History
April 1971 | The University opened with three faculties: Economics, Law and Letters. |
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April 1975 | The Graduate Schools of Economics, Law and Letters were established. |
April 1976 | The Faculties of Business Administration andEducation were established. The Distance Learning Division was established with two faculties: Economics and Law. The Institute of Japanese Language was established. |
April 1977 | Doctoral programs in the Graduate Schools of Economics, Law and Letters were established. |
April 1982 | The Faculty of Education was established within the Distance Learning Division. |
April 1985 | Soka Women’s College was established. |
April 1986 | The Master’s degree program in Education was established in the Graduate School of Letters. |
April 1988 | The Department of Humanities was established in the Faculty of Letters. |
April 1989 | The doctoral program in Education was established in the Graduate School of Letters. |
April 1990 | The Departments of Japanese Language and Literature and Foreign Languages (Chinese and Russian) were established in the Faculty of Letters. |
April 1991 | The Faculty of Engineering (Departments of Information Systems Science and Bioengineering) was established. |
April 1992 | The Master’s degree program in Humanities was established in the Graduate School of Letters. |
April 1994 | The doctoral program in Humanities was established in the Graduate School of Letters. |
April 1995 | Master’s degree programs in Information Systems Science and Bioengineering were established in the Graduate School of Engineering. |
April 1997 | Doctoral programs in Information Systems Science and Bioengineering were established in the Graduate School of Engineering. |
April 2004 | Soka Law School was established. Department names in Soka Women’s College were changed to the Department of Contemporary Business Management and Department of English Communication. |
April 2007 | The Faculty of Letters was reorganized into 1 department and 7 specializations under the Department of Humanities. |
April 2008 | The Graduate School of Teacher Education was established. |
April 2009 | The Master’s degree program in International Language Education was established in the Graduate School of Letters. |
April 2013 | The Faculty of Nursing was established. |
April 2014 | The Faculty of International Liberal Arts was established. |
April 2015 | The Faculty of Engineering became the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering for Sustainable Innovation opened. |