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January 1964 |
Establishment of the Tohoku Institute of Technology authorized. |
April 1964 |
The Tohoku Institute of Technology inaugurated. |
April 1966 |
Department of Architecture established. |
April 1967 |
Departments of Civil Engineering and Industrial Design established. |
July 1968 |
Data Processing Center established. |
April 1982 |
Information Technology Education Center established. |
April 1985 |
Informatics Laboratory established. |
April 1990 |
Futatsusawa Campus founded. |
April 1992 |
Master’s programs for the Graduate School of Engineering |
April 1993 |
Master’s program for the Graduate School of Electronics established. |
April 1994 |
Doctoral programs for the Graduate Schools of Communication Engineering and Architecture established. |
April 1995 |
Doctoral programs for the Graduate Schools of Electronics and Civil Engineering established. |
June 1997 |
High-Tech Research Center established. |
April 2000 |
Master’s program for the Graduate School of Industrial Design established. |
April 2001 |
Department of Environment and Energy established. |
April 2002 |
Doctoral program for the Graduate School of Industrial Design established. |
April 2003 |
Japanese names of Departments of Civil Engineering and Industrial Design changed. Doctoral program for the Graduate School of Environmental Information Engineering established. |
October 2003 |
Satellite Campus “Ichibancho Lobby” founded. |
April 2004 |
Department of Communication Engineering renamed Department of Information and Communication Engineering. |
April 2005 |
New Technology Creation Hatchery Center, e-Learning Center, and Information Center established. |
April 2007 |
Department of Electronics was renamed Department of Electronics and Intelligent Systems. |
April 2008 |
Faculty of Engineering reorganized as Faculties of Engineering and Life Design. |
March 2011 |
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami occurred. |
April 2011 |
Department of Civil Engineering renamed Department of Civil Engineering and Management. |
April 2012 |
Department of Environmental Information Engineering renamed Department of Environment and Energy. Master’s program for the Graduate School of Industrial Design established. |
June 2014 |
50th anniversary of the establishment of the Tohoku Institute of Technology. |
April 2017 |
Department of Electronics and Intelligent Systems renamed Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. |
April 2020 |
Faculty of Architecture established. |