History | About Tezukayama University

What follows is the history of Tezukayama University, from its foundation and development to the big leap it is about to take into the future.

1964	Tezukayama University founded, with a single Department of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Liberal Arts.	Tezukayama University founded in 1964.
1982	Tezukayama Archaeological Research Institute founded (from 1997 reorganized as Research Institute Archeology).
1988	Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics founded.
1991	Graduate School of Economics (Master’s Program) founded.
1993	Research Institute for Economics and Business founded. Arts and Culture Research Institute, Tezukayama Educational Institution founded (from 2000 reorganized as Arts and Culture Research Institute of Tezukayama University, and from 2006 reorganized as Institute of Comprehensive Nara Cultural Studies of Tezukayama University) Human Environmental Science Research Institute, Tezukayama Educational Institution founded (from 2000 reorganized as Human Environmental Science Research Institute of Tezukayama University).
1993	Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics founded. Graduate School of Economics (Doctoral Program) established.
1996	Graduate School of Humanities (Master's Program) established.
1998	Department of Law and Policy, Faculty of Law and Policy established.
2000	Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Administration founded. Graduate School of Humanities (Doctral Program) established.
1999	Tezukayama University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts reorganized as Faculty of Humanities and founded with a Department of Japanese Culture. Department of English Language and Culture and Department of Human Culture founded.
2001	Graduate School of Law and Policy (Master’s Program) established.
2003	Graduate School of Law and Policy (Doctoral Program) established.
2004	Department of Psychology, Department of Family and Consumer Welfare, Department of Food and Nutrition, and Department of Living Space Design established; Faculty of Psychology and Welfare founded. Faculty of Contemporary Human Life Science founded. Museum of Tezukayama University founded.	Collection stored in the Museum of Tezukayama University
2005	Tezukayama University Mental Care Center founded.
2006	Department of Business Law and Department of Public Policy, Faculty of Law and Policy founded. Tezukayama University founds training program for National Registered Dietitian qualification in Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Contemporary Human Life Science. Graduate School of Clinical and Social Psychology (Master’s Program) established.
2009	Department of Child Studies, Faculty of Contemporary Human Life Science founded.	This department was founded with the objective of fostering students with the commitment to support the growth and development of children and with the motivation to become teachers at elementary schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools.
2010	Tezukayama University’s Faculty of Law and Policy is reorganized as Faculty of Law with a single Department of Law.
2011	Faculty of Psychology and Welfare is reorganized as Faculty of Psychological Sciences.
2012	Graduate School of Clinical and Social Psychology (Master’s Course) is reorganized as Graduate School of Psychological Sciences (Master’s and Doctoral Courses).
2014	Faculty of Humanities changes name to Faculty of Letters. Department of English Communication of Faculty of Humanities is reorganized as Department of Culture and Creativity of Faculty of Letters.

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Rating and Accreditation of Tezukayama University

Rating and Accreditation by Japan University Accreditation Association

In April 2003, Tezukayama University was admitted to the Japan University Accreditation Association as a regular member, having met the university standards stipulated by the association. The university was again rated and accredited by the association in 2007 and 2014. The current period of accreditation lasts for seven years from April 2015 to March 2022.