Updated on Monday, April 3, 2023

2019April School name changed to Kyoto University of Advanced Sciences
Masafumi Maeda becomes President
Kyoto Ohata Campus West Wing opens
2020February Kyoto Ohata Campus South Wing completed
International Student Dormitory Ohata A completed
2020April Faculty of Engineering (Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering) opened.
Graduate School of Engineering (Mechanical and Electrical Systems Engineering) opened
Five faculties and 11 departments
2021April Merged with Kyoto Kougaku Gakuen Educational Corporation
Kyoto Gakuen Junior & Senior High School changed its name to Kyoto Institute of Science Junior & Senior High School
Kyoto Gakuen Kindergarten and Nursery School under the umbrella of Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation changed its name to Midori-no-oka Kindergarten and Nursery School attached to Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology
2022April Graduate School of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Business School opened.
2023March Open Innovation Center Kameoka opens.

1969April Kyoto Gakuen University opens Faculty of Economics (Department of Economics and Business Administration)
Fumichichi Ohata becomes the first president of the university.
1973October Minoru Nakatani becomes the second president
1981October Competing Tasugi becomes the 3rd President
1987March Takeshi Mizuno becomes the 4th President
1989April Faculty of Law (Department of Law) established.
1990March Keiichi Kiuchi becomes the 5th President
1991April Faculty of Business Administration (Department of Business Administration) established.
Faculty of Economics (Department of Business Administration) reorganized.
1992April Institute of Business Science established
1994April Graduate School of Law (Master of Business Law) established
1995April Graduate School of Economics (Master’s Program in Regional Policy) and Graduate School of Business Administration (Master’s Program in Business Administration) established.
1996March Isao Denda becomes the 6th President
1999April Faculty of Humanities (Department of Human Relations and Cultural Communication) established
July Business Science Research Institute renamed Research Institute
2001June Psychology and Education Counseling Office (Katsura Center) established.
2002March Toru Kaihara becomes the 7th President.
April Faculty of Business Administration (Department of Business Planning) opened.
Graduate School of Humanities (Master’s Course in Humanities) established.
2004April Department of Culture and Communication Studies in the Faculty of Humanities is renamed the Department of Media and Culture Studies.
2006April Faculty of Bio-Environment (Department of Bioscience and Bio-Environment Design) is established.
Susumu Hatano becomes the 8th President
July Liaison Center established
2008April Reorganized the Departments of Human Relations and Media Culture in the Faculty of Humanities,
Department of Psychology, Department of Media and Society, and Department of History, Folklore, and Japanese Language and Culture were established.
2009April Department of International Human Communication is established in the Faculty of Humanities.
June 40th anniversary commemorative forum held
2010April Graduate School of Bio-Environmental Studies (Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Bio-Environmental Studies) opened
Graduate School of Economics (Master’s Course in Economics) renamed as the Department of Economics.
Takao Uchiyama appointed as the 9th President
2015April Kyoto Ohata Campus opened
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Department of Economics, Department of Business Administration), Faculty of Health and Medical Care (Department of Nursing, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Health and Sports), Faculty of Humanities (Department of Psychology, Department of History and Culture), Faculty of Bio-Environment (Department of Food and Agriculture) opened
Soichi Shinohara becomes the 10th president of the university
2015September Location of university headquarters changed to 18, Sannouchi Gotanda-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto

Renewal date: Monday, April 3, 2023