1965

◆March 25
The Academic Year 1964 graduation ceremony (13th for faculties and 2nd for the Industrial Teacher Training School) and the Academic Year 1964 (11th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
A Division of Archaeology was established at the Department of History of the Faculty of Letters (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
The Japanese names of the Division of German Language and the Division of German Literature of the Department of Letters of the Faculty of Letters were changed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
At the Department of Education of the Faculty of Education, the Division of Japanese Language Education and English Language Education was separated and established as the Division of Japanese Language Education and the Division of English Language Education, and the Division of Mathematics Education and Science Education was separated and established as the Division of Mathematics Education and the Division of Science Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
The subject of Science Education and the subject of English Language Education of the Faculty of Education were closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
The day school and evening school of the Department of the Political Science and Economics of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics were enhanced and reorganized into the Department of Law and Political Science and the Department of Economics (day school and evening school) (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
A Division of Magnetism, Division of Interface Material Science, and Division of Metallic Material Science were established at the Department of Material Science of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
The Faculty of Dentistry (School of Dentistry) was established (Act No. 15 of 1965, Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
The Division of Biochemical Metrology was established at the Department of Fermentation Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
The Department of Industrial Business Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering was renamed the Department of Business Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 20 of 1965).
A Department of French Literature (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 65 of April 15, 1965).
A Department of Precision Engineering (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 64 of April 15, 1965).
The Department of Industrial Business Engineering of the Graduate School of Engineering was renamed the Department of Business Engineering (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 163 of March 30, 1965).
At the Research Institute for Theoretical Physics, the research division of Gravitation and Time-Space Theory was renamed the Gravitation Theory, the research division of Field Theory and Time-Space Structure was renamed Field Theory, and a new research division of Time-Space Theory was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 21 of 1965).
The Clinical Pathology Department and an Operation Management Department were established at the University Hospital.
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1965 entrance ceremony (17th for faculties and 5th for the Industrial Teacher Training School), and 1,457 students were admitted to faculties and 74 students were admitted to the Industrial Teacher Training School.
The Academic Year 1965 (13th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 184 students were admitted.
◆April 13
Hiroshima University Computer Office was established (Hiroshima University Rule of 1965).
◆April 15
An entrance ceremony for the Faculty of Dentistry was held, and 42 students were admitted.
◆June 17
The Miyuki Farm and the Kawaguchi Farm, both affiliated with the Faculty of Science of Fisheries and Animal Sciences, were integrated into the Miyuki Farm (the Kawaguchi Farm was changed into the Kawaguchi Experimental Farm affiliated with the Department of Animal Sciences of this faculty).

1966

◆February 26
The land used for the Marine Education Facility affiliated with the Faculty of Education (3,526 square meters) was exchanged with the land owned by Takehara Thermal Power Construction (Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.; 4,022 square meters; Saeki-gun, Okimicho), and the facility was relocated.
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1965 graduation ceremony (14th for faculties and 3rd for the Industrial Teacher Training School) and the Academic Year 1965 (12th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The Facilities Department (Planning Division, Facilities Division) was established at the Secretariat (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 5-119 of May 28, 1966).
The subject of Plastic Arts was established at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 23 of 1966).
The Subject of Music Education was established at the Fukuyama Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 23 of 1966).
The Division of Radiation Material Science and the Division of Semiconductor Science were established at the Department of Material Science of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 23 of 1966).
The Department of Anesthesiology was established at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 23 of 1966).
A First Department of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biochemistry, and Department of Oral Pathology were established at the School of Dentistry of the Faculty of Dentistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 23 of 1966).
A Department of Food Industrial Chemistry was established at the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences, and the subject of Animal Food Manufacturing was established at this department. The subject of Animal Manufacturing at the Department of Animal Sciences was closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 23 of 1966).
At the Graduate School of Letters, the Department of Chinese Literature was renamed the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, the Department of English Literature was renamed the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Department of German Literature was renamed the Department of German Language and Literature (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 267 of September 27, 1965).
The Department of Subject-Specific Education (master’s and doctoral courses) was established at the Graduate School of Education (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 33-34 of April 18, 1966).
A new attached kindergarten was established at the Faculty of Education, and the existing kindergarten was renamed Attached Mihara Kindergarten (Ministerial Ordinance No. 22 of 1966).
The Research Institute of Early Childhood Education was established as a unit affiliated with the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 22 of 1966).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1966 entrance ceremony (18th for faculties and 6th for the Industrial Teacher Training School), and 1,774 students were admitted to faculties and 40 students were admitted to the Industrial Teacher Training School.
The Academic Year 1966 (14th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 214 students were admitted.
◆June 3
President Shido Sumeragi resigned.
Jiro Ogawa, the Dean of the Faculty of Letters, was appointed as an acting president.
◆July 15
Professor Toshijiro Kawamura was appointed as the President of Hiroshima University.
Jiro Ogawa, the Dean of the Faculty of Letters, was discharged from the office of acting president.

1967

◆February 1
Hiroshima University acquired the land used for the Research Institute of Early Childhood Education and the Attached Kindergarten (1,114 square meters) as a donation from Ms. Toshi Yamanaka, the liquidator of Incorporated Foundation Yamanaka Girls’ High School.
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1966 graduation ceremony (15th for faculties and 4th for the Industrial Teacher Training School) and the Academic Year 1966 (13th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
All subjects at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics were changed into divisions (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1967).
At the Faculty of Science, the Division of Number Theory and the Division of Topology were established at the Department of Mathematics, and the Division of Non-Metal Science and the Division of Macromolecular Materials Science were established at the Department of Material Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1967).
A Second Department of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Microbiology, Department of Biomaterials Science, First Department of Operative Dentistry, First Department of Removable Prosthodontics, and Department of Oral Surgery were established at the School of Dentistry of the Faculty of Dentistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1967)
The Department of Electronics was established at the Faculty of Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1967).
The Division of Ship Designing and Construction of the Department of Ship Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering was renamed the Division of Ship Designing and Outfitting (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1967).
The subject of Fishery Food Manufacturing and the subject of Food Chemistry were established at the Department of Food Industrial Chemistry of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences. At the Department of Fisheries, the subject of Fisheries and Physics was renamed the subject of Fisheries and Physical Chemistry, the Subject of Fisheries and Oceanology was renamed the subject of Fisheries and Environmental Study, and the subject of Aquatic Resources Farming was renamed the subject of Aquatic Farming. At the Department of Animal Sciences, the subject of Animal Reproduction Science, subject of Animal Husbandry, subject of Animal Hygiene, subject of Forage Crop, and subject of Animal Biochemistry were renamed the subject of Animal Breeding and Reproduction Science, subject of Animal Feeding, subject of Animal Management, subject of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiological Hygiene, and subject of Glassland Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of 1967).
The Graduate School of Economics (economics; master’s course) was established (Cabinet Order No. 55 of 1967).
The Department of French Literature (doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 34-18 of May 8, 1967).
The Division of Economics of the Advanced Course for Political Science and Economics was closed (Notice Bun-Dai-Dai No. 295 of May 17, 1967).
The Faculty of Medicine Branch Library was the renamed the Medical Branch Library, and the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences Branch Library and the Fukuyama Branch School Branch Library were integrated and renamed the Fukuyama Branch Library (Directive No. 4 of 1967).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1967 (19th) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,900 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1967 (15th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 196 students were admitted.
◆May 6
The Academic Year 1967 entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Economics was held, and five students were admitted.
◆June 1
The subject of Civil Procedure Law was established at the Department of Law and Political Science of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1967).
The Institute for Amphibian Biology was established at the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 11 of 1967).
The Department of Parasitology was established at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1967).
A hospital attached to the Faculty of Dentistry was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 11 of 1967).
The Division of Engineering Physics was established at the Faculty of Engineering (as a common division) (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1967).
The Nuclear Medicine Specimen Center was established at the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 11 of 1967).
◆June 16
The Department of Anesthesiology was established as a clinical department at the University Hospital (Directive No. 23 of 1967).
The Supply Service Section was established at the University Hospital (Directive No. 24 of 1967).
The First Department of Conservative Dentistry, First Department of Prosthodontics and Department of Oral Surgery were established as clinical departments at the University Dental Hospital (Directive No. 23 of 1967).
◆August 7
The University Dental Hospital was opened (Ministry of Health Notice Shu-I No. 272 of August 7, 1967).

1968

◆March 25
The Academic Year 1967 graduation ceremony (16th for faculties and 5th for the Industrial Teacher Training School) and the Academic Year 1967 (14th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held separately for each faculty or school.
◆April 1
The Division of Differential Equation was established at the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 17 of 1968).
The Department of Dental Pharmacology, Department of Preventative Dentistry, and Department of Orthodontics were established at the School of Dentistry of the Faculty of Dentistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 17 of 1968).
At the Faculty of Engineering, the Division of Communication Engineering of the Department of Electrical Engineering was renamed the Division of Electric Control Engineering, and the Division of Transportation Engineering of the Department of Civil Engineering was renamed the Division of Transportation and Health Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No.8 of 1968).
The Division of Dynamics of Machinery and the Division of Power Engineering were established at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and a Division of Fundamentals of Electronics and a Division of High-Frequency Engineering were established at the Department of Electronics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 17 of 1968).
The Division of Working and Metallic Materials Technology of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering was renamed the Division of Mechanical Working (Ministerial Ordinance No. 17 of 1968).
All subjects at the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences were changed into divisions (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1968).
The Division of Food Analysis was established at the Department of Food Industrial Chemistry of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences (Ministerial Ordinance No. 17 of 1968).
The Graduate School of Agriculture (fisheries, animal sciences; master’s course) was established (Cabinet Order No. 60 of 1968).
The Department of Material Science (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Science (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 32-16 of March 30, 1968).
The Department of Preventative Dentistry and the Department of Orthodontics were established as clinical departments at the University Dental Hospital (Directive No. 15 of 1968).
The Advanced Course for Fisheries was closed (Notice Bun-Dai-Dai No. 282 of May 4, 1968).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1968 (20th) entrance ceremony for faculties was held separately for each faculty, and 1,934 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1967 (16th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held separately for each school, and 217 students were admitted.
◆April 25
The Academic Year 1968 entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Agriculture was held, and five students were admitted.
◆May 30
Kinjiro Kaneko, a professor of the Faculty of Letters, was awarded the Japan Academy Prize.
◆July 1
The Academic Year 1968 entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Medicine was held, and 11 students were admitted.

1969

◆February 18
President Toshijiro Kawamura resigned.
Minoru Miyoshi, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, was appointed as an acting president.
◆February 24
After the new building of the Faculty of Liberal Arts was barricaded by a group of students, the movements gradually spread and almost all buildings on the Higashi-Senda Campus were finally barricaded. On the Kasumi Campus, the building of the Faculty of Medicine was barricaded.
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1968 (17th) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1968 (15th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held separately for each faculty or school.
◆March 31
The Industrial Teacher Training School was closed (Act No. 40 of 1969).
◆April 1
At the Department of Education of the Faculty of Education, the Second Division of Science Education, Division of Health and Physical Education, Division of Music Education, and Division of Home Economics were established, and the Division of Science Education was renamed the First Division of Science Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1969).
The subject of Japanese Language Education and the subject of English Language Education were established at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1969).
The subject of Physical Education Theory and History at the Fukuyama Branch School of the Faculty of Education was closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1969).
At the Faculty of Science, the Division of Probability Theory was established at the Department of Mathematics, and the Division of Physical Organic Chemistry and the Division of Natural Organic Chemistry were established at the Department of Chemistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1969).
The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences was established at the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 9 of 1969).
The Department of Endodontics and Periodontology (Second Operative Dentistry) and The Department of Fixed Prosthodontics (Second Removable Prosthodontics) were established at the School of Dentistry of the Faculty of Dentistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1969).
At the Faculty of Engineering, new divisions were established: the Division of Applied Electrical Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Division of Applied Electrical Chemistry at the Department of Applied Chemistry, the Division of Biosynthetic Chemistry at the Department of Fermentation Engineering, and the Division of Electronic Circuits at the Department of Electronics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1969).
A Fisheries Laboratory was established at the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1969).
The Division of Food Microbiology and Hygiene was established at the Department of Food Industrial Chemistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1969).
The Department of Archaeology (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 32-6 of April 9, 1969).
The Department of Endodontics and Periodontology (Second Operative Dentistry) and the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics (Second Removable Prosthodontics) were established at clinical departments at the University Dental Hospital (Directive No. 13 of 1969).
A Research Division of Biostatistics was established at the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1969).
The Health Service Center was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1969).
◆April 9
The Academic Year 1969 (17th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held separately for each school, and 280 students were admitted.
◆July 15
Professor Soichi Iijima was appointed as the President of Hiroshima University.
Minoru Miyoshi, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, was discharged from the office of acting president.
◆May 9
A University Reform Committee was established (Hiroshima University Rule No. 7 of 1969).
◆May 27
A Public Relations Committee was established (Hiroshima University Rule No. 9 of 1969).
◆June 4
An orientation course was held for 1,873 students admitted in Academic Year 1969 (21st admission).
◆August 17-18
The barricades of all buildings on the Higashi-Senda Campus were removed by the police force, following which students voluntarily removed the barricade of the building of the Faculty of Medicine.

1970

◆January 13
The Hiroshima University Computer Office was inaugurated as the Hiroshima University Computer Center (Hiroshima University Rule No. 1 of 1970).
◆February 27
A University Problems Investigation Office was established (Hiroshima University Rule No. 13 of 1970).
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1969 (18th) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1969 (16th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held separately for each faculty or school (except for the Faculty of Education and the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine).
◆March 27
The Academic Year 1969 (18th) graduation ceremony for the Faculty of Education and the Academic Year 1969 (16th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The subject of Social Studies Education was established at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education, and the subject of Physical Education Theory and History was established at the Fukuyama Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1970).
The Division of Structural Chemistry was established at the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1970).
The Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Physiological Chemistry, and Department of Pharmacognosy were established at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1970).
At the Faculty of Engineering, the Division of Ship Motions was established at the Department of Ship Engineering, and the Division of Electronic Machines was established at the Department of Electronics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1970).
At the Faculty of Engineering, the Division of Oil and Fat Chemistry of the Department of Applied Chemistry was renamed the Division of Oil Chemistry, the Division of Transportation and Health Engineering of the Department of Civil Engineering was renamed the Division of Health and Transportation Engineering, the Division of Industrial Business Engineering of the Department of Business Engineering was renamed the Division of Business System Engineering, the Division of Mathematical Engineering of the Department of Business Engineering was renamed in the Japanese language (no change in English), the Division of Mechanical Unit Operation of the Department of Chemical Engineering was renamed the Division of Unit Operation, and the Division of Transfer Operation was renamed the Division of Transport Phenomena (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1970).
The Division of Food Analysis of the Department of Food Industrial Chemistry of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences was renamed the Division of Food Chemical Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1970).
A Department of Education was established at the Advanced Course for Education (Notice Bun-Dai-Dai No. 271 of April 21, 1970).
A The Department of Material Science (doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of Science (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 32-16 of March 30, 1968).
A Th3e Department of Food Industrial Chemistry was established at the Graduate School of Agriculture (Notice Gaku-Dai No. 20-12 of April 1, 1970).
◆April 15
The Academic Year 1970 (22nd) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,877 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1970 (18th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 219 students were admitted.
◆April 17
At the Research Division of Radiation Biology and Medicine, the Research Division of Pathology and Cancer was renamed Pathology, and a research division of Radiation-Induced Cancer was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1970).
◆June 13
A celebration of the completion of the Saijo Sports Ground was held.
◆July 30
The Academic Year 1970 (14th) graduation ceremony for the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine was held.

1971

◆March 25
The Academic Year 1970 (19th) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1970 (17th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
At the Department of History of the Faculty of Letters, the Division of Ancient and Medieval Oriental History was renamed the Division of Chinese History, and the Division of Modern Oriental History was renamed the Division of Asian History (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1971).
At the Department of Education of the Faculty of Education, the Second Division of Social Studies Education was established, and the Division of Social Studies Education was renamed the First Division of Social Studies Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1971).
The Division of Coordination Chemistry was established at the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1971).
A The Department of Hygienic Chemistry and the Department of Pharmacochemistry were established at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1971).
At the Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, the Division of Health and Transportation Engineering was separated and established as the Division of Transportation Engineering and the Division of Health Engineering, and the Division of Applied Analytical Chemistry (common division) was renamed the Division of Industrial Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1971).
At the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Sciences, the Division of Fisheries and Physical Chemistry of the Department of Fisheries was moved to the Department of Food Industrial Chemistry and was renamed the Division of Food Physical Chemistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1971).
A The Department of Electronics (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Engineering (Notice Gaku-Dai No.23-23 of April 2, 1971).
A Department of Archaeology (doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of Letters (Notice Gaku-Dai No.23-24 of April 2, 1971).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1971 (23rd) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,914 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1971 (19th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 278 students were admitted.
◆July 20
The Fukuyama Branch Office of the Health Service Center was established.

1972

◆March 25
The Academic Year 1971 (20th) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1971 (18th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The Graduate School of Law (law; master’s course) was established (Cabinet Order No. 49 of 1972).
The Graduate School of Dental Science (basic dentistry, clinical dentistry; doctoral course) was established (Cabinet Order No. 49 of 1972).
The Dental Technicians School was established at the Faculty of Dentistry (Ministerial Ordinance No. 12 of 1972).
The Arrangement Division and the Reading Service Division were established at the Administration Department of the University Library (Directive No. 9 of 1972).
The Saijo Seminar House was established (Hiroshima University Rule No. 23 of 1971).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1972 (24th) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,997 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1972 (20th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 308 students were admitted.
◆April 22
The Academic Year 1972 (1st) entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Law was held, and six students were admitted.
◆April 28
The Academic Year 1972 (1st) entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Dental Science was held, and seven students were admitted.
◆May 1
The Division of Indian Philosophy was established at the Faculty of Letters (Ministerial Ordinance No. 33 of 1972).
The Subject of Language Intervention was established at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 33 of 1972).
All subjects at the Department of Political Science and Economics of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics were changed into divisions (Ministerial Ordinance No. 33 of 1972).
The Department of Pharmacology and the Department of Pharmaceutics were established at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ministerial Ordinance No. 33 of 1972).
The Inside Seawater Environmental Research Facility was established at the Faculty of Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1972).
The subject of Cultural Anthropology was established at the Faculty of Liberal Arts (Ministerial Ordinance No. 33 of 1972).
The University Education Research Center was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1972).
The University Problems Investigation Office was closed (Hiroshima University Rule No. 17 of 1972).
◆September 30
The Department of Political Science of the Advanced Course for Political Science and Economics was closed (Notice Bun-Dai-Dai No. 228 of April 1, 1972, Hiroshima University Rule No. 11 of 1971).
◆November 24
The Council decided the integration and relocation of Hiroshima University.
◆December 25
A stone monument was built at a place behind the Faculty of Science building, where the remains of the victims of the atomic bomb had been buried, and a ceremony was held.

1973

◆February 8
The new site of Hiroshima University after its integration and relocation was decided at Kamo-gun, Saijocho (currently Higashi-Hiroshima City).
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1972 (21st) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1972 (19th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The Special Course for Special Education (education for the mentally retarded) was established at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Notice Bun-Dai-Kyo No. 237 of April 10, 1973).
Upon the establishment of the Special Course for Special Education, the training course for teachers of schools for disabled children was closed (Hiroshima University Rule No. 18 of 1973).
The Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (pharmaceutical sciences; master’s course) was established (Cabinet Order No. 50 of 1973).
The post of Admission Manager was established at the Student Affairs Department (Directive No. 5 of 1973).
An Integration Preparation Office was established at the Secretariat (Guidelines for the Establishment of Hiroshima University Integration Preparation Office of March 16, 1973).
The Faculty of Education-Attached Fukuyama Junior/Senior High Schools were relocated from Midorimachi to Kasugacho-Yoshida, Fukuyama City.
◆April 9
The Academic Year 1973 (25th) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 1,975 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1973 (21st) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 297 students were admitted.
◆April 12
A Subject of Abnormal Children Education was established at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 11 of 1973).
The Third Department of Internal Medicine was established at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 11 of 1973).
At the School of Dentistry of the Faculty of Dentistry, the Second Department of Oral Surgery was established, and the Department of Oral Surgery was renamed the First Department of Oral Surgery (Ministerial Ordinance No. 11 of 1973).
A Third Department of Internal Medicine was established in the University Hospital (Directive No. 8 of 1973).
The Second Department of Oral Surgery was established at a clinical department at the University Dental Hospital, and the Department of Oral Surgery was renamed the First Department of Oral Surgery (Directive No. 8 of 1973).
The Research Division of Astro Physics was established at the Research Institute for Theoretical Physics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1973).
◆April 24
The Academic Year 1973 (1st) entrance ceremony was held for the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and 12 students were admitted.
◆May 7
President Soichi Iijima was reappointed.
◆May 8
A Basic Planning Committee for Integration, Relocation and Reform was established, and the University Reform Committee was abolished (Hiroshima University Rule No. 20 of 1973).
◆May 9
The Academic Year 1973 (1st) entrance ceremony for the Special Course for Special Education at the Shinonome Branch School of the Faculty of Education was held, and 13 students were admitted.
◆October 1
Upon the amendment to the Act on Special Measures for Civil Servants in Education, the former Hiroshima University Conference was abolished, and its authority was vested in the Hiroshima University Council.

1974

◆March 25
The Academic Year 1973 (22nd) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1 973 (20th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆April 1
The Planning and Survey Division was established at the General Affairs Department of the Secretariat (Directive No. 4 of 1974), and the Integration Preparation Office was abolished.
At the Facilities Department of the Secretariat, the Facilities Division was abolished and the Buildings Division and the Equipment Division were established (Directive No. 4 of 1974).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1974 (26th) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 2,085 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1974 (22nd) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 300 students were admitted.
◆April 11
The Division of Labor Economics was established at the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1974).
The Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden was established at the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1974).
The Department of Neurosurgery was established at the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 14 of 1974).
The Department of Neurosurgery was established as a clinical department at the University Hospital (Directive No. 9 of 1974).
The Nuclear Medicine Specimen Center at the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine was renamed the Scientific Resource Center of the Atomic Bomb Disaster (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1974).
◆June 7
The Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences was established (Act No. 81 of 1974), and the following divisions were established at the Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences: Japanese Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Anglo-American Studies, Comparative Cultural Studies, Social and Cultural Studies, Information Behavior Basic Studies, Human Behavior Studies, Basic Scientific Studies, Natural Environmental Studies, English Language, German Language, French Language, Chinese Language, Russian Language, and Health and Physical Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 34 of 1974).
◆July 8
The Academic Year 1974 (1st) entrance ceremony for the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, and 122 students were admitted.
◆August 6
An unveiling ceremony for the monument in memory of staff and students of Hiroshima University killed by the atomic bombing and the first memorial service were held in the courtyard of the Student Union.