Chronology
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1876
Founded as the Nagoya Branch Training Center of Soto Zen Buddhism at Daikoin Temple, Monzen-machi, Nagoya
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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
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1925
Renamed Aichi Middle School
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1947
Re-established the school as "Aichi Junior High School" under the new post-war school system
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1948
Established Aichi High School and adopted the collective name of "Aichi Gakuin"
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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
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1951
Established the new Department of Letters (a night course for religious education majors) at Aichi Gakuin Junior College
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1953
Accredited by the Ministry of Education as a "University"; founded the Faculty of Commerce along with the Department of Commerce
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1955
Renamed the school "Aichi Gakuin," an incorporated educational institution
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1957
Established the Faculty of Law, with the Department of Law
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1961
Established the School of Dentistry, with the Department of Dentistry
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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)
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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
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1986
Added the Department of International Culture to the Faculty of Letters
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1988
Added the Department of Japanese Culture to the Faculty of Letters
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1990
Established the Faculty of Management
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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)
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2002
Added the Department of Law and Contemporary Society to the Faculty of Law
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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
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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
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2006
Reorganized the School of Pharmacy into a six-year program; added the Department of Dental Hygiene to the Junior College
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2007
Added the Department of Global English to the Faculty of Letters
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2008
Added the Department of Nutritional Science to the Faculty of Psychological and Physical Science
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2013
Faculty of Economics, with the Department of Economics established
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2014
Meijo Koen Campus opened
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2020
New building at Meijo Koen Campus completed
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2022
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology established
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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