University Overview

History

1956.04: Opened Shimonoseki Commercial Junior College
1962.04: Opened Shimonoseki City University Faculty of Economics Department of Economics
1975.04: Increase enrollment capacity to 200
1978.04: Establishing a teaching course
1983.04: Department of International Commerce additional enrollment capacity: 100
Established a teaching course in the same department (discontinued from students enrolled in 2022)
1988.04: Increase the number of students enrolled in Department of International Commerce to 200
Start accepting international students
1989.10: Signed an exchange agreement with China and the Qingdao University
1990.01: Concluded an exchange agreement with South Korea/Dong-eui University
1990.04: Established the Research Institute for Industrial and Culture (repeated in April 2008)
1992.04: Increased enrollment capacity to 250 students in each department (temporary)
1992.10: Established Health Counseling Room (name changed to Consultation and Support Center in May 2020)
1994.11: Concluded an exchange agreement with Australia/Griffith University
1997.05: Concluded an exchange agreement with the University of Queensland, Australia (resolved the agreement in April 2019)
2000.04: Established graduate school Graduate School of Economics
Established a teaching course at the Graduate School (abolished from students enrolled in 2021).
2000.04: The number of students enrolled in each department has been reduced to 245 (temporary)
2001.04: Establishment of transfer capacity (10 students in each department)
The number of students enrolled in each department has been reduced to 240 (temporary)
2002.04: Reduced the number of students enrolled in each department to 235 (temporary)
2003.03: Concluded the Shimonoseki Four University Solidarity Exchange Agreement
2003.04: Reduced the number of students enrolled in each department to 230 (temporary)
2003.10: Signed an exchange agreement with China and the Peking University
2004.04: The number of students enrolled in each department has been reduced to 225.
2004.11: Concluded an exchange agreement with Los Medanos College in the United States
2004.11: Contra Costa Community College Education Concluded an exchange agreement with local governments
2006.05: Joined the University Consortium Yamaguchi (currently the University League Yamaguchi)
2007.04: Established a public university corporation Shimonoseki City University
2007.04: Establishment of International Exchange Center
2008.03: Concluded an academic exchange agreement with Kagoshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Concluded an agreement on high school cooperation with Shimonoseki Commercial High School
2008.04: Established the Affiliated Regional Co-creation Center (name changed to Urban Mirai Creation Strategic Organization in April 2021)
2008.12: Joined the University Consortium
2009.06: Concluded an exchange agreement with Turkey and Boğaziçi University
2010.05: Concluded an exchange agreement with South Korea/Mokpo National University
2011.04: Department of Public Management's enrollment capacity is 60, and a teaching course is set up in the same department.
The number of students enrolled in Department of Economics and Department of International Commerce has been reduced to 195.
2012.07: Concluded an exchange agreement with Taiwan and National United University
2014.07: Signed an exchange agreement with Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Germany
2014.11: Joined the University IR Consortium
2015.06: Concluded an exchange agreement with Canada/Algoma University (the agreement was dissolved in March 2024)
2015.08: Concluded an exchange agreement with Taiwan and Ming Chuan University
2017.04: Concluded an exchange agreement with Australia/Griffith University
2019.03: Concluded an exchange agreement with South Korea/Busan University of Foreign Studies
2019.05: Signed an exchange agreement with Deer Broo Valley College in the United States
2019.05: Concluded an exchange agreement with Contra Costa College in the United States
2020.04: Establishment of Recurrent Education Center
2020.05: Establishment of Consultation and Support Center
2021.04: Establishment of Special Needs Education Vocational Course
2021.04: Established Urban Mirai Creation Strategic Organization (released in March 2024)
2022.01: Concluded an exchange agreement with South Korea/Woosong University
2022.03: Concluded an agreement on high-school cooperation with Shimonoseki Secondary School in Yamaguchi Prefecture
2022.10: ㈱Concluded an agreement with Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc., Data Cubic Co., Ltd., and YMFG ZONE Planning Co., Ltd. on comprehensive cooperation for human resource development in the region.
2023.01: Concluded a cooperative 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 cooperation agreement with Shimonoseki City Board of Education
2024.02: Concluded a comprehensive agreement with San Francisco State University in the United States
2024.04: Opened Faculty of Data Science Department of Data Science (capacity: 80 students) and started teaching courses in the department.
The number of students enrolled in Department of Economics and Department of International Commerce has been reduced to 155.
2024.04: Establishment of Research Organization (URA room, Organization for Advanced Regional Research)
2024.04: Concluded a comprehensive agreement with the University of Bordeaux Montigne, France