Keio History
| 1858 | Yukichi Fukuzawa establishes a school for Dutch studies in Edo (now Tokyo). |
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| 1863 | Fukuzawa's school switches its focus to English studies. |
| 1868 | Fukuzawa's school renamed after the Keio Era. |
| 1871 | Keio University moves to Mita. |
| 1874 | Keio Yochisha Elementary School established. |
| 1890 | Keio University establishes a college. |
| 1898 | Keio becomes a comprehensive educational institution with college, secondary and elementary schools. |
| 1899 | Keio becomes Japan's first private university to send students abroad: four to Germany, two to the United States. |
| 1906 | Graduate programs established. |
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| 1917 | Original School of Medicine established. |
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| 1918 | Original Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care established. |
| 1920 | Keio University accredited by the Japanese government as one of the first private universities. Shinanomachi Campus opens. |
| 1934 | Hiyoshi Campus opens. |
| 1944 | Fujiwara Institute of Technology donated to Keio University and becomes the Faculty of Engineering. |
| 1949 | New university system established. (Faculties of Letters, Economics, Law and Engineering) |
| 1951 | Graduate Schools under the new educational system established. (Graduate Schools of Letters, Economics, Law, Human Relations and Engineering) |
| 1956 | Graduate School of Medicine established. |
| 1957 | Faculty of Business and Commerce established. |
| 1961 | Graduate School of Business and Commerce established. |
| 1962 | Keio Business School established. |
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| 1978 | Graduate School of Business Administration established. |
| 1981 | Faculty of Engineering is reorganized and expanded as the Faculty of Science and Technology. |
| 1985 | Graduate School of Science and Technology established. |
| 1990 | Shonan Fujisawa Campus opens with two new faculties, Policy Management and Environmental Information (renamed Faculty of Environment and Information Studies in 2007). Keio Academy of New York established for high school education. |
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| 1992 | Keio Shonan Fujisawa Junior and Senior High School established. |
| 1994 | Graduate School of Media and Governance established. |
| 2001 | Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care established. |
| 2004 | Law School established. |
| 2005 | Graduate School of Health Management established. |
| 2008 | Faculty of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences established as a result of a merger with Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy. Graduate School of System Design and Management and Graduate School of Media Design established. |
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