{"id":219085,"date":"2024-04-01T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehime-u.ac.jp\/about\/history-of-ehime-university\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T22:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T13:36:24","slug":"history-of-ehime-university","status":"publish","type":"about","link":"https:\/\/www.ehime-u.ac.jp\/en\/about\/history-of-ehime-university\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Ehime University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The following is a brief history of Ehime University from its establishment in 1949 to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\r\n Showa 24 (1949) – 30 (1955)<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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May 31, 1949<\/th>\nThe Law for Establishment of National Schools was promulgated, and Ehime University was established along with 69 other new national universities. The faculties are as follows. (Schools included in parentheses)
\u30fbFaculty of Science (Matsuyama High School)
\u30fbFaculty of Education (Ehime Normal School, Ehime Normal School for Young Men)
\u30fbFaculty of Engineering (Niihama Technical College)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 28, 1949<\/th>\n The first entrance ceremony for the 1949 academic year was held, with 599 students enrolling.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 11, 1949<\/th>\n The opening ceremony was held in the auditorium of the Faculty of Science.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 18, 1950<\/th>\n The Emperor Showa visited Ehime University on his tour of the Shikoku region.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 13, 1952<\/th>\n The Research Institute for Regional Society of Ehime University was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1954<\/th>\n The Faculty of Agriculture was established with the transfer of Ehime’s Matsuyama Agricultural College to the national government (annual transfer based on academic year progression). At the same time, the attached research farm (Tarumi) and attached training forest (Yokoya) were also transferred.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 18, 1954<\/th>\n A ceremony was held to mark the completion of the Daishinkan building donated to Ehime University by the Tsuda Scholarship Foundation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\"Opening<\/a>
Opening ceremony (November 11, 1949: courtesy of Fusae Koike)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Johoku Campus in the early days of the university (circa 1949)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Emperor Showa visiting Ehime University (1950, courtesy of Tsuneko Shirata)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Drama<\/a>
Drama presentation by students of the Faculty of Education (1950)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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January 22, 1955<\/th>\n A ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of the new memorial auditorium, which was built in the Johoku district with the cooperation of the supporters’ association of the Faculty of Education and subsidized by the national treasury, based on funds donated by 88 Ehime residents living in the Los Angeles area of the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1956<\/th>\n An affiliated agricultural high school was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1958<\/th>\n The Department of Engineering and the Department of Agricultural Science were established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 30, 1961<\/th>\n Fire broke out in the main building. The administration office, the student affairs office, the administration building of the Faculty of Education, and the social studies teaching building, totaling 5,860 square meters, were destroyed by fire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1963<\/th>\n The Department of Education (Music) was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 31, 1963<\/th>\n Faculty of Engineering moved from Niihama City to the Johoku district of Matsuyama City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 1, 1967<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Agricultural Science were established.
The Graduate School of Agricultural Science and the Graduate School of Engineering, with the exception of the Civil Engineering major, were abolished from the other departments.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1968.<\/th>\n With the reorganization of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Law and Letters, the Faculty of Science, and the College of Liberal Arts were established.
With the expansion of the Graduate School of Engineering, Civil Engineering, the Department of Engineering was abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1969<\/th>\n The Health Administration Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1971<\/th>\n The Waterfront Experimental Station attached to the Faculty of Science was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1972<\/th>\n The Department of Science was established.
The School for Disabled Children attached to the Faculty of Education was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Left: Identification card [student ID card], Right: Course register that recorded credits, etc. (1955: courtesy of Prof. Kunio Kikukawa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Faculty<\/a>
Faculty of Agriculture circa 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Insignia<\/a>
Insignia used around 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fire<\/a>
Fire at the main building and administrative office of the Faculty of Education (1961)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Faculty<\/a>
Faculty of Engineering at the time of relocation (1963)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Second<\/a>
Second intake of Faculty of Science (Chemistry) (1969)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Faculty<\/a>
Faculty and staff calling out to students occupying the main building of the Faculty of Law and Literature (1969: courtesy of Professor Emeritus Shoichi Yokoyama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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\r\n Showa 48 (1973) – 1988 (1988)<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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September 29, 1973<\/th>\n School of Medicine was established. The former Ehime Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Ward 12 of Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital were allocated as temporary facilities for the School of Medicine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 20, 1974<\/th>\n School of Medicine moved from the temporary facility to Shizugawa, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Oaza.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 10, 1976<\/th>\n School of Medicine Hospital was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1978<\/th>\n Graduate School of Science was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 31, 1979<\/th>\n The Department of Science was abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1979<\/th>\n Graduate School of Medicine was established.
The Department of Law in the Faculty of Law and Letters was reorganized, and the “Daytime Course”, mainly offered during the daytime, and the “Evening Course”, mainly offered in the evening, were newly established for the first time in Japan.
School of Medicine established the Laboratory Animal Experimentation Facility.
Facility for Controlled Agricultural Experiments and Practice attached to the Faculty of Agriculture was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1980<\/th>\n The Center for Research and Guidance on Educational Practice attached to the Faculty of Education was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1981<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Law was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 12, 1982<\/th>\n The Information Processing Center was established. (Campus measures)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1983<\/th>\n School of Medicine’s Laboratory Equipment Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 11, 1984<\/th>\n The Instrumental Analysis Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1985<\/th>\n The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences (doctoral program of only three years in the second semester) was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\"People<\/a>
People concerned watching the news of the passage of the Tsukuba bill (1973: courtesy of Professor Emeritus Yoichiro Takashima).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"School<\/a>
School of Medicine under construction (1973)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Graduation<\/a>
Graduation Ceremony Scene 1 (1984)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Graduation<\/a>
Graduation Ceremony Scene 2 (1984)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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\r\n 1989-2003 (before incorporation)<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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April 1, 1989<\/th>\n The school emblem, school colors, and flag were established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 1, 1989<\/th>\n Special Course for International Students of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture was established in the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 25, 1991<\/th>\n The International Student Guidance Center was established. (Internal measures)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1992<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Engineering Doctoral Course was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1993<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Education was abolished and the Graduate School of Education (Master’s Program) was established.
The Information Processing Center (an intramural measure) was abolished, and the General Information Processing Center was established.
With the implementation of the new curriculum (integrated undergraduate education), the Liberal Arts Program and Specialty Programs were abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 2, 1993<\/th>\n The Center for Research and Practice of University Education was established. (Internal action)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 24, 1994<\/th>\n The Center for Community Collaboration Research was established.
The Community Research Institute was abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 31, 1996<\/th>\n The Faculty of Liberal Arts was abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1996<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Science was abolished.
The Graduate School of Engineering was renamed and the Graduate School of Science and Engineering was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1998<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Law was abolished and the Graduate School of Law and Letters was established.
Rename Graduate School of Medicine, and establish Graduate School of Medicine.
Institute for Gene Research was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 1999<\/th>\n The Center for Coastal Environmental Science was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2000 (Heisei 12 (2000))<\/th>\n The Venture Business Laboratory was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2001<\/th>\n The Research Center for Deep Earth Dynamics was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2003<\/th>\n Center for Cell-free Bioscience and Engineering Research was established.
Center for Integrated Science Research Support was established.
The Comprehensive Information Processing Center was abolished and the Comprehensive Information and Media Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\"Tree<\/a>
Tree planting to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the university’s founding (1989)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A large banner with the school emblem made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the school’s opening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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\r\n 2004 (after incorporation) – Present<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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April 1, 2004<\/th>\n Ehime University was incorporated and became a national university corporation, Ehime University.
The Kagawa University Graduate School of Law (Shikoku Law School) (professional degree program) of Kagawa University and Ehime University was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 1, 2004<\/th>\n Organization for Promotion of Social Collaboration was established.
Center for Regional Innovation Research was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 1, 2004<\/th>\n The Education and Student Support Organization was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2005<\/th>\n Super Science Course was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 9, 2005<\/th>\n The Philosophy and Goals of Ehime University and the Charter of Ehime University were established. (PDF 210KB)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2006 (Heisei 18)<\/th>\n The Regional Collaboration Research Center was renamed the Industrial Science and Technology Support Center.
Research Center for Disaster Prevention and Information Technology was established.
Support Organization for Advanced Research Promotion was established.
Center for Experimental and Practical Education was established.
The Health Service Center was abolished and the Comprehensive Health Center was established.
The Center for General Education was established.
Office for Educational Planning And Research was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2007<\/th>\n The Admissions Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 1, 2007<\/th>\n The Research Center for Ancient Iron Cultures of East Asia was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 1, 2007<\/th>\n The Space Evolution Research Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2008<\/th>\n Nanyo Fisheries Research Center was established.
Ehime University Senior High School was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2009<\/th>\n Center for Proteomedical Research established.
Institute for International Relations was established.
The Museum was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 13, 2010<\/th>\n The Women’s Future Development Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 1, 2010<\/th>\n The Comprehensive Center for Teaching and Research was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2011<\/th>\n The Advanced Research Support Organization was reorganized and renamed the Advanced Research and Academic Advancement Organization.
The Intellectual Property Division was reorganized and renamed the Intellectual Property Center.
The Industrial Science and Technology Support Center was renamed the Industry-Academia Collaboration Promotion Center.
The Plant Factory Demonstration, Exhibition, and Training Center was established.
The Social Collaboration Planning Office was established.
Center for Integrated Science Research Support was established.
The Academic Planning Office was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2012<\/th>\n The Plant Factory Demonstration, Exhibition, and Training Center was reorganized and the Plant Factory Research Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2013<\/th>\n\n

The Center for Cell-Free Bioscience and Engineering and the Center for Proteomedical Research were merged and reorganized to form the Center for Proteoscience.
The Advanced High Pressure Science Research Center was established.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

April 1, 2014<\/th>\n The Venture Business Laboratory was abolished and the Applied Protein Research Facility was established.
The Paper Industry Innovation Center was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2015<\/th>\n The Applied Protein Research Facility and the Integrated Science Research Support Center were reorganized to form the Academic Support Center.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2016<\/th>\nFaculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation was established.
Research Center for Chemical Pollution and Coastal Environments was established.
The Ehime University Charter<\/a> was revised.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 1, 2016<\/th>\n The Regional Collaboration Center Saijo was established.
The Regional Human Resource Development Support Office was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 31, 2017<\/th>\n The United Graduate School of Law (Shikoku Law School) (Professional Degree Program) of Kagawa University, Kagawa University and Ehime University has been abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2018<\/th>\n The Human Rights Center was established.
The Regional Human Resource Development Support Office was renamed the Regional Human Resource Development and Recurrent Education Support Office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2019<\/th>\n The Office of Regional Human Resource Development and Recurrent Education Support was renamed the Center for Regional Professional Human Resource Development and Recurrent Education Support.
The Center for Regional Development Research was renamed the Center for Regional Co-creation Research.
Research Center for Shikoku Pilgrimage and World Pilgrimage was established.
Center for the Study of Haiku and Calligraphy Culture was established.
Research Center for Ancient Iron Cultures of East Asia was renamed Research Center for Ancient Industrial Archaeology of Asia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 1, 2019<\/th>\n The SDGs Promotion Office was established.
The Regional Collaboration Center Nanyo was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2020<\/th>\n The Data Science Center was established.
The Graduate School of Law and Letters was reorganized and the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 1, 2020<\/th>\n The Center for Environmental and Energy Engineering affiliated with the Faculty of Engineering was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 1, 2021<\/th>\n Regional Collaboration Center Chuyo was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 31, 2021<\/th>\n The Comprehensive Center for Educational Practice attached to the Faculty of Education was abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2021<\/th>\n Center for Science Education and Research, Faculty of Education was established.
Center for Inclusive Education attached to the Faculty of Education was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 30, 2021<\/th>\n Center for Experimental and Practical Education was abolished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 1, 2021<\/th>\n Hadakamugi Development Research Center attached to the Graduate School of Agricultural Science was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 1, 2021<\/th>\n The DX Promotion Office was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2022<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Integrated Medical and Agricultural School of Public Health was established.
Joint Research Center for Proteome Interactome Analysis was established.
Strategy Office established.
The Office of Human Resource Development for Next Generation Science was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 1, 2022<\/th>\n The Strategic Headquarters for Research Environment Management was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2023<\/th>\n The Graduate School of Regional Resilience Studies was established.
The Carbon Neutrality Promotion Office was established.
The Office of Safety and Health Management was established.
The Center for Women’s Future Development was reorganized as the Gender Equity Center.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1, 2024<\/th>\nThe High School-University Collaboration and Connection Promotion Office, the Next Generation Science Human Resource Development Office, and the Center for Teaching and Learning were integrated and reorganized to establish the Next Generation Human Resource Development Center.
The Preparatory Office for the establishment of the Town & Gown Office was established.
The Future Value Creation Organization was established.
The Organization for the Promotion of Advanced Research and Academia was reorganized and the Organization for the Promotion of Research and Industry-Academia Collaboration was established.
The Academic Planning Office and the Social Collaboration Planning Office were merged to form the Research and Industry-Academia Collaboration Strategy Office.
The Center for the Promotion of University-Industry Collaboration was renamed the Headquarters for the Promotion of University-Industry Collaboration.
The Intellectual Property Center was renamed the Intellectual Property Division.
The Organization for the Promotion of Social Collaboration was reorganized and the Organization for the Promotion of Regional Collaboration was established.
The Regional Cooperative Planning Office was established.
The Office for Educational Planning And Research, the Center for International Education, and the Asia-Africa Center were abolished due to the introduction of a field system.
The Digital Information Human Resource Development Organization was established.
The Digital Information Human Resource Development and Reskilling Center was established.
The Digital Information Human Resource Development Planning Office was established.
With the introduction of the unit system, the Center for Common Education, the Center for English Language Education, the Admissions Center, and the Student Support Center were abolished.
The Institute for Advanced Research was established.
The Innovation Creation Institute was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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The university was incorporated and became a national university corporation, Ehime University (2004).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Establishment<\/a>
Establishment of Faculty of Social Co-creation (2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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\r\n Ehime University’s 50th History, 60th ANNIVERSARY<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Fifty Years of History of Ehime University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 50th Anniversary of Ehime University was commemorated with the publication of “Fifty Years of History of Ehime University”. It consists of three parts: General History, Departmental History, and Documents, and covers the 50-year history of Ehime University from 1949 to the present (1999).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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