History

1965 April Kyoto Sangyo University established; including the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Science
1967 April Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Foreign Studies established
1969 January Department of Applied Mathematics established within the Faculty of Science
April Graduate School Division of Economics and Division of Science (Mathematics and Physics Courses) established, offering master’s programs
1970 April Department of Law established within the Faculty of Law
1971 March Department of Applied Mathematics (Faculty of Science) name changed to Department of Computer Science
April Department of Foreign Languages established within the Faculty of Foreign Studies
Doctoral programs established in the Graduate School Division of Economics and Division of Science
1972 April Master’s program established in the Graduate School Division of Law
1974 April Doctoral program established in the Graduate School Division of Law
September Department of Law (Faculty of Law) abolished
1977 April Master’s program established in the Graduate School Division of Foreign Languages (Chinese and Linguistics Courses)
Sumire Kindergarten belonging to Kyoto Sangyo University established
1989 April Faculty of Engineering established
1993 April Master’s program established in the Graduate School Division of Engineering (Information Communication Engineering and Biotechnology Courses)
1995 April Doctoral program established in the Graduate School Division of Engineering
2000 April Faculty of Cultural Studies established
2003 April Department of Mathematics and Department of Physics (Faculty of Science) names changed respectively to Department of Mathematical Science and Department of Physical Science
2004 April Law School established
Doctoral program established in Graduate School Division of Management
2005 April Master’s program established in Graduate School Division of Foreign Languages (English Course)
2007 April Department of Social Management and Department of Accounting and Finance established within the Faculty of Business Administration
Graduate School Division of Economics (Correspondence Education Course) established
Kyoto Sangyo University Junior & Senior High School established
2008 April Faculty of Computer Science Engineering established
Department of International Relations established within the Faculty of Foreign Studies
September Professor Toshihide Masukawa Received the Nobel Prize in Physics
2009 April Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Law and Policy established within the Faculty of Law
Corporate Communications Course established in Graduate School Division of Management
2010 April Faculty of Life Sciences established
2011 April Master’s program established in Graduate School Division of Frontier Informatics (Frontier Informatics Course)
2012 April Musubi-waza Hall established (at Mibu Campus in Kyoto)
Junior & Senior High School moved to Mibu Campus
2013 April Doctoral program established in the Graduate School Division of Law(Interdisciplinary Studies in Law and Policy Course)
Doctoral program established in the Graduate School Division of Frontier Informatics(Frontier Informatics Course)
Plant Organellar Genome Research Center established
Institute for Criminal Justice established
2014 April Reorganized the Faculty of Foreign Studies'Department of English, Department of German, Department of French, Department of Chinese, Department of Linguistics and Department of International Relations into the Department of English, Department of European Languages, Department of Asian Languages, and Department of International Relations

Established the Graduate School Master's Program in the Division of Life Sciences (Life Sciences Course)
2015 April Added the Department of Kyoto Studies to the Faculty of Cultural Studies
Established the Graduate School’s Doctoral Program in the Division of Law (Interdisciplinary Studies in Law and Policy Course)
November Held a 50th anniversary commemorative ceremony
2016 April Added the Department of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Sciences to the Faculty of Science
Established the Graduate School Doctoral Program in the Division of Life Sciences (Life Sciences Course)
Established the Institute for Protein Dynamics
Established the Educational Support Center for People with Disabilities
Established the Center for Comprehensive Law Education.
2017 April Established the Faculty of Sociology
Established the Diversity Promotion Office
2018 April Established the Faculty of Information Science and Engineering
2019 April Reorganized the Faculty of Business Administration' Department of Management
Established the Faculty of International Relations
Established the Faculty of Life Sciences
Graduate School Division of Kyoto Studies (Correspondence Education Course) established