History & Development
Historical Sketch

Administrative Head Office
Tokushima University began as the Tokushima Kisei Normal School in 1874, later developing into several schools. In accordance with the National School Establishment Law, Tokushima University comprising the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Education, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Engineering, was instituted in 1949.
The growth process of the University

Tokushima Kisei Normal School in the 1870s

Tokushima Higher Technical School in the 1920s

Tokushima Prefectural Medical College in the 1940s

Administrative Head Office in the 1940s
1949 | Faculty of Liberal Arts and Education |
Faculty of Medicine | |
Faculty of Engineering | |
University Hospital | |
1951 | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
1955 | Graduate School of Medicine |
1964 | Graduate School of Engineering |
School of Nutrition,Faculty of Medicine | |
1965 | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
1966 | Faculty of Education (Faculty of Liberal Arts and Education reorganized) |
1969 | Graduate School of Nutrition |
1976 | Faculty of Dentistry |
1979 | University Dental Hospital |
1983 | Graduate School of Dentistry |
1986 | Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences (Faculty of Education reorganized) |
1987 | Junior College, School of Medical Sciences |
1994 | Graduate School of Human and Natural Environment Sciences |
1998 | School of Medical Sciences,Faculty of Medicine (Junior College, School of Medical Sciences reorganized) |
2002 |
International Student Center |
2003 | University Medical and Dental Hospital (University Hospital and University Dental Hospital Integrated) |
2004 | Institute of Health Biosciences |
2006 | Graduate School of Health Sciences |
Institute of Technology and Science | |
Post-Graduate Course of Midwifery (Currently Graduate School of Health Sciences, Midwifery Course) |
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2007 | School of Oral Health and Welfare,Faculty of Dentistry |
2008 | Graduate School of Health Sciences (Doctoral Course) |
International Center (International Student Center reorganized) |
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2009 | Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
Institute of Socio-Arts and Sciences | |
2010 |
University Hospital (University Medical and Dental Hospital reorganized) |
2011 |
Course of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Oral Sciences(Master's Course) |
2014 |
School of Medical Nutrition,Faculty of Medicine |
2015 |
Course of Oral Health Sciences,Graduate School of Oral Sciences (Doctoral Course) |
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Institute of Health Biosciences renamed) |
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2016 |
Faculty of Science and Technology (Faculty of Engineering reorganized) |
Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry | |
Graduate School of Integarated Arts and Sciences (Institute of Socio-Arts and Sciences reorganized) |
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Graduate School of Science and Technology (Institute of Technology and Science reorganized) |
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Graduate School of Bioscience and Bioindustry | |
Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences | |
Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences | |
2017 |
Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences (3 Graduate Schools in josanjima Campus (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences,Graduate School of Science and Technology,Graduate School of Bioscience and Bioindustry) reorganized) |
2018 |
Industry-University R&D Startup Leading Institute |
2019 |
Institute of Post-LED Photonics |
2020 |
Graduate School of Sciences and Technorogy for innovation |