University Overview

History of History

1956.04: Opened Shimonoseki Commercial Junior College
1962.04: Shimonoseki City University Opened Faculty of Economics Department of Economics
1975.04: Increased the number of admissions to 200
1978.04: Establishment of teaching profession
1983.04: Department of International Commerce additional enrollment capacity: 100
A teaching course was established in the same department (discontinued from students enrolled in 2022).
1988.04: Increased the number of admissions to Department of International Commerce to 200
Start accepting foreign students
1989.10: Concluded an exchange agreement with China/Qingdao University
1990.01: Concluded an exchange agreement with Dong-eui University
1990.04: Established the Research Institute for Industrial Culture (discontinued in April 2008)
1992.04: Increased the number of admissions to 250 in each department (temporary)
1992.10: Established Health Consultation Office (named to Consultation and Support Center in May 2020)
1994.11: Concluded an exchange agreement with Griffith University
1997.05: Concluded an exchange agreement with the University of Queensland, Australia (the agreement was resolved in April 2019)
2000.04: Graduate School of Graduate School of Economics
A teaching course has been established at the Graduate School (abolished from students enrolled in FY2021).
2000.04: Reduced the number of admissions in each department to 245 (temporary)
2001.04: Establishment of transfer capacity (10 students in each department)
Reduced the number of admissions in each department to 240 (temporary)
2002.04: Reduced the number of admissions in each department to 235 (temporary)
2003.03: Concluded a joint exchange agreement between Shimonoseki and four universities
2003.04: Reduced the number of admissions in each department to 230 (temporary)
2003.10: Concluded an exchange agreement with China/Peking University
2004.04: Reduced the number of admissions in each department to 225.
2004.11: Concluded an exchange agreement with Ross Medanos College in the United States
2004.11: Concluded exchange agreements with local governments for education in the U.S.
2006.05: Joined the University Consortium Yamaguchi (now the University League Yamaguchi)
2007.04: Established Shimonoseki City University, a public university
2007.04: International Exchange Center
2008.03: Concluded an academic exchange agreement with Kagoshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kagoshima University
Concluded an agreement with Shimonoseki Commercial High School regarding high-school cooperation
2008.04: Established the Regional Co-creation Center (renamed to the Urban Mirai Creation Strategy Organization in April 2021)
2008.12: Joined the University Consortium
2009.06: Concluded an exchange agreement with Turkey/Boğaziçi University
2010.05: Concluded an exchange agreement with Mokpo National University
2011.04: The number of students enrolled in Department of Public Management, established a teaching course in the department.
Reduced the number of students enrolled in Department of Economics and Department of International Commerce to 195
2012.07: Concluded an exchange agreement with Taiwan/National United University
2014.07: Concluded an exchange agreement with Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society in Germany
2014.11: Joined the University IR Consortium
2015.06: Concluded an exchange agreement with Algoma University, Canada (the agreement was resolved in March 2024).
2015.08: Concluded an exchange agreement with Taiwan/Ming Chuan University
2017.04: Concluded an exchange agreement with Griffith University
2019.03: Concluded an exchange agreement with Busan University of Foreign Studies
2019.05: Concluded an exchange agreement with Deer Brow Valley College in the United States
2019.05: Concluded an exchange agreement with Contra Costa College in the United States
2020.04: Recurrent Education Center
2020.05: Consultation and Support Center
2021.04: Special Needs Education Vocational Course
2021.04: Establishment of Urban Mirai Creation Strategy Organization (discontinued in March 2024)
2022.01: Concluded an exchange agreement with Woosong University
2022.03: Concluded an agreement with Shimonoseki Secondary School of Yamaguchi Prefectural Shimonoseki Secondary School
2022.10: ㈱Concluded an agreement with Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc., Data Cubic Co., Ltd. and YMFG ZONE Planning Co., Ltd. regarding comprehensive cooperation on regional human resource development
2023.01: Concluded cooperation agreement with Naruto University of Education
2023.02: Concluded an agreement on comprehensive cooperation with Shimonoseki Chamber of Commerce
2023.12: Concluded an exchange agreement with Hansin University in Korea
2024.01: Concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement with Shimonoseki City Board of Education
2024.02: Concluded a comprehensive agreement with San Francisco State University in the United States
2024.04: Established Faculty of Data Science Department of Data Science (capacity: 80 students) and established teaching programs in the same department.
Reduced the number of students enrolled in Department of Economics and Department of International Commerce to 155
2024.04: Research Organization (URA room, Organization for Advanced Regional Research)
2024.04: Concluded a comprehensive agreement with the French University of Bordeaux Monteneue