Date |
Events |
1963 |
February 27th |
Committee for the establishment of Kyushu University of the Arts formed. |
1966 |
October 18th |
Preparatory committee for Kyushu University of Industry and the Arts (tentative name) formed. |
1967 |
June 1st |
Preparatory office for the Kyushu Institute of Design established. |
1968 |
April 1st |
The Graduate School (Master's Course) of the Kyushu Institute of Design is established, comprised of the Divisions of Living Environmental Studies and Audio and Visual Communication Studies. |
1972 |
April 1st |
The Advanced Course of Design was established. |
1977 |
April 1st |
The Advanced Course of Design was discontinued. |
May 2nd |
Master's programs at the Graduate School of the Kyushu Institute of Design are established, comprised of the Divisions of Living Environmental Studies and Audio and Visual Communication Studies. |
1980 |
April 1st |
Health Care Center established. |
1986 |
April 1st |
The Departments of Environmental and Visual Communication Design are reorganized. The staff of each Department are divided into two groups (the Department of Environmental Design is divided into Theory of Environmental Design and Environmental Design Practice; the Department of Visual Communication Design is divided into Theory of Visual Communication Design and Visual Communication Design). |
1988 |
April 1st |
The Department of Industrial Design and the Department of Acoustic Design are reorganized. The staff of each department are divided into two groups (the Department of Industrial Design is divided into Ergonomic and Mechanic Design, and Product and Interior Design; the Department of Acoustic Design is divided into Science of Acoustical Environment and Science of Information Acoustics). |
1993 |
April 1st |
The Graduate School (Doctoral Course) of the Kyushu Institute of Design is established, comprised of the Divisions of Living Environmental Studies and Audio and Visual Communication Studies. |
1997 |
April 1st |
The Departments of Environmental Design, Industrial Design, Visual Communication Design, and Acoustic Design are reorganized. The members of each Department were divided into three sections: the Department of Environmental Design is divided into Theory of Environmental Design, Environmental Planning and Design, and Environmental Systems; the Department of Industrial Design is divided into Ergonomics, Product and Space Design, and Intelligent Mechanics and Control; the Department of Visual Communication Design is divided into Vision Science, Visual Image Design, and Image Engineering; the Department of Acoustic Design is divided into Science of Sound Culture, Science of Acoustical Environment, and Science of Acoustic Information.
The Department of Art and Information Design is established, comprised of three sections: Media Art and Culture, Media Design, and Information Environment Sciences. |
April 1st |
Design Research Center established. |
2001 |
April 1st |
The Graduate school of Kyushu Institute of Design is reorganized. The Divisions of Living Environmental Studies and Audio and Visual Communication Studies are discontinued, and the Graduate School of Design is established as a single unified course. |
2003 |
October 1st |
The Kyushu Institute of Design and Kyushu University are unified.
The School of Design, Graduate School of Design and Faculty of Design of Kyushu University are established. |
2006 |
April 1st |
The Department of Design Strategy, Graduate School of Design of Kyushu University is established. |
2008 |
April 1st |
The doctoral program in the Department of Design Strategy, Graduate School of Design of Kyushu University is established. |
April 1st |
Department of Design of the Graduate School of Design restructured around a four-course system: the Human Science Course, Communication Design Science Course, Environment and Heritage Design Course, and the Content and Creative Design Course. |
2009 |
July 1st |
The Faculty of Design, Kyushu University is reorganized.
Departments of Environmental Design, Human Living System Design, Visual Communication Design, Acoustic Design, Art and Information Design and Applied Information and Communication Sciences are discontinued. The Departments of Human Science, Communication Design Science, Environmental Design, Content and Creative Design, and Design Strategy are established. |
2010 |
April 1st |
The doctoral program in the Human Science International Course of the Department of Design, Graduate School of Design of Kyushu University is established. |
2013 |
April 1st |
The Research Center for Applied Perceptual Science, Faculty of Design of Kyushu University was established. |
October 1st |
The Department of Environment and Heritage Design is restructured as the Department of Environmental Design, offering a total of 17 subject groups. |
2014 |
August 1st |
The Physiological Anthropology Research Center at the Faculty of Design, Kyushu University is established. |
2015 |
April 1st |
The Social Art Lab at the Faculty of Design, Kyushu University is established. |
2017 |
April 1st |
The Environmental Design Global Hub at the Faculty of Design, Kyushu University is established. |
2018 |
June 1st |
50th Anniversary of "Design" |
2020 |
April 1st |
The School of Design was reorganized with the establishment of Department of Design; composing of the Environmental Design Course, Industrial Design Course, Design Futures Course, Media Design Course and Acoustic Design Course. |