The University of Toyama is an university integrated by 3 national universities; Toyama University (founded in 1949), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University (founded in 1975) and Takaoka National College (founded in 1983) were integrated by the government in October 2005. This integrated university holds 9 schools, 8 graduate schools, University Laboratory, University Hospital, University Library as well as other educational and research facilities, such as Center for International Education and Research.
Prehistory
| 1875 | Niikawa Prefectural Normal School was founded (The predecessor of the Faculty of Education) |
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| 1893 | Kyoritsu Toyama Prefectural School (private) was founded (The predecessor of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science) |
| 1923 | Toyama High School (prefectural) was founded (The predecessor of the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Science) |
| 1924 | Takaoka Commercial High School was founded (The predecessor of the Faculty of Economics) |
| 1944 | Toyama Technical Vocational School was founded (The predecessor of the Faculty of Engineering) |
Before integration and reorganization
Toyama University
| 1949 | Toyama University was established under the National School Establishment Law (The Faculty of Literature and Science, The Faculty of Education, The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, The Faculty of Engineering) |
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| 1953 | The Faculty of Economics was established (Independence from the Faculty of Literature and Science) |
| 1963 | The Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences was established |
| 1965 | Radioisotope Laboratory was established |
| 1967 | The Graduate School of Engineering was established |
| 1974 | The Institute of Natural Medicine was established |
| 1975 | The Center for Health Care and Human Sciences was established |
| 1977 | The Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Science were established (The Faculty of Literature and Science was reorganized) |
| 1978 | The Graduate School of Science was established |
| 1981 | Center for Nature Study and Training was established |
| 1986 | The Graduate School of Humanities was established |
| 1987 | The Center for Cooperative Research was established |
| 1991 | The Graduate School of Economics was established |
| 1994 | The Graduate School of Education was established |
| 1996 | The Center for Education and Research of Lifelong Learning was established |
| 1998 | The Graduate School of Engineering was reorganized and renamed the Graduate School of Science and Engineering (The Graduate School of Science was closed) |
| 1999 | The International Student Center was established The Hydrogen Isotope Research Center was established Water Quality Management Center was established |
| 2000 | The Center for Instrumental Analysis was established |
| 2001 | The Center for Far Eastern Studies was established Venture Business Laboratory was established |
| 2003 | The Information Technology Center was established Research Center for Low Temperature Quantum Science was established |
| 2004 | All National Universities transformed into National University Corporations, and Toyama University was incorporated under the National University Corporation Law |
Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University
| 1975 | Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University was founded The Faculty of Medicine was established |
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| 1976 | The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences was established (Transfer from Toyama University) |
| 1978 | The Institute of Natural Medicine was established (Transfer from Toyama University) The Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science was established Radio-Isotope Research Center was established |
| 1979 | The University Hospital was established |
| 1981 | The Laboratory Animal Center was established |
| 1982 | The Graduate School of Medicine was established |
| 1983 | Health Administration Center was established |
| 1984 | The Scientific Instrument Center was established |
| 1995 | The Molecular Genetics Research Center was established |
| 1997 | The name of the Graduate School of Medicine was changed to the Graduate School of Medical Science |
| 2002 | The Life Science Research Center was established (The Laboratory Animal Center, the Molecular Genetics Research Center and the Radio-Isotope Research Center was reorganized) |
| 2004 | All National Universities transformed into National University Corporations, and Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University was incorporated under the National University Corporation Law |
| 2005 | The Life Science Research Center was established (The Life Sciences Research Center and the Scientific Instrument Center were reorganized) |
Takaoka National College
| 1983 | Takaoka National College was founded (Department of Industrial Arts, Department of Industrial Information Science) |
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| 1986 | The college Extension Center was established |
| 1988 | The Advanced Course of Regional Industry (one-year, one-subject) was established |
| 1995 | The Advanced Courses were reorganized, and were changed to two-years and three-subjects |
| 2000 | The department was reorganized with three departments. The Department of Industrial Arts and Crafts, the Department of Industrial Design and the Department of Regional Business Management were established |
| 2001 | The Center for Health Care and Human Sciences was established |
| 2004 | All National Universities transformed into National University Corporations, and Takaoka National College was incorporated under the National University Corporation Law |
After integration and reorganization
University of Toyama
| 2005 | Toyama University, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University and Takaoka National College were integrated and reorganized, and the new university corporation was renamed University of Toyama Faculty of Art and Design was established Faculty of Human Development was established (Faculty of Education was reorganized) Institute of Natural Medicine was established (The Institute of Natural Medicine was reorganized) Student Support Center, Career Support Center, Admission Center, Community Medical Support Center, Art & Culture Support Center was established |
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| 2006 | Graduate School of Innovative Life Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science for Education, and Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Education were established (Graduate School of Medicine Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Graduate School of Science and Engineering were integrated and reorganized) |
| 2007 | Intellectual Property Office was established |
| 2008 | Organization for Promotion of Regional Collaboration was established (Center for Cooperative Research, Center for Education and Research of Life long Learning, Venture Business Laboratory, Community Medical Support Center, Art & Culture Support Center, and Intellectual Property Office were integrated and reorganized) |
| 2009 | Clinical Ethics Center was established |
| 2010 | Takaoka College of Arts, Design and Regional Business was closed Center for Basic Research and Development in Natural Sciences was established (Center for Instrumental Analysis, Radioisotope Laboratory, and Research Center for Low Temperature Quantum Science were integrated and reorganized) Center for Support of University Education was established |
| 2011 | Graduate School of Art and Design was established Graduate School of Human Development was established (Graduate School of Education was reorganized) |
| 2012 | Clinical Ethics Center was reorganized and renamed Clinical Research and Ethics Center |
| 2013 | Center for International Education and Research was established (The International Student Center was reorganized) |
| 2014 | Center for Environmental Conservation and Research Safety was estabIished (Water Quality Management Center was reorganized) |
| 2015 | Organization for Education and Student Support was established (Student Support Center, Career Support Center, Admission Center, and Center for Support of University Education were reorganized), Organization for Promotion of Research was established (Hydrogen Isotope Research Center, Center for Research and Development in Natural Sciences, Center for Far Eastern Studies, and Life Science Research Center were reorganized) |
| 2016 | Institute of Liberal Arts and Science was established Graduate School of Teacher Training Development was established Center for Clinical Research was established (Center for Clinical Research and Clinical Research and Ethics Center were integrated and reorganized) |
| 2018 | Faculty of Sustainable Design was established Organization for International Education and Exchange was established (Center for International Education and Research was reorganized) |
| 2019 | Faculty and education Organization was separated A nationwide project for university Mathematical and Data Science Education Program was adopted |
| 2020 | Research Center for Cultural Property Conservation and New Creative Technologies was established Research Center for Idling Brain Science was established Center for Advanced Aluminum Materials Research and International Collaboration was established Research Center for Pre-Disease Science was established Center for Diversity and Inclusion was established |
| 2021 | Institute of Light Metals was established |
| 2022 | School of Education was established (School of Human Development was reorganized) Graduate School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences was established (Graduate School of Humanities, Graduate School of Human Development, Graduate School of Economics, and Graduate School of Art and Design were integrated and reorganized) Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences was established (Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences was reorganized) Graduate School of Science and Engineering was established (Graduate School of Science and Engineering was reorganized) Graduate School of Sustainability Studies was established Graduate School of Pharma-Medical Sciences was established Center for Advanced Antibody Drug Development was established |
| 2023 | Global Research Centre for Advanced Sustainability Science was established (Center for Far Eastern Studies was reorganized) |