Ochanomizu University
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History

In 1875, Tokyo Women's Normal School, Japan's first institute of higher education for women and the predecessor of Ochanomizu University, was founded. The school was reorganized with two divisions, Division of Liberal Arts and Division of Science in 1897, and it changed the name to Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School in 1908.

On reform of the educational system after World War II, the school was reestablished as Ochanomizu University with two faculties, Facaulty of Letters and Faculty of Science and Home Economics in 1949. In the following year, the university divided the Faculty of Science and Home Economics into Faculty of Science and Faculty of Home Economics (current Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences), and extends up to the present.

The Faculty of Science has started with four departments, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. It opened Department of Information Sciences in 1990, and consists of five departments at present.

In order to support further research and development, the university also established the Graduate School of Humanities and Science (master's program and doctral program) for interdisciplinary research covering from liberal arts to science.

Chlonological Table

1875Tokyo Women's Normal School opens.
1897Division of Science is established.
1908School is renamed Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School.
1949Ochanomizu University (Faculty of Letters and Faculty of Science and Home Economics) is established.
1950Faculties are reorganized to Faculty of Letters and Education, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Home Economics.
Faculty of Science starts with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
1964Master's research course in science is established (master's program).
1967Science Building 1 is completed.
Computer Center (current Information, Media and Education Square) is established.
1970Marine Laboratory (current Marine and Costal Research Center) and Radioisotope Laboratory (current Radioisotope Research Center) are established.
1972Low Temperature Laboratory is established.
1976Graduate School of Humanities and Science (doctoral program) is established.
1977Science Building 2 is completed.
1990Department of Information Sciences is established.
1994Science Building 3 is completed.
1997Master's research courses in humanities, science, and home economics are reorganized into the Graduate School of Humanities and Science (master's program with 6 divisions).
2003Glycoscience Institute, Life-World Watch Center and Center for Soft Matter Physics are established.
2005Science & Education Center is established.
2008Center for Informational Biology is established.
2009Institute of Experimental Animal is established.
2011Center for Simulation Sciences is established.