January 1964

Establishment of the Tohoku Institute of Technology authorized.

April 1964

The Tohoku Institute of Technology inaugurated.
Faculty of Engineering comprising Departments of Electronics and Communication
Engineering established.

April 1966

Department of Architecture established.

April 1967

Departments of Civil Engineering and Industrial Design established.

July 1968

April 1982

Information Technology Education Center established.

April 1985

Informatics Laboratory established.

April 1990

Futatsusawa Campus founded.

April 1992

Master’s programs for the Graduate School of Engineering
(Graduate Schools of Communication Engineering, Architecture, and Civil Engineering) established.

April 1993

Master’s program for the Graduate School of Electronics established.

April 1994

Doctoral programs for the Graduate Schools of Communication Engineering and Architecture established.

April 1995

Doctoral programs for the Graduate Schools of Electronics and Civil Engineering established.

June 1997

April 2000

Master’s program for the Graduate School of Industrial Design established.

April 2001

Department of Environment and Energy established.

April 2002

April 2003

Japanese names of Departments of Civil Engineering and Industrial Design changed. Doctoral program for the Graduate School of Environmental Information Engineering established.

October 2003

April 2004

Department of Communication Engineering renamed Department of Information and Communication Engineering.

April 2005

New Technology Creation Hatchery Center, e-Learning Center, and Information Center established.

April 2007

Department of Electronics was renamed Department of Electronics and Intelligent Systems.

April 2008

Faculty of Engineering reorganized as Faculties of Engineering and Life Design.
Departments of Creative Design, Life Design for Safety and Amenity, Management and Communication established.
Kasumicho and Futatsusawa Campuses renamed Yagiyama and Nagamachi Campuses, respectively.

March 2011

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami occurred.

April 2011

Department of Civil Engineering renamed Department of Civil Engineering and Management.

April 2012

Department of Environmental Information Engineering renamed Department of Environment and Energy. Master’s program for the Graduate School of Industrial Design established.

June 2014

50th anniversary of the establishment of the Tohoku Institute of Technology.

April 2017

Department of Electronics and Intelligent Systems renamed Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

April 2020

Faculty of Architecture established.
Department of Applied Chemistry and Environment established.
Department of Creative Design renamed Department of Industrial Design. Department of Life Design for Safety and Amenity renamed Department of Design for Social System and Living Environment.