About Tsurumi University

Chronology


1953 Tsurumi Women’s College (Japanese Literature) founded.
1954 Librarian Program introduced.
1957 Early Childhood Education Program established in Tsurumi Women’s College.
1962 Early Childhood Education Department and Health Department established in Tsurumi Women’s College.
1963 Tsurumi Women’s University (4 year programs) founded with Departments of Japanese Literature and English Literature.
1970 School of Dentistry (6 year program) established in Tsurumi Women’s University.
1971 Tsurumi Women’s College renamed Tsurumi Women’s University Junior College.
1973 Tsurumi Women’s University renamed Tsurumi University as School of Dentistry became coeducational.
Tsurumi Women’s University Junior College renamed Tsurumi University Women’s Junior College.
1977 Graduate School Doctorate Program in Dental Medicine at Tsurumi University established.
1986 MOU signed between School of Dentistry and The Metropolitan Medical School Oral Medicine Institute of China.
1987 MOU between Tsurumi University and Dankook University in Korea.
1988 Health Department at Tsurumi University Women’s Junior College renamed Department of Dental Hygiene.
1989 M.A. programs established in Tsurumi University Graduate School of Literature.
1994 Ph.D. program in Japanese Literature established in Tsurumi University Graduate School of Literature
1995 Postgraduate Program of Early Childhood Education established in Tsurumi University Women’s Junior College.
The Institute of Buddhist Culture at Tsurumi University founded.
1996 MOU between School of Dentistry and University of Melbourne School of Dentistry.
1997 Ph.D. program in English Literature established in Tsurumi University Graduate School of Literature.
1998 Tsurumi University School of Literature becomes coeducational.
Department of Cultural Heritage established in Tsurumi University School of Literature.
1999 MOU between School of Dentistry and Thammasat University Department of Dentistry.
Tsurumi University Women’s Junior College renamed Tsurumi University Junior College (Departments of Japanese Literature and Early Childhood Education become coeducational).
2000 MOU between School of Dentistry and Queen Mary-Westfield School of Dentistry at University of London.
MOU between School of Dentistry and University of Peradeniya Department of Dentistry in Sri Lanka.
2002 MOU between Tsurumi University and Texas A&M System Health Science Center
M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Cultural Heritage established in Tsurumi University Graduate School of Literature.
Department of English Literature renamed Department of English and American Language and Literature at Tsurumi University School of Literature.
2003 Introduction of three year program in Department of Dental Hygiene at Tsurumi University Junior College.
Post-graduate Program of Welfare established in Tsurumi University Junior College.
2004 Documentation Department established in School of Literature at Tsurumi University.
MOU between School of Dentistry and School of Dentistry at University of Bern, Switzerland.
2007 MOU between Tsurumi University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korea.
2008 MOU between Tsurumi University and University of Regina, Canada.