School of Science is established.

Six departments comprising 11 courses are formed: [Mathematics] Mathematics I (later Mathematics II and Geometry), Mathematics II (later Mathematics III, Mathematical Analysis and Function Equation), [Physics] Physics I (later Physics II and Solid-State Physics II), Physics II (later Physics IV and Mathematical Physics I), [Chemistry] Chemistry I (later Physical Chemistry), Chemistry II (later Analytic Chemistry), Chemistry III (later Biochemistry), [Geology and Mineralogy] Geology and Mineralogy I (later Lithology), Geology and Mineralogy II (later Stratigraphy), [Botany (later Biology)] Botany I (later Plant Physiology), [Zoology (later Biology)] Zoology I (later Zoology II and Zoomorphology).

Akkeshi Marine Biological Station is established as an attached facility.

The following courses are reorganized and added: Physics I (later Solid-State Physics I) and Physics III (later Solid-State Physics III) in Department of Physics, Chemistry (later Chemistry IV and Organic Chemistry I) in Department of Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy III (later Science of Ore Deposits) in Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Botany II (later Plant Taxonomy) in Department of Botany, Zoology I (later Zoosystematics) in Department of Zoology.

Institute of Algological Research is established as an attached facility.

Course of Physics V (later Mathematical Physics II) is added to Department of Physics.

Institute of Marine Algae Research (now Institute of Algological Research) is established as an attached facility.

Course of Synthetic Organic Chemistry (later Organic Chemistry II) is added to Department of Chemistry.

Marine Biological Station Aquarium is designated as a facility equivalent to a museum.

Graduate School of Science is established.

Six departments are formed: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology (Doctoral and Master’s Courses).

Department of Geophysics is created in School of Science.

Course of Geophysics I (later Limnology) is formed in Department of Geophysics.

Akkeshi Museum (now Marine Biological Station Museum) is designated a facility equivalent to a museum.

Course of Zoology III (later Animal Physiology) is added to Department of Biology.

Course of Geophysics III (later Meteorology) is added to Department of Geophysics.

Department of Polymer Science is established in School of Science.

Course of Polymer Science I (later Polymer Solid-State Physics) is formed.

Department of Chemistry II is formed in School of Science.

Department of Polymer Science is created in Graduate School of Science.

Liquid Helium Center is established in School of Science.

Courses of Liquid-State Chemistry and Solid-State Chemistry are added to Department of Chemistry II.

Urakawa Seismological Observatory is established as a facility attached to School of Science.

Courses of Bioorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry (later Coordination Chemistry) is added to Department of Chemistry II.

Division of Manifold Theory is added to Department of Mathematics.

Department of Chemistry II is formed in Graduate School of Science.

Chromosome Research Unit is established in School of Science.

Course of Number Theory is added to Department of Mathematics.

Course of Reaction Theory (later Organic Reaction Theory) is added to Department of Chemistry II.

Erimomisaki Geophysical Observatory (later Erimo Geophysical Observatory) is founded as a facility attached to School of Science.

Research Center for Earthquake Prediction is established as a facility attached to School of Science.

Department of Environmental Structure is established in Graduate School of Science.

Usu Volcano Observatory is established as a facility attached to the School of Science.

Department of Environmental Structure is closed and shifted to Graduate School of Environmental Science.

Course of Marine Physics is added to Department of Geophysics.

School of Science celebrates 50th anniversary.

Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory is established in School of Science.

Course of Theoretical Physics is added to Department of Physics.

Course of Equilibrium Theory in Department of Chemistry II is renamed Genetic Biochemistry.

Course of Applied Mathematics is added to Department of Mathematics.

Course of Historical Geology is added to Department of Geology and Mineralogy.

Course of Computational Mathematics is added to Department of Mathematics.

Departments of Botany, Zoology and Polymer Science in Graduate School are reorganized into Department of Biological Sciences consisting of six courses: Systematics and Evolution, Cell Function and Structure, Animal Behavior and Intelligence, Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Structural Bio-Macromolecular Sciences, and Bio-Macromolecular Chemistry, and two cooperative divisions: Marine Biology and Marine Phycological Science.

Departments of Biology and Polymer Science are reorganized into Department of Biological Sciences comprising two divisions, Biology and Macromolecular Functions.

Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science is established, and the following are moved: Course of Environmental Chemistry (Department of Chemistry), parts of Course of Historical Geology (Department of Geology & Mineralogy), Department of Biology, and Department of Polymer Science

Division of Chemistry and Earth and Planetary Materials Science is established.

Course of Earth System Material Circulation is added to Department of Geophysics.

Department of Physics in Graduate School is reorganized to consist of four courses: Quantum Physics, Electronic Condensed-Matter Physics, Condensed-Matter Physics and Nonlinear Physics, and two cooperative courses: Quantum Condensed Matter Physics (Research Institute for Electronic Science) and Physics of Phase Transition (Research Institute for Electronic Science)

Departments of Geology and Mineralogy & Geophysics in Graduate School are reorganized into Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences comprising four courses: Earth and Planetary Materials Science, Earth and Planetary Evolution, Earth and Planetary Fluid Dynamics, and Earth and Planetary Physics, and the cooperative course Catastrophic Geodynamics (Institute of Seismology and Volcanology).

Department of Physics is reorganized to become Division of Physics.

Departments of Geology and Mineralogy & Geophysics are reorganized into Department of Earth Sciences including two divisions: Earth and Planetary Materials Science and newly-established Geophysics.

Department of Mathematics in the Graduate School is reorganized to consist of three courses: Algebraic Studies, Geometric Studies and Analytic Studies, and the cooperative division of Nonlinear Studies and Computation (Research Institute for Electronic Science).

Departments of Chemistry and Chemistry II are reorganized as Department of Chemistry comprising five divisions: Molecular Structure Chemistry, Basic Materials Chemistry, Synthetic Molecular Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Transformation Chemistry and Reaction Dynamics, and two cooperative divisions, Supramolecular Chemistry (Research Institute for Electronic Science) and Cellular Function and Regulation (Institute of Immunological Science).

After all of five departments are reorganized, Graduate School of Science becomes a “graduate research school” placing greater emphasis on graduate education and research activities.

Department of Mathematics is reorganized.

Division of Mathematics is established.

Departments of Chemistry and Chemistry II are reorganized as Department of Chemistry (Division of Chemistry established in 1993).

Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere is established, and Akkeshi Marine Biological Station, Institute of Algological Research and Oshoro Marine Biological Station are joined.

Chromosome Research Unit is integrated as improved Center for Advanced Science and Technology.

A cooperative course in catalytic science (Catalysis Research Center) is created in Department of Chemistry, Graduate School.

Division of Basic Industrial Biological Science (a collaborative division) is established in Department of Biological Science, Graduate School.

Endowed Divisions of Glyco-Fine Chemistry, Computational Molecular Biological Science and Molecular Bionomy-Shionogi are established in Department of Biological Science, Graducate School.

Faculty of Environmental Earth Science is established, and cooperative courses in Graduate School of Science, and Marine Biology and Algology in Department of Biological Sciences, are transferred to this faculty.

Cooperative Division of Molecular Cytogenetics (Center for Advanced Science and Technology) is established in Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School.

School of Science celebrates 75th anniversary..

Graduate School of Science is reorganized into “Graduate School of Science” and “Faculty of Science”.

Faculty of Science consists of five Departments: Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Natural History Sciences and Biological Sciences.

Graduate School of Science includes six departments: Mathematics, Chemistry, Quantum and Condensed-Matter Physics, Cosmosciences, Natural History Sciences, and Biological Sciences. All cooperative divisions are closed with the reorganization, making instructors from other schools/institutes academic members of the key divisions.

Divisions of Earth and Planetary Materials Science and Geophysics are combined as Division of Earth Science.

Institute of Seismology and Volcanology belongs to Faculty of Science. Collaborative Division of Basic Industrial Biological Science (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) in Department of Biological Sciences of former Graduate School changes to a collaborative field in Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School.

Endowed divisions of Glyco-Fine Chemistry, Computational Molecular Biological Science and Molecular Bionomy (Shionogi) in Department of Biological Science of former Graduate School are moved to newly-established Faculty of Advanced Life Science.

Nuclear Reaction Data Centre is established in Faculty of Science.

Collaborative Field of Nuclear Data (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) is established in Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science.

Network Center for Molecular and System Life Sciences is established in Faculty of Science.

Observation and Data Centre for Cosmosciences is established in Faculty of Science.

Department of Chemistry in Graduate School moves to newly-established Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering.

Department of Biological Sciences in Graduate School moves to Graduate School of Life Science.

Department of Quantum and Condensed-Matter Physics in Graduate School is renamed Condensed Matter Physics.

Department of Earth Sciences is renamed Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Nuclear Reaction Data Center is established in Faculty of Science.