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History

April 1, 1961 Hiroshima Technical Junior College (Department of Electronics) opens
April 1, 1962 Hiroshima Technical Junior College adds the Department of Electrical Science
April 1, 1963 Hiroshima Institute of Technology (HIT) establishes the Faculty of Engineering (Department of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering)
April 1, 1964 HIT establishes the Department of Mechanical Engineering
March 31, 1965 Hiroshima Technical Junior College is abolished
April 1, 1965 HIT establishes the Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Architectural Engineering
April 1, 1966 HIT establishes the Department of Industrial Engineering
April 1, 1989 HIT establishes graduate school
Graduate School of Engineering  Major in Electronics (Master's Program)
Major in Mechanical Systems Engineering (Master's Program)
Major in Civil Engineering (Master's Program)
April 1, 1993 HIT establishes the Faculty of Environmental Studies (Department of Environmental Design)
April 1, 1996 HIT establishes Doctoral Program in the Graduate School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering
Major in Intelligent Structure and Functional Science (Doctoral Program)
April 1, 1997 HIT establishes the Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Major in Local Environmental Science (Master's Program)
HIT renames the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Civil Engineering to the Department of Construction Engineering
April 1, 1999 HIT establishes the Department of Environmental Informatics in the Faculty of Environmental Studies
March 31, 2000 HIT abolishes the Department of Architectural Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering
April 1, 2000 HIT reorganizes the four departments within the Faculty of Engineering into five (see below)
Old Departmental Structure
  • Department of Electronics
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Industrial Engineering
New Departmental Structure
  • Department of Electronics and Optical Systems Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Digital Systems Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
  • Department of Intelligent Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Intelligent Information Systems Engineering
April 1, 2004 HIT establishes Master's Program in the Graduate School of Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
Major in Information Systems Engineering (Master's Program)
March 31, 2005 HIT abolishes the Department of Electronics and Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering
March 31, 2006 HIT abolishes the Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Industrial Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering
April 1, 2006 HIT reorganizes itself from having eight departments in two faculties (Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Studies) to having twelve departments in three faculties (Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Information Science, Faculty of Environmental Studies)
Old Faculty/Departmental Structure
  • Faculty of Engineering
    • Department of Electronics and Optical Systems Engineering
    • Department of Electrical and Digital Systems Engineering
    • Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
    • Department of Intelligent Mechanical Engineering
    • Department of Construction Engineering
    • Department of Intelligent Information Systems Engineering
  • Faculty of Environmental Studies
    • Department of Environmental Design
    • Department of Environmental Informatics
New Faculty/Departmental Structure
  • Faculty of Engineering
    • Department of Electronics and Optical Systems Engineering
    • Department of Electrical and Digital Systems Engineering
    • Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
    • Department of Intelligent Mechanical Engineering
    • Department of Urban Construction Engineering
    • Department of Architectural Engineering
  • Faculty of Applied Information Science
    • Department of Computer Science
    • Department of Information Systems and Management
    • Department of Health Informatics
  • Faculty of Environmental Studies
    • Department of Environmental Design
    • Department of Local Environment Studies
    • Department of Global Environment Studies
HIT renames the Graduate School of Engineering's Major in Civil Engineering to Major in Civil and Architectural Engineering
April 1, 2007 HIT renames the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Electronics and Optical Systems Engineering to the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering
April 1, 2008 HIT merges the Graduate School of Engineering and Graduate School of Environmental Studies to establish the Graduate School of Science and Technology
Old Graduate School Structure
  • Graduate School of Engineering　Doctoral Program
    • Major in Intelligent Structure and Functional Science (Master's Program)
    • Major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Major in Mechanical Systems Engineering
    • Major in Civil and Architectural Engineering
    • Major in Information Systems Engineering
  • Graduate School of Environmental Studies　Master's Program
    • Major in Local Environmental Science
New Graduate School Structure
  • Graduate School of Science and Technology　Doctoral Program
    • Major in Intelligent Structure and Functional Science (Master's Program)
    • Major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Major in Mechanical Systems Engineering
    • Major in Civil and Architectural Engineering
    • Major in Information Systems Science
    • Major in Environmental Studies
March 31, 2009 HIT abolishes the Graduate School of Engineering's Major in Intelligent Structure and Functional Science, Major in Mechanical Systems Engineering, Major in Civil and Architectural Engineering, Major in Information Systems Engineering and the Graduate School of Environmental Studies
March 31, 2010 HIT abolishes the Graduate School of Engineering
April 1, 2010 HIT stops accepting applications for the Faculty of Environmental Studies' Department of Local Environment Studies
HIT renames the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Electrical and Digital Systems Engineering to the Department of Electrical Systems Engineering, and Department of Urban Construction Engineering to the Department of Urban Design and Civil Engineering
May 28, 2011 HIT abolishes the Department of Construction Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering
March 31, 2012 HIT abolishes the Department of Environmental Informatics in the Faculty of Environmental Studies
April 1, 2012 HIT restructures the Faculty of Applied Information Science's Department of Health Informatics into the Faculty of Life Sciences (Department of Clinical Engineering, Department of Food Sciences and Biotechnology)
March 31, 2013 HIT abolishes the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Intelligent Information Systems Engineering
May 24, 2014 HIT abolishes the Faculty of Environmental Studies' Department of Local Environment Studies
March 31, 2016 HIT abolishes the Faculty of Applied Information Science's Department of Health Informatics
April 1, 2016 HIT establishes the Major in Biological and Biomedical (Master's Program) in the Graduate School of Science and Technology
HIT restructures the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Urban Design into the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Environmental Studies' Department of Environmental Design into the Department of Architectural Design
April 1, 2020 HIT restructures the Faculty of Applied Information Science's Department of Information Systems and Management into the Department of Information and Communication
March 31,2021 HIT abolishes the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Urban Design Engineering