History
Year | Month | Event |
1858 | May. | Practitioners Trained in Dutch (European) mediclne in Edo (Tokyo) laid out money and established at Kanda Mitamagaike Vaccination station called the Shutojyo (vaccination center). |
Nov. | The Shutojyo burned by a fire which emerged from Kanda Aioicyo, continued its operation at other sites such as a residence of Ito Genboku. | |
1859 | Sep. | The Shutojyo was moved to and reconstructed at Shitaya lzumibashi Dohri. |
1860 | Oct. | The Shutojyo became an official medical institution of the Shogunate Government. |
1861 | Oct. | The Shutojyo was renamed as Seiyo Igaku-syo (Institute of Western Medicine) and offered courses of Western medicine in the fields of education, autopsy, and vaccination. |
1863 | Feb. | The Seiyo Igaku-syo was renamed as Igaku-syo (Institute of Medicine). |
1868 | Jul. | The Igaku-syo, affiliated with the Military hospital which was moved from Yokohama to Todo residence in Shitaya, was renamed as Daibyoin (the Great Hospital) . |
1869 | Feb. | The Daibyoin renamed as Igakko-ken-byoin (Medical School and Hospital). |
Dec. | Igakko-ken-byoin was renamed as Daigaku-Higashiko (University East Building). | |
1871 | Jul. | Ministry of Education was established and Daigaku-Higashiko was renamed as Higashiko (East Building). |
1872 | Aug. | School System was established, renaming Higashiko as Daiichi-daigaku-ku-Igakko (The 1st University District Medical School) |
1874 | May. | Daiichi-daigaku-ku-Igakko was renamed as Tokyo-Igakko (Tokyo Medical School). |
1876 | Nov. | Tokyo-Igakko was moved to Hongo. |
1877 | Apr. | Tokyo-Igakko, affiliated with Tokyo-Kaisei School, renamed as The University of Tokyo. Tokyo Medical School was renamed as The University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine. |
1886 | Mar. | The University of Tokyo was renamed as Imperial University, and University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine renamed as Imperial University Medical college. Graduate School was established. |
1897 | Jun. | The Imperial University was renamed as Tokyo Imperial University. |
1917 | Aug | Eiraku Hospital affiliated with Ministry of Education Medical Practice License Examination, moved to Tokyo Imperial University and renamed as Koishikawa hospital affiliated to Tokyo Imperial University Medical College. |
1919 | Apr. | Faculty system was established renaming Medical College as Faculty of Medicine. |
1931 | Feb. | The first building of the Faculty of Medicine was constructed. |
1936 | Jan. | Brain research office donated by Mr. Horikoshi Hisasaburo. |
Nov. | The second building of the Faculty of Medicine (main building) was constructed. | |
1947 | Oct. | Tokyo Imperial University renamed as The University of Tokyo. |
1950 | Apr. | Institute of Nursing renamed as University Nursing School. |
1953 | Apr. | School of Health Care and Nursing founded. |
Jul. | Graduate School of the new system founded, Division of Biological
Science Dr. Med. Science course installed. Brain research office established as Brain Research Institute of Faculty of Medicine. |
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1956 | Apr. | Midwives School established. |
1958 | Apr. | Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences became independent Faculty. |
May. | Celebrated centennial of The University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine. | |
1961 | Mar. | Medical Library was built in memorial of the centenary. |
Apr. | Institute of Medical Electronics established. | |
1965 | Apr. | Research Institute of Logopedics and Poniatrics was established. School of Health Care and Nursing reorganized as the School of Health Sciences. Graduate School of The University of Tokyo Reorganized and Division of Biological Science Dr. Med. Science course became Medical Science Division. Health Science Course was established in Medical Science Division. |
1966 | Sep. | The third building of Faculty of Medicine was constructed. |
1971 | Apr. | Laboratory for Animal Experiments was established. |
1973 | Mar. | Animal Center for Biomedical Research was constructed. |
1983 | Jan. | Annex of the third building of the Faculty of Medicine was constructed. |
1985 | Sep. | Medical and International Academic Affairs established. |
1987 | Apr. | Graduate School specialized course was changed to major. |
1992 | Apr. | School of Health Sciences became The School of Health Science and
Nursing. School of International Health was established in Medical Science Division. |
Jul. | Radiation Research Institute was established. | |
1995 | Apr. | As the result of the shift to the chair system of the Graduate School of Medicine, four divisions were abolished, Third Basic Medicine, Social Medicine. Third Clinical Medicine and Fourth Clinical Medicine. Instead, four divisions were established, Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, Social Medicine, Reproductive, Developmental and Aging Science and Surgery. |
1996 | Apr. | As the result of the shift to the chair system of the Graduate School of Medicine, three divisions were abolished, First Clinical Medicine, Health Science and International Health. Instead, three divisions were established, Internal Medicine, Health Science and Nursing and International Health. |
1997 | Apr. | As the result of the shift to the chair system of the Graduate School of
Medicine, three divisions were abolished, First Basic Medicine, Second Basic
Medicine and Second Clinical Medicine. Instead, four divisions were
established, Molecular Cell Biology, Functional Biology, Radiology and
Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience. As the result of above mentioned reorganization, three institutes were abolished, Institute of Brain Research, Institute of Medical Electronics and Institute of Logopedics and Phoniatrics. |
1999 | Apr. |
Master Course of Medical Science was established in Graduate School of
Medicine. This course accepts graduates of all faculties except those from Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine. |
2000 | Apr. | The International Research Center for Medical Education was
established. (The shared facility for education and research) |
2001 | Apr. | University Branch Hospital was united to University Hospital. |
2002 | Mar. | Nursing School and Midwives School was closed. Experimental Building (First Stage) was constructed. |
2003 | Apr. | Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine was established. |
2004 | Apr. | All the National Universities owned by the Japanese Government becameNational University Corporations, and the University of Tokyo was renamed the University of Tokyo National University Corporation. |
2005 | Mar. | Experimental Building (Second Stage) was constructed. |
2007 | Apr. | The School of Public Health was establishrd. Thes school offers programs for Master public Health. |
2008 | May. | The University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine and the University of Tokyo Hospital celebrated their 150th anniversary. |
2010 | Apr. | The School of Health Science and Nursing became the School of Integrated Health Sciences. |
2011 | Jan. | The Museum of Health and Medicine was established. |
2013 | Apr. | The International Research Center for Medical Education became a facility of the Graduate School of Medicine. |
2013 | Oct. | The Life Sciences Core Facility was established. |
2015 | Apr. | The Office for Clinical Practice and Medical Education was established. |
2017 | Apr. | The Global Nursing Research Center was established. |
2021 | Apr. | The Center for Diversity in Medical Education and Research was established. |