Timeline University Guide
Timeline
| 1912 | Sep. | Nagoya Training School of Electricity established |
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| Dec. | Nagoya Private College of Electricity established | |
| 1954 | Apr. | Nagoya Junior College of Electrical Engineering established |
| 1959 | Jan. | Nagoya Institute of Electricity established |
| Apr. | Electrical Engineering department established | |
| 1960 | Apr. |
The Nagoya Institute of Electricity officially renamed the Aichi Institute of Technology Electronics Engineering and Applied Chemistry departments established |
| 1962 | Apr. | Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Management Engineering departments established |
| 1963 | Apr. | Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments established in the Faculty of Engineering II |
| 1964 | Dec. | Relocation of the university to its current location in Yakusa begins |
| 1965 | Apr. | Civil Engineering Department established in the Faculty of Engineering I |
| Jul. | The Nagoya Junior College of Electrical Engineering is officially renamed the Junior College of the Aichi Institute of Technology | |
| 1966 | Apr. | Master's Course in Engineering established at the AIT graduate school Majors offered in Electrical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| 1968 | Apr. | Architecture Department established in the Faculty of Engineering I |
| 1971 | Jan. | University President Koji Goto travels to China for talks with Chou En Lai in the first stages of Ping-Pong Diplomacy |
| 1972 | Feb. | Environment Engineering Research Institute established |
| 1973 | Apr. | Master's Course in Civil Engineering established at the graduate school Major offered in Industrial and Management Engineering |
| 1974 | Mar. | Relocation of the university to Yakusa completed |
| Jul. | University library completed | |
| 1976 | Apr. | Architectural Engineering Department established in the Faculty of Engineering I Master's programs in Mechanical Engineering and Architecture established at the graduate school |
| 1977 | Jan. | Kotokukan gymnasium and lecture hall completed |
| Jul. | Exchange program set up with Mexico University | |
| Nov. | Information Technology Center completed | |
| 1978 | Aug. | Junior College of the Aichi Institute of Technology abolished |
| 1980 | Dec. | Sister university ties established with Southeast University in Nanjing, China |
| 1981 | Oct. | International Exchange Center created |
| 1983 | Mar. | Aiwa Kaikan (Convention Hall) completed |
| 1985 | Apr. | Front entrance constructed |
| 1987 | Jul. | Exchange program set up with the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico |
| 1988 | Feb. | CRAY X-MP / 14se (the first supercomputer at a Japanese university) installed at the Information Technology Center |
| Apr. | Information Network Engineering Department established in the Faculty of Engineering I | |
| 1992 | Apr. | Two doctoral programs established in the Graduate School of Engineering: Electricity and Materials Engineering and Production and Construction Engineering Five master's programs in the Graduate School of Engineering restructured into four: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Production System Engineering, and Construction System Engineering Industrial and Management Engineering course abolished |
| Jun. | Environment Engineering Research Institute abolished (absorbed into the Research Institute for Industrial Technology) | |
| Nov. | AIT Research Institute for Industrial Technology established | |
| 1996 | Mar. | General Education Center (Building No. 10) completed |
| 1998 | Apr. | Regular daytime and evening courses established in the nine departments of the Faculty of Engineering I Students no longer accepted into the Faculty of Engineering II Computer Education Center completed Seismic Resistance Experiment Center completed |
| 2000 | Apr. | Faculty of Management and Information Science established (restructured Industrial and Management Engineering Department) Department of Management Information, Department of Marketing Information established |
| Jul. | Extension Center completed | |
| 2001 | Apr. | AIT Plaza completed |
| May | Student Challenge Project begun | |
| Jul. | Academic partnership agreement established with Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University in France | |
| 2002 | Jul. | Academic exchange agreement established with the University of Kentucky |
| 2003 | Apr. | Building No. 12 completed Internship Support Center established Mirai Kobo established |
| Nov. | Academic exchange agreement established with Chiang Mai University, Thailand | |
| 2004 | Apr. | Departments are restructured into faculties containing departments and courses Four departments are set up in the Faculty of Engineering, each with their own courses: the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Electrical Engineering Course, Electronics Course, Information Network Engineering Course) , the Department of Applied Chemistry (Applied Chemistry Course) , the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering Course, Intelligent Mechanical Engineering Course) , and the Department of Urban Environment (Civil Engineering Course, Architecture Course, Environmental Engineering Course) Two departments are set up in the Faculty of Management and Information Science, each with their own courses: the Department of Applied Information Science (Management Systems Course, Software Science Course) , and Department of Marketing and Information Systems (Marketing and Information Systems Course) |
| 2005 | Apr. | The Graduate School of Business Administration and Information Science is established, with both a master's and doctoral program in Business Administration and Computer Science Motoyama Campus opens in Nagoya Regional Disaster Prevention Research Center established Building No. 13 (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Business Management Major) completed AIT holds the Expo University and a variety of other events at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi (through September) |
| 2006 | Apr. | Graduate of School of Engineering Master's Course renamed from the Production System Engineering Course to the Mechanical Engineering Course |
| 2007 | Apr. | Students no longer accepted to evening courses Eco-electric Power Research Center established |
| 2009 | Apr. | Faculties, departments and majors restructured to create three faculties and seven departments with a total of 14 majors Faculty of Engineering set up with five majors: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Electrical Engineering Major, Electronics and Information Network Major) , Department of Applied Chemistry (Applied Chemistry Major, Biomaterials and Environmental Chemistry Major) , Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering Major, Mechanical Creative Design Major) , Department of Urban Environment major (Civil Engineering Major) , and Department of Architecture (Architecture Major, Architectural Design Major) Faculty of Business Administration set up with a Department of Business Administration and three majors (Management and Information Systems Major, Business Management Major, Sports Management Major) Faculty of Information Science set up with a Department of Information Science and two majors (Computer System Major, Media Information Major) |
| Jun. | AIT screens the film Raise the Castle! to commemorate its 50th anniversary | |
| Nov. | 50th anniversary commemorative ceremony | |
| 2010 | Apr. | Jiyugaoka Campus opens in Nagoya |
| Sep. | New Building No. 1 completed | |
| 2014 | Feb. | Film AFO screened to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Nagoya Electrical Educational Foundation |
| 2015 | Mar. | New Building No. 2 completed |
| Apr. | Department of Urban Environment in the Faculty of Engineering is renamed the Department of Civil Engineering. | |
| 2016 | May | Central Terrace completed |
| 2017 | Oct. | Laboratory of Biotechnology and Environmental Chemistry completed |
| 2018 | Sep. | Jiyugaoka Campus Annex completed |
| 2020 | Apr. | Completion of renewal of AIWA HALL |