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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