Chronology of Kyorin University

1953	Dr. Shinyu Matsuda opened the Mitaka Shinkawa Hospital, the origin of the university.
1966	Kyorin Junior College founded. (predecessor of the Faculty of Health Sciences)
1970	Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine and Kyorin University Hospital established.
1972	Higher Education of Nursing founded. (now called the Nursing School, affiliated with the Facutly of Medicine)
1976	Graduate School of Medicine established.
1979	Faculty of Health Sciences established (Department of Medical Technology, Department of Health Sciences).
1984	Faculty of Social Sciences and the Graduate School of Health Sciences established.
1988	Faculty of Foreign Studies established (Department of British and American Studies, Department of Chinese, Department of Japanese).
1993	Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies established.
1994	Department of Nursing created in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
2001	Department of Foreign Languages created in the Faculty of Foreign Studies.
2004	Course of International Medical Cooperation created in the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies.
2006	Department of Clinical Engineering created in the Faculty of Health Sciences; Department of Business Administration created in the Faculty of Social Sciences; Departments of English, East Asian Languages, and Applied Languages created in the Faculty of Foreign Studies.
2007	Department of Health Studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences is renamed Department of Health and Welfare. Department of Paramedics is added to the Faculty of Health Sciences.
2008	Department of East-Asian Languages is renamed The Department of Chinese-Japanese Languages. Master's Program of Nursing is founded in the Graduate School of Health Sciences.
2009	Department of Physical Therapy is added to the Faculty of Health Sciences. The International Language Communication Program is opened in the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies.
2010	Department of Hospitality and Tourism is added to the Faculty of Foreign Studies. Doctoral Program of Nursing is added to the Graduate School of Health Sciences.
2011	Department of Occupational Therapy is added to the Faculty of Health Sciences.
2012	Nursing major and Nursing and School Nursing major established in the Department of Nursing (Faculty of Health Sciences).
2013	Department of Medical Radiological Technology created in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
2016	Inokashira Campus opened in Mitaka City.
2018	Department of Clinical Psychology is added to the Faculty of Health Sciences.
2020	The Nursing School, affiliated with the Facutly of Medicine has closed
2024	Kyorin University Suginami Hospital established.