1955

◆March 18-20
The 5th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education) was held.
◆March 25
The 3rd graduation ceremony for faculties and the 1st degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
A Department of German Literature (doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Public Notice No. 81 of August 3, 1955).
A Medical Study Course was established at the Faculty of Medicine (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 42 of January 20, 1955).
A Subject of Architectural Structural Study was established at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering.
Tatuso Morito was appointed as the President of Hiroshima University and the President of Hiroshima University of Literature and Science.
◆April 8
The 7th entrance ceremony was held, and 1,419 students were admitted.
◆April 12
The 3rd entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 100 students were admitted.
◆July 1
Faculty of Education-Attached Higashi-Senda Elementary School, Attached Higashi-Senda Junior High School, Attached Higashi-Senda Senior High School were renamed Faculty of Education-Attached Elementary School, Attached Junior High School, Attached Senior High School (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1955).

1956

◆January 25
The crest of Hiroshima University was determined.
◆March 17-20
The 6th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education) was held.
◆March 25
The 4th graduation ceremony for faculties and the 2nd degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆March 31
Hiroshima Prefectural Medical University and the Women’s Health College attached thereto were closed (Notice Ken No. 60 of May 10, 1956).
◆April 1
A Subject of Architectural Structural Mechanics was established at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering.
A hospital attached to the Faculty of Medicine and its branches (Aga Branch and Ondo Branch) were opened, and its attached nursing school was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1956).
◆April 9
The 8th entrance ceremony was held, and 1,106 students were admitted.
◆April 12
The 4th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 62 students were admitted.
◆April 16
The University Library was relocated to a new building constructed on the east side of the Faculty of Education building.
◆October 18
The Marine Biological Laboratory affiliated with the Faculty of Science was designated a facility equivalent to a museum under the Museum Act (Public Notice No. 86 of October 18, 1956).
◆November 30
The Ondo Branch of the University Hospital was closed.

1957

◆February 8
The Faculty of Medicine was relocated from Kure City to Hiroshima City.
◆March 16
The song of Hiroshima University was determined.
◆March 18-20
The 7th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education) was held.
◆March 25
The 5th graduation ceremony for faculties and the 3rd degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The Laboratory of Crystal Physics was established as a unit affiliated with the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 7 of 1957).
The Department of Radiology was established at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine.
The Department of Radiology was established as a clinical department at the University Hospital.
A branch of the University Hospital was established (in Kure City) (Ministerial Ordinance No. 7 of 1957).
The Faculty of Political Science and Economics was relocated from Ebamachi to Higashisenda-machi in Hiroshima City.
◆April 8
The 9th entrance ceremony was held, and 1,145 students were admitted.
◆April 12
The 5th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 52 students were admitted.
◆September 30
The Aga Branch of the University Hospital was closed.
The relocation of the Faculty of Medicine (clinical division) and its attached hospital (second division) was completed.
◆October 1
A branch of the University Hospital was opened at the former site of the attached hospital in Hiromachi, Kure City.

1958

◆March 18-20
The 8th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education) was held.
◆March 25
The 6th graduation ceremony for faculties and the 4th degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
An Advanced Course for Education (health and physical education) was established (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 117 of March 31, 1958).
The Institute for Nuclear Radiation Research was established as a unit affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 7 of 1958).
The Division of Linguistics was established at the Department of Letters of the Faculty of Letters (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1958).
The subject of Applied Analytical Chemistry was established at the Department of Applied Science of the Faculty of Engineering.
The Guidance Department was renamed the Student Affairs Department.
◆April 8
The 10th entrance ceremony was held, and 1,132 students were admitted.
◆April 12
The 6th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 72 students were admitted.

1959

◆March 25
The 7th graduation ceremony for faculties, the 9th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education), and the 5th degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The Division of Polymer Chemistry (seventh division) was established at the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 7 of 1959).
The Department of Chemical Engineering was established at the Faculty of Engineering (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 174 of March 31, 1959).
The Department of Industrial Chemistry of the Faculty of Engineering was renamed the Department of Applied Chemistry (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 215 of May 20, 1959).
The Graduate School of Medicine (doctoral course) was established (Cabinet Order No. 36 of 1959).
The Advanced Course for Political Science and Economics (political science, economics) was established (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 141 of March 31, 1959).
Tatsuo Morito was appointed as the President of Hiroshima University and the President of Hiroshima University of Literature and Science.
◆April 8
The 11th entrance ceremony was held, and 1,256 students were admitted.
◆April 13
The 7th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 72 students were admitted.
◆May 22
An entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Medicine was held, and 14 students were admitted.

1960

◆January 19
The flag of Hiroshima University was determined.
◆March 23
The 10th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education) was held (at the Mihara Branch School).
◆March 25
The 8th graduation ceremony for faculties, the 10th certificate-awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education), and the 6th degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The Department of Public Health was established at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1960).
The Department of Linguistics (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 153 of March 31, 1960).
The Department of Ship Engineering, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, and Department of Industrial Business Engineering) were established at the Advanced Course for Engineering (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 166 of March 31, 1960).
The Research Division of “Field Theory and Time- Structure” was established at the Research Institute for Theoretical Physics.
A training course for teachers of schools for disabled children (one-year/six-month) was established at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Notice Bun-Dai-Kyo No. 164 of March 3, 1960).
◆April 8
The 12th entrance ceremony was held, and 1,246 students were admitted.
◆April 12
The 8th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 66 students were admitted.
◆April 21
An entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Medicine was held, and 19 students were admitted.
◆December 20
The Hiroshima University Conference was established.

1961

◆March 6
The mutual relocation of the Minami Branch School and the Attached Junior/Senior High Schools was completed, and the Minami Branch School was renamed Hiroshima University Branch School, while it continued to be internally called the “Faculty of Liberal Arts.”
◆March 24
The 11th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education) was held (at the Mihara Branch School).
◆March 25
The 9th graduation ceremony for faculties, the 11th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education), and the 7th degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The subject of Criminal Law and the subject of Commercial Law were established at the Department of Political Science and Economics of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
A Division of Mathematical Statistics was established at the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1961).
A Department of Precision Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, and Department of Architecture (the latter two resulted from the separation of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering) were established (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 137 of April 1, 1961).
The Division of Music and the Division of Home Economics were established at the Advanced Course for Education (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 147 of April 1, 1961).
The Advanced Course for Science of Fisheries and Animal Sciences (fisheries, animal sciences) was established (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 165 of April 1, 1961).
The Department of Internal Medicine (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine) was established as a clinical department at the University Hospital.
The Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine was established (Act No. 41 of 1961), and research divisions of Basic Research on Radiation Damage, Pathology/cancer, Epidemiology/Social Medicine, and First Clinical Medicine (Internal Medicine) were established at the institute.
Upon the establishment of the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, the Institute for Nuclear Radiation Research affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine was closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 7 of 1961).
◆April 8
The 13th entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,284 students were admitted.
The 9th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 92 students were admitted.
◆May 19
An Industrial Teacher Training School affiliated with Hiroshima University (electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) was established (Act No. 87 of 1961, Ministerial Ordinance No. 10 of 1961).
◆June 19
The 1st entrance ceremony for the Industrial Teacher Training School was held, and 75 students were admitted.

1962

◆March 20
The 12th certificate awarding ceremony (for the two-year course of the Faculty of Education) was held (at the Mihara Branch School), and the closing ceremony of the Mihara Branch School was held.
◆March 25
The 10th graduation ceremony for faculties and the 8th degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆March 31
Hiroshima University of Literature and Science was closed (Act No. 36 of 1962).
The Mihara Branch School of the Faculty of Education was closed.
◆April 1
The Kure Branch of the University Hospital was closed upon integration into the main hospital (Ministerial Ordinance No. 17 of 1962).
The Department of Surgery (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine) was established as a clinical department at the University Hospital.
Research divisions of Hematology, Genetics/Eugenics, Chemotherapy/Biochemistry, and Second Clinical Medicine (Surgery) were established at the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine.
◆April 9
The 14th entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,285 students were admitted.
The 10th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 73 students were admitted.
◆April 10
The 2nd entrance ceremony for the Industrial Teacher Training School was held, and 77 students were admitted.
◆May 2
An entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Medicine was held, and 19 students were admitted.
◆May 11
Toshijiro Kawamura, a professor of the Faculty of Science, was awarded the Japan Academy Prize.

1963

◆March 25
The 11th graduation ceremony for faculties and the 9th degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆March 31
President Tatsuo Morito retired at the expiration of his term of office.
◆April 1
Professor Shido Sumeragi was appointed as the President of Hiroshima University.
The Division of French Language and Literature was established at the Department of Letters of the Faculty of Letters (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1964).
The Division of Welding Engineering was established at the Department of Ship Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering.
The Department of Linguistics (doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 138 of April 1, 1963).
The Graduate School of Engineering (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, applied chemistry, fermentation engineering, ship engineering, civil engineering, architectural engineering, industrial business engineering, and chemical engineering) was established (Cabinet Order No. 96 of 1963).
The Advanced Course for Engineering was closed (Notice Bun-Dai-Dai No. 208 of April 10, 1963).
◆April 8
The land used for the experimental ranch (84,910 tsubo=approx. 280,203 square meters) and the fish farm (3,740 tsubo=approx. 12,342 square meters) in Fukayasu, affiliated with the Faculty of Science of Fisheries and Animal Sciences, were exchanged with the privately-owned land (53,873 tsubo=177,781 square meters) in Miyukicho, Fukuyama City, and these facilities were integrated into the faculty’s affiliated farm.
The 15th entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,379 students were admitted.
The 11th entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 100 students were admitted.
◆April 9
The 3rd entrance ceremony for the Industrial Teacher Training School was held, and 78 students were admitted.
◆April 30
An entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Engineering was held, and 30 students were admitted.
◆November 26
A land lot (34,635 tsubo=114,296 square meters) was transferred from the National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties to Hiroshima University as a site for a botanical garden affiliated with the Faculty of Science.

1964

◆March 25
The Academic Year 1963 graduation ceremony (12th for faculties and 1st for the Industrial Teacher Training School) and the Academic Year 1963 (10th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The subject of Economics was established at the Fukuyama Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1964).
The Department of Material Science was established at the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1964).
The Department of Dermatology and Urology at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine was separated and established as the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Urology (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1964).
The Department of Urology was established as a clinical department at the University Hospital.
April 1
The subject of Economics was established at the Fukuyama Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1964).
The Department of Material Science was established at the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1964).
The Department of Dermatology and Urology at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine was separated and established as the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Urology (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1964).
The Department of Urology was established as a clinical department at the University Hospital.
The Division of Industrial Engineering was established at the Department of Industrial Business Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1964).
The Faculty of Liberal Arts was established (Ministerial Ordinances No. 11 and No. 12 of 1964).
The General Affairs Department (General Affairs Division, Personnel Affairs Division) and the Accounting Department (Budget Division, Accounting Division) were established at the Secretariat, and the Administrative Affairs Department and the Operations Department were established at the Administration Section of the University Hospital (Directive No. 1 of 1964).
The Attached Elementary School of the Faculty of Education was relocated from the faculty’s premises in Higashisenda-machi to the premises of the Attached Junior/Senior High Schools in Minamimachi.
The Faculty of Science of Fisheries and Animal Sciences was relocated from Daimoncho-Tsunoshita to Okinokami-cho, Fukuyama City.
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1964 entrance ceremony (16th for faculties and 4th for the Industrial Teacher Training School), and 1,419 students were admitted to faculties and 78 students were admitted to the Industrial Teacher Training School.
The Academic Year 1964 (12fth) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 171 students were admitted.
◆June 23
Hiroshima University Student Union was established (Hiroshima University Rule of 1964).