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History of School of Engineering

May 1881.26:
Tokyo Vocational School was founded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture at Kuramae.
March 1890.24:
Tokyo Vocational School was renamed Tokyo Technical School.
May 1901.10:
Tokyo Technical School was renamed Tokyo Higher Technical School.
April 1929.1:
The status of Tokyo Technical School was raised to that of a degree-conferiing University as Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku(Tokyo Institute of Technology).
May 1949.31:
The National School Establishment Law was enacted.Tokyo Institute of Technology was reorganized under thereformed education system and three-year course was expanded to four-year course.The Faculty of Engineering was established.
April 1953.1:
The Graduate School of Engineering was established.
April 1954.1:
The Research Laboratory of Building Materials(established in 1934.), Reasearch Laboratory of Resources Utilization(established in 1939.), Reasearch Laboratory of Ceramic Industry(established in 1943.), Reasearch Laboratory of
Electronics(established in 1944.) and Reasearch Laboratory of Fuel Science(established in 1944.) were integrated into four research laboratories; Research Laboratory of Building Materials, Reasearch Laboratory of Resources Utilization, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory and Research Laboratpry of Ceramic Industry.
July 1955.1:
The Faculty of Engineering was renamed the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
April 1956.1:
The Graduate School of Engineering renamedthe Graduate School of Science and Engineering.
June 1967.1:
The Faculty of Engineering was divided into the Faculty Science and the Faculty Engineering. The Technical High School
April 1975.1:
Interdiciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering was established at Nagatsuta Campus.
June 1990.19:
The Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology was established at Nagatsuta Campus.
April 1992.1:
The Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology was established at Nagatsuta Campus.
April 1994.1:
The Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering was established.
April 1996.1:
The Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology was established.
May 1996.11:
The Research Laboratory of Engineering Materials was renamed the Materials and Structures Laboratory.
April 2004.1:
Tokyo Institute of Technology was reestablished as an independent administrative
institution and was named "National University Coporation Tokyo Institute of Technology"
April 2005.1:
The Graduate School of Innovation Management was established.

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