University Overview

History

1956.04: Opened Shimonoseki Commercial Junior College
1962.04: Shimonoseki City University Opened Department of Economics Faculty of Economics Capacity of 100 students
1975.04: Increased enrollment capacity to 200 students
1978.04: Set up a teaching course
1983.04: Department of International Commerce expansion capacity: 100
Establishment of a teaching course in the same department (abolished from 2022 students)
1988.04: Increase the admission capacity of Department of International Commerce to 200 students
Start of accepting international students
1989.10: Concluded Exchange Agreement with China/Qingdao University
1990.01: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Korea/Dong-eui University
1990.04: Established the Research Institute for Industrial Culture (abolished in April 2008)
1992.04: Increased admission capacity to 250 students in each department (temporary)
1992.10: Establishment of a health counseling room (name changed to Consultation and Support Center in May 2020)
1994.11: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Australia/Griffith University
1997.05: Signed an exchange agreement with the University of Queensland, Australia (withdrawal of the April 2019 agreement)
2000.04: Establishment of Graduate Graduate School of Economics
Establishment of a teaching course in the Graduate School (abolished from 2021 students)
2000.04: The number of students enrolled in each department was reduced to 245 (temporary)
2001.04: Establishment of transfer capacity (10 students in each department)
The number of students enrolled in each department was reduced to 240 (temporary)
2002.04: The number of students enrolled in each department was reduced to 235 (temporary)
2003.03: Signed a Solidarity Exchange Agreement for Shimonoseki Four Universities
2003.04: The number of students enrolled in each department was reduced to 230 (temporary)
2003.10: Concluded Exchange Agreement with China/Peking University
2004.04: The number of students enrolled in each department is reduced to 225.
2004.11: Exchange Agreement with Los Medanos College, USA
2004.11: Conclusion of Exchange Agreement with Contra-Costa Community College Education Municipality
2006.05: Joined the University Consortium Yamaguchi (currently the University League Yamaguchi)
2007.04: Establishment of Shimonoseki City University
2007.04: Established International Exchange Center
2008.03: Concluded academic exchange agreement with the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kagoshima University
Signed an agreement with Shimonoseki Commercial High School on High School Cooperation
2008.04: Established an affiliated regional co-creation center (renamed to the Urban Mirai Creation Strategic Organization in April 2021)
2008.12: Joined the University Consortium
2009.06: Signed Exchange Agreement with Turkey/Boğaziçi University
2010.05: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Korea/Mokpo National University
2011.04: Department of Public Management expansion capacity is 60 students, teaching courses are set up in the same department.
Admission to Department of Economics and Department of International Commerce was reduced to 195 students
2012.07: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Taiwan/National United University
2014.07: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Germany/Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society
2014.11: Joined the University IR Consortium
2015.06: Concluded an exchange agreement with Algoma University and Canada (the agreement was dissolved in March 2024)
2015.08: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Taiwan/Ming Chuan University
2017.04: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Australia/Griffith University
2019.03: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Korea/Busan University of Foreign Studies
2019.05: Exchange Agreement with Deer Blow Valley College, USA
2019.05: Conclusion of Exchange Agreement with Contra Costa College
2020.04: Established Recurrent Education Center
2020.05: Established Consultation and Support Center
2021.04: Established Special Needs Education Vocational Course
2021.04: Established Urban Mirai Creation Strategy Organization (Abolished in March 2024)
2022.01: Concluded Exchange Agreement with Korea/Woosong University
2022.03: Signed an agreement with Yamaguchi Prefectural Shimonoseki Secondary School on High School Cooperation
2022.10: Concluded an agreement with Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc., Data Cubic Co., Ltd., and YMFG ZONE Planning Co., Ltd. on comprehensive cooperation related to 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 cooperation agreement with Shimonoseki City Board of Education
2024.02: Comprehensive Agreement with San Francisco State University, United States
2024.04: Opened Department of Data Science Faculty of Data Science (capacity of 80 students) and established a teaching course in the same department.
Admission to Department of Economics and Department of International Commerce was reduced to 155 students
2024.04: Established Research Organization (URA room, Organization for Advanced Regional Research)
2024.04: Signed a comprehensive agreement with France, Bordeaux and Montaigne University
2025.04: Opened Department of Nursing Faculty of Nursing (capacity of 80 students) and established public health nurse courses and teaching courses in the same department.