Department of Management; signed an academic exchange agreement with the University of Edinburgh, U.K. (Faculty of Letters)

1993

Signed a sister school agreement with the University of the East College of Dentistry, the Philippines (School of Dentistry)

1998

Established the Faculty of Information and Policy Studies comprising the Department of Information and Policy Studies (the current Faculty of Policy Studies, Department of Policy Studies)

2001

Added the Department of Industrial Information (the current Department of Business Information) to the Faculty of Commerce; established the Department of International Business (the current Department of Business Systems) within the Faculty of Management

2002

Added the Department of Law and Contemporary Society to the Faculty of Law; signed a friendship and academic exchange agreement with Hunan Normal University, China

2003

Signed a friendship and academic exchange agreement with Bond University, Australia; awarded of an honorary degree to, and delivered a special lecture by, W. J. Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States of America

2004

Added the Department of Health Science to the Faculty of Psychological and Physical Science.

2005

Opened the Honorary Consulate of Lao PDR in Kusumoto Campus
Established the School of Pharmacy, with the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences; signed a sister-school agreement with Dalian University, China

2006

Reorganized the School of Pharmacy into a six-year program; added the Department of Dental Hygiene to the Junior College; celebrated the 130th anniversary

2007

Added the Department of Global English to the Faculty of Letters

2008

Added the Department of Nutritional Science to the Faculty of Psychological and Physical Science

2010

Appointed Hideto Ohno, the vice president, as the fourth president of the university

2013

Faculty of Economics, with the Department of Economics established

2014

Meijo Koen Campus opened

2014

Appointed Etsujo Sato as the fifth president of the university