Keio University

History of the Faculty of Science and Technology

1939

The Fujiwara Institute of Technology opens (Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Chemistry)

1944

The Fujiwara Institute of Technology is donated to Keio University, and becomes the Faculty of Engineering

1957

Department of Instrumentation Engineering is founded

1959

Department of Administration Engineering is founded

1972

Faculty of Science and Technology moves to the Yagami Campus

1974

Department of Mathematics is founded

1981

The Faculty of Engineering is reorganized and expanded as the Faculty of Science & Technology (Department of Mathematics is restructured, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry are founded)

1996

Department reform takes place (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Department of System Design Engineering, and Department of Information and Computer Science are founded)

2000

Graduate School department reform takes place (School of Fundamental Science and Technology, School of Engineering and Design, and School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems are founded)

2002

Department of Biosciences & Informatics is founded

2003

International Graduate Program for Advanced Science and Technology is established

2014

75th anniversary of the Faculty of Science and Technology’s founding

2020

Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering is reorganized

2022

50th anniversary of the Faculty of Science and Technology’s relocation to the Yagami Campus