| April
1923 |
Konishi
Professional School of Photography
was founded (in today's Shibuya
Ward, Tokyo). |
| March
1926 |
The
school was renamed Tokyo Professional
School of Photography. |
| April
1944 |
The
school was renamed Tokyo Professional
School of Photographic Industry. |
| April
1950 |
The
school was reorganized as the
Tokyo Junior College of Photography
under the new educational system
of Japan, and moved to Nakano
Ward, Tokyo. It consisted of the
Department of Photography and
Department of Photographic Engineering
(renamed the Department of Applied
Photography in 1967). |
| March
1962 |
The
Department of Photographic Printing
(renamed the Department of Image
Information Engineering in 1976)
was established. |
| April
1966 |
The
Tokyo College of Photography Faculty
of Engineering was founded (consisting
of the Department of Photographic
Engineering and the Department
of Printing Engineering) in Atsugi,
Kanagawa.
Tokyo Junior College of Photography
was renamed the Tokyo College
of Photography Junior College
Division. |
| April
1973 |
The
Department of Applied Chemistry
was added to the Faculty of Engineering. |
| April
1974 |
The
Department of Architecture was
added to the Faculty of Engineering. |
| April
1976 |
The
Department of Electronic Engineering
was added to the Faculty of Engineering.
The Department of Printing Engineering
was renamed the Department of
Image Information Engineering. |
| April
1977 |
The
Tokyo College of Photography was
renamed the Tokyo Polytechnic
University, and its Junior College
Division became the Tokyo Polytechnic
University, Junior College Division. |
| April
1978 |
The
Graduate School of Engineering
was established, offering master's
degrees in Image Science and Technology
and Industrial Chemistry. |
| April
1982 |
Tokyo
Kougei Women's Junior College
(Secretarial Course) was established
in Atsugi, Kanagawa. |
| April
1990 |
The
Graduate School of Engineering
was expanded to offer master's
degrees in Architecture and Electronics
Engineering. |
| April
1993 |
The
Department of Photographic Engineering
was reorganized as the Department
of Photo-Optical Engineering. |
| April
1994 |
The
Faculty of Arts was founded. It
was comprised of a Department
of Photography, Department of
Imaging Art, and Department of
Design, and utilized both the
Nakano and Atsugi Campuses.
The Graduate School of Engineering
was expanded, offering Ph.D.s
in Industrial Chemistry and Electronic
Engineering. |
| April
1997 |
The
Graduate School of Engineering
was expanded, offering master's
degree in Photo-Optical Engineering. |
| August
1997 |
Tokyo
Polytechnic University, Junior
College Division was dismantled. |
| April
1998 |
The
Graduate School of Arts was established,
offering a master's degree in
Media Art, at the Nakano Campus.
A special course on Photographic
Art was offered at the Nakano
Campus. |
| April
1999 |
The
Department of Industrial Chemistry
was renamed the Department of
Applied Chemistry. |
| April
2000 |
The
Graduate School of Arts was expanded,
offering a Ph.D. in Media Art
at the Nakano Campus.
The Department of Electronic Engineering
was renamed the Department of
Electronics and Computer Engineering. |
| April
2001 |
The
Graduate School of Engineering
began offering a Ph.D. in Architecture.
The Department of Media Art wasadded
to the Faculty of Arts.
The Women's Junior College Division
Secretarial Course was renamed
the Department of Business Information. |
| April
2002 |
The
Department of Photo-Optical Engineering
was renamed the Department of
Photonic Information and Media
Engineering.
The Graduate School of Engineering
began offering a Ph.D. in Media
Engineering. |
| April
2003 |
The
Department of Animation was added
to the Faculty of Arts.
The Visual CommunicationCourse
and the Human Product Course was
set up in the Department of Design |
| April
2004 |
The
Faculty of Engineering wasreorganaized. |
| July
2005 |
Tokyo
Kougei Women's Junior College
was dismantled. |
| April
2007 |
The
Department of Manga was added
to the Faculty of Arts.
The Animation Course and the Game
Course was set up in the Department
of Animation. |
| April
2008 |
The master's degree
in Photo-Optical Engineering and
Image Science and Technology of
the Graduate School of Engineering
were reorganized as the master's
degree in Media Engineering.
The Department
of Electronic Engineering of the
Graduate School of Engineering
was renamed the Department of
Electronics and Information Technology. |
| April
2009 |
The
Department of Nanochemistry was
renamed the Department of Life
Science and Sustainable Chemistry. |
| April
2010 |
The
Department of Architecture was
renamed the Department of Architecture
and Wind Engineering.
The Department of System Electronics
and Information Technology was
renamed the Department of Electronics
and Mechatronics.
The Department of Game was added
to the Faculty of Arts.
The Digital Communication Course
was set up in the Department of
Design.
The Department of Media Art was
renamed the Department of Interactive
Media. |
