Chronology

  1. 1876

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

  2. 1902

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

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      The Okuiden school building, photographed to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Third Academy

  3. 1925

    • Renamed Aichi Middle School

  4. 1947

    • Re-established the school as "Aichi Junior High School" under the new post-war school system

  5. 1948

    • Established Aichi High School and adopted the collective name of "Aichi Gakuin"

  6. 1950

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

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      Opening ceremony of the Junior College; inaugural address by President Koide Yuzo

  7. 1951

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

  8. 1953

    • Accredited by the Ministry of Education as a "University"; founded the Faculty of Commerce along with the Department of Commerce

  9. 1955

    • Renamed the school "Aichi Gakuin," an incorporated educational institution

  10. 1957

    • Established the Faculty of Law, with the Department of Law

  11. 1961

    • Established the School of Dentistry, with the Department of Dentistry

  12. 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)

  13. 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

  14. 1986

    • Added the Department of International Culture to the Faculty of Letters

  15. 1988

    • Added the Department of Japanese Culture to the Faculty of Letters

  16. 1990

    • Established the Faculty of Management

  17. 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)

  18. 2002

    • Added the Department of Law and Contemporary Society to the Faculty of Law

  19. 2004

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

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      Opening of the new reading room at the Library and Information Center

  20. 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

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      Establishment of the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences

  21. 2006

    • Reorganized the School of Pharmacy into a six-year program; added the Department of Dental Hygiene to the Junior College

  22. 2007

    • Added the Department of Global English to the Faculty of Letters

  23. 2008

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

  24. 2013

    • Faculty of Economics, with the Department of Economics established

  25. 2014

    • Meijo Koen Campus opened

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  26. 2020

    • New building at Meijo Koen Campus completed

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  27. 2022

    • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology established

  28. 2023

    • Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychosomatic Science renamed Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences

    • Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Psychosomatic Science renamed Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences