1882 |
Tokyo College established. |
1902 |
Renamed Waseda University. |
1908 |
Science and Engineering Department established, along with Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Divisions. |
1909 |
Mining and Architecture Divisions established. |
1916 |
Applied Chemistry Division established. |
1920 |
Becomes a university under the New University Act; Science and Engineering Department renamed the School of Science and Engineering;
Graduate School established. |
1938 |
Applied Metallurgy Department established in the School of Science and Engineering; Casting Research Center established. |
1939 |
Special Engineering Division established. |
1940 |
Science and Engineering School Research Laboratory established. |
1942 |
Electrical Communications Department established in the School of Science and Engineering. |
1943 |
Industrial Management Department and Civil Engineering Department established in the School of Science and Engineering; Science and Engineering School Research Laboratory reorganized as Science and Engineering Research Laboratory. |
1949 |
Waseda University established under new educational system; eleven departments created in the First School of Science and Engineering: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mining, Architecture, Applied Chemistry, Metallurgy, Electrical and Communications Engineering, Industrial Management, Civil Engineering, Applied Physics, and Mathematics. Established in the Second School of Science and Engineering are the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, and Civil Engineering. |
1951 |
Graduate School Master’s Degree Programs established at Waseda University under the new educational system; Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, and Applied Chemistry established as departments in the Graduate Schools of Engineering. |
1953 |
Doctoral Degree Programs established in the Graduate School. |
1954 |
Applied Physics Department established in the Graduate School of Engineering. |
1961 |
Graduate School of Engineering renamed the Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Mathematics Department established; Mining Department in the First School of Science and Engineering renamed Resource Engineering Department. |
1965 |
Physics Department established in the First School of Science and Engineering. |
1967 |
Campus relocated to the Okubo Campus. |
1968 |
Second School abolished; the First School of Science and Engineering renamed the School of Science and Engineering. |
1972 |
Electrical and Communications Engineering Department renamed Electronics and Communications Engineering Department. |
1973 |
Chemistry Department established in the School of Science and Engineering; Applied Physics Department renamed Physics and Applied Physics Department in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. |
1979 |
Environment Preservation Center established. |
1987 |
Metallurgy Department renamed Materials Engineering Department. |
1988 |
Casting Research Center renamed Kagami Memorial Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology; in the Graduate School, Mining and Metallurgy Department renamed Mineral Resources Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Department. |
1990 |
Chemistry Department established in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. |
1991 |
Computer and Information Science Department established in the School of Science and Engineering. |
1993 |
Science and Engineering Research Laboratory reorganized as Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering. |
1995 |
Electronics, Information and Communications Engineering Department and Computer and Information Science Department established in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Mathematics Department renamed Mathematical Sciences Department. |
1996 |
Electrical Engineering Department renamed Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department; Industrial Management Department renamed Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department. |
1997 |
Electrical and Communications Engineering Department renamed Electronics, Information and Communications Engineering Department. |
1998 |
In the School of Science and Engineering: Resource Engineering Department renamed Resources and Environmental Engineering Department; Materials Engineering Department renamed Materials Science and Engineering Department; Mathematics Department renamed Mathematical Sciences Department. |
2001 |
In the Graduate School of Science and Engineering: Mineral Resources Engineering Specialization renamed Earth Sciences, Resources and Environmental Engineering Specialization; Integrative Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering Department established. |
2003 |
In the School of Science and Engineering:
Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering Department, Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineering Department, and Information and Computer Science Department merged and reorganized to form Electrical Engineering and Bioscience Department and Computer Science Department; Civil Engineering Department renamed Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
In the Graduate School of Science and Engineering: Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Specialization in Mechanical Engineering Department reorganized as Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department; Architecture Specialization in Architecture and Civil Engineering Department reorganized as Architecture Department; Electrical Engineering Department, Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineering Department, and Information and Computer Science Department merged and reorganized to form Electrical Engineering and Bioscience Department and Computer Science Department. Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering Department established. |
2004 |
Center for English Language Education in Science and Engineering established. |
2005 |
Environment and Energy Engineering Department established in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. |
2006 |
Kagami Memorial Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology and Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering merged and reorganized to form the Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering. |
2007 |
System of three undergraduate schools and three graduate schools adopted; Environment and Energy Engineering Department became the independent Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering. |
2008 |
100th anniversary of the founding of the School of Science and Engineering;
Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences established. |
2009 |
Campus name changed to Nishi-Waseda Campus. Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Graduate School of Information Production and Systems, and Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering incorporated into the Faculty of Science and Engineering. |
2010 |
Electronic and Photonic Systems Department established in the Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering; Business Design & Management Department established in the Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering; three joint departments established in the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering: Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Advanced Health Science, and Nuclear Energy. |
International program start. |
2014 |
“The Waseda Goes Global Plan” was adopted as a top level initiative of the Top Global University Project by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Waseda University has established seven model units under the plan, and three of these are in science and engineering fields. |
2016 |
Global Center for Science and Engineering established. |
2018 |
The English-based Undergraduate Program was re-organized into seven Majors; Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, and Bioscience. |
2019 |
Department of Materials Science established in the Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering. |