From the Founding to the 49th Anniversary
1858
Yukichi Fukuzawa establishes a school for Dutch studies in Edo (now Tokyo).
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.
From the 50th to the 74th Anniversary
1917
Original School of Medicine established.
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.
From the 75th to the 89th Anniversary
1934
Hiyoshi Campus opens.
1944
Fujiwara Institute of Technology donated to Keio University and becomes the Faculty of Engineering.
From the 90th to the 99th Anniversary
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.
100th to 124th Anniversary
1961
Graduate School of Business and Commerce established.
1962
Keio Business School established.
1978
Graduate School of Business Administration established.
1981
Faculty of Engineering is reorganized and expanded as the Faculty of Science and Technology.
125th Anniversary to Present
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, providing high school education in the U.S.
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.
Tsuruoka Town Campus opens.
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.
2013
Keio Yokohama Elementary School established.
2016
Tonomachi Town Campus opens.