1989

◆February 23
An experiment research building (1,541 square meters) of the Gene Research Institute was completed.
◆March 14
Gagara Faculty Housing No. 2, Building No. 3 (1,412 square meters) was completed.
◆March 24
The Academic Year 1988 (37th) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1988 (35th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
The Graduate School of Law was closed (Cabinet Order No. 70 of 1986).
The Graduate School of Economics was closed (Cabinet Order No. 70 of 1986).
◆April 1
The Graduate School of Education (preschool education; doctoral course) was established (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 130 of 1989).
The Kasumi Treatment Center of the Institute for Waste Waters Treatment was closed, and the name of the Saijo Treatment Center was abolished (Hiroshima University Rule No. 3 of 1989).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1989 (41st) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 2,913 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1989 (37th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 616 students were admitted.
◆May 21
President Yuataka Okihara retired at the expiration of his term of office.
Professor Ryuso Tanaka was appointed as the President of Hiroshima University.
◆May 29
The Research Center for Regional Economics was established as a unit affiliated with the Faculty of Economics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 24 of 1989).
The Division of Optical Properties of Solids was established at the Department of Material Science of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 25 of 1989).
The Fukuyama Branch School of the Faculty of Education was closed, although it remained in existence until September 30, 1989 (Directive No. 15 of 1989).
The Fukuyama Branch Library was closed, although it remained in existence until September 30, 1989 (Directive No. 16 of 1989).
The Administration Sections of the Faculty of Medicine and of the University Hospital were merged and reorganized into the Administration Section of the Faculty of Medicine, and the General Affairs Department, Administration Department, Educational Affairs Department, and Medical Affairs Department were established at the new sections (Directive No. 13 of 1989).
The Division of Character Manifestation Mechanism was established at the Institute for Amphibian Biology affiliated with the Faculty of Science (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 191 of 1989).
◆July 7
A music building (2,513 square meters), animal housing building (146 square meters), and hazardous chemicals storehouse (24 square meters) of the Faculty of Education were completed.
◆August 6
The 16th Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆September 25
Dental education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the Faculty of Dentistry, Graduate School of Dentistry, and the University Dental Hospital.
North Welfare Center No. 2 (974 square meters) of the Student Affairs Department was completed.
◆September 30
The Graduate School of Regional Studies was closed (Cabinet Order No. 70 of 1986).
The relocation of the Faculty of Education and the Fukuyama Branch School to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆October 1
The Fukuyama Branch Office of the Health Service Center was closed.
◆October 19
Agricultural education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the Faculty of Applied Biological Science and the Graduate School of Biosphere Science.

1990

◆March 6
An MRI-CT building (308 square meters) of the University Hospital was completed.
◆March 15
An Attached Kindergarten (425 square meters) was completed.
◆March 26
The Academic Year 1989 (38th) graduation ceremony for faculties and the Academic Year 1989 (36th) degree awarding ceremony for graduate schools were held.
◆March 30
A building (183 square meters) attached to an outdoor swimming pool was completed.
◆March 31
The relocation of the Attached Kindergarten to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆April 1
The Department of Japanese Language Education (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Education (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 108 of 1990).
◆April 9
The Academic Year 1990 (42nd) entrance ceremony for faculties was held, and 3,023 students were admitted.
The Academic Year 1990 (38th) entrance ceremony for graduate schools was held, and 676 students were admitted.
◆May 11
An inter-university academic exchange program agreement was concluded with Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, the Federal Republic of Germany.
◆May 15
The Council revised the Annual Plan for Relocation of Faculties to complete the relocation by Academic Year 1994.
◆June 8
The Research Institute for Theoretical Physics was closed (Cabinet Order No. 130 of 1990).
The International Student Center and the Instrumental Analysis Center were established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1990).
The Nuclear Fusion Research Center was closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1990).
The Department of Anesthesiology of the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine was renamed the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (Ministerial Ordinance No. 16 of 1990).
The Department of Dental Anesthesiology was established as a clinical department at the University Dental Hospital (Directive No. 11 of 1990).
The Department of Anesthesiology of the University Hospital was renamed the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (Directive No. 11 of 1990).
The post of International Students Manager was established at the Student Affairs Department (Directive No. 15 of 1990).
The branch library at the Research Institute for Theoretical Physics was closed.
◆June 12
Pharmaceutical education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medical Science (molecular pharmaceutical science and pharmacobiodynamics).
The Cryogenic Center (1,770 square meters) was completed.
◆July 13
An indoor sports ground (north area; 3,566 square meters) was completed.
◆August 6
The 17th Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆September 27
An opening ceremony of the Hiroshima Video Study Center of the Open University of Japan was held.
◆October 2
The Institute for Amphibian Biology (3,373 square meters) affiliated with the Faculty of Science was completed.
◆November 21
A ceremony to commemorate the integration between the Research Institute for Theoretical Physics, Hiroshima University, and the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, was held at Kyoto University.
◆December 13
A conservatory (379 square meters) of the Institute for Amphibian Biology affiliated with the Faculty of Science was completed.

1991

◆March 25
The Academic Year 1990 graduation ceremony, certificate awarding ceremony and degree awarding ceremony were held.
◆March 27
Research Building A (9,092 square meters), a building for low-temperature/high-pressure experiments (399 square meters), a building for special processing technology development (572 square meters), an animal feeding building (54 square meters), and a hazardous chemicals storehouse (84 square meters) of the Faculty of Science were completed.
The Central Institute for Isotope Experiments (995 square meters) was completed.
◆March 31
The relocation of the Fisheries Laboratory affiliated with the Faculty of Applied Biological Science to Takehara City was completed as of March 31.
◆April 1
The Department of Science of Living Education (doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of School Education (Notice Bum-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1991).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1991 entrance ceremony was held, and 2,940 students were admitted to faculties, 21 students to advanced courses, and 710 students to graduate schools.
◆April 25
An inter-university academic exchange program agreement was concluded with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the People’s Republic of China.
◆April 27
An inter-university academic exchange program agreement was concluded with Nankai University, the People’s Republic of China.
◆June 7
Research Building C (9,232 square meters), Research Building B (4,199 square meters), Research Building D (1,371 square meters), and a lecture and administration building (3,860 square meters) of the Faculty of Science were completed.
◆June 10
Yoshinori Kobayashi, a professor of the Faculty of Letters, was awarded the Imperial Prize and the Japan Academy Prize.
◆June 24
The former Research Institute for Theoretical Physics of Hiroshima University received the Marcel Grossmann Award.
◆August 6
The 18th Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆August 9
The Central Library (10,246 square meters) and Faculty House Building No. 4 (1,757 square meters) were completed.
◆September 30
The relocation of the Faculty of Science (except for some affiliated facilities) to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.

1992

◆January 31
The relocation of the Institute for Amphibian Biology affiliated with the Faculty of Science to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆March 24
The Information Processing Center (1,323 square meters) was completed.
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1991 degree awarding ceremony was held.
◆March 27
A Student Dormitory (2,212 square meters) was completed.
◆March 30
The following buildings for plant chromosome and gene stock affiliated with the Faculty of Science were completed: a laboratory building (596 square meters), an administration building (138 square meters), a constant temperature and humidity building (44 square meters), Conservatory A (131 square meters), Conservatory B (131 square meters), Conservatory C (153 square meters), and the Main Conservatory (97 square meters).
◆March 31
The relocation of the Laboratory of Plant Chromosome and Gene Stock affiliated with the Faculty of Science to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆April 1
The Department of Physical Geography of the Faculty of Science was renamed the Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 9 of 1992).
A School of Health Sciences was established at the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 9 of 1992).
The Faculty of Medicine Branch Library was closed.
The Department of Japanese Language Education (doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of Education (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1992).
The Nursing School stopped admitting new students (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1992).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1992 entrance ceremony was held, and 3,007 students were admitted to faculties, 15 students to advanced courses, and 879 students to graduate schools.
◆April 10
At the Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science of the Faculty of Science, the Division of Historical Geology, Division of Petrology, Division of Mineralogy, and Division of Science of Ore Deposits were renamed the Division of Global Environment Evolution Study, Division of Structural Geology and Tectonics, Division of Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, and Division of Earth Planet Matter Cycle Study, respectively; at the School of Health Sciences, the Department of Basic Physical Therapy and the Department of Physical Therapy for Motor and Metabolic Dysfunction were established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 16 of 1992).
The post of International Affairs Manager at the General Affairs Department of the Secretariat was abolished, and the International Affairs Division was established (Directive No. 7 of 1992).
The Organizational Guidelines for the Preparation of the Establishment of the Hiroshima University Junior College of Nursing and Medical Technology, etc. were abolished (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 315 of 1992).
◆April 23
An entrance ceremony for the School of Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine was held, and 125 students were admitted.
◆May 19
The Extraordinary Council approved and released the “Outline for the Development and Improvement of Education and Research at Hiroshima University upon the Revision of the Standards for Establishment of Universities, etc.”
◆June 26
An inter-university student exchange program agreement was concluded with the Experimental Center of the French Civilization, Paris IV University.
◆August 3
The Hiroshima University Post Office was established at the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City.
◆August 6
The 19th Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆September 7
Research Building A (7,735 square meters) and Research Building C (7,925 square meters) of the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences were completed.
◆September 14
An inter-university academic and educational exchange program agreement was concluded with the University of Sussex, the U.K.
◆October 7
Gagara Faculty Housing No. 1, Building No. 5 (1,757 square meters) was completed.
◆November 6
Research Building B (2,652 square meters), Lecture Building A (1,976 square meters), Lecture Building B (6,733 square meters), an administration building (2,435 square meters), and a general educational affairs building (3,059 square meters) of the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences were completed.
◆December 1
The Graduate Schools Committee approved the Basic Policy for the Development and Enhancement of Hiroshima University Graduate Schools, and reported it to the Council.

1993

◆February 23
An indoor sports ground (west area; 4,335 square meters) was completed.
◆February 26
The West Library (6,335 square meters) was completed.
◆March 2
The West Energy Center (793 square meters) was completed.
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1992 degree awarding ceremony was held.
◆March 30
Lecture Building C (1,320 square meters) of the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Science was completed.
◆March 31
The West Welfare Center (2,148 square meters) was completed.
The relocation of the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆April 1
The Department of Biology was renamed the Department of Biological Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 10 of 1993).
The Department of Gene Science (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Science (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1993).
The Department of Animal Science and Department of Plant Biology of the Graduate School of Science were reorganized and renamed the Department of Biological Science (Notice Gaku-Ko No. 16 of 1993).
The following divisions were established at the Department of Biological Science of the Faculty of Science: Developmental Biology, Protistology, Molecular Physiology, Taxonomy and Ecology, Functional Biochemistry, and Cell Biology (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1993).
The Division of Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors was established at the Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science of the Faculty of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1993).
At the School of Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, the following departments were established: Health and Basic Nursing, Clinical Nursing, Community and Geriatric Nursing, Basic Occupational Therapy, and Occupational Therapy for Physical and Mental Dysfunction (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1993).
The Division of Gene Expression, Division of Molecular Plant Biology, and Division of Gene Chemistry were established at the Graduate School of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1993).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1993 entrance ceremony was held at the gymnasium of the Higashi-Hiroshima Sports Park, and 3,216 students were admitted to faculties, 19 students to advanced courses, and 977 students to graduate schools.
◆April 28
An entrance ceremony for the Department of Gene Science (master’s course) of the Graduate School of Science was held, and 16 students were admitted.
◆May 21
President Ryuso Tanaka retired at the expiration of his term of office.
Professor Yasuo Harada was appointed as the President of Hiroshima University.
◆June 22-23
Members of the Special Committee for Course Accreditation of the Teacher Training Council conducted an on-site inspection of Hiroshima University as an accredited university.
◆August 6
The 20th Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆August 25
An environmental modeling experiment building (398 square meters), RI experiment building (228 square meters), workshop (118 square meters), hazardous chemicals storehouse (45 square meters), and conservatory (180 square meters) of the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences were completed.
◆October 21
An inter-university academic and educational exchange program agreement was concluded with Leeds Metropolitan University, the U.K.

1994

◆February 8
An RI research building (982 square meters) of the Faculty of Medicine was completed.
◆February 14
Members of the Subcommittee for University Establishment of the Council for University Establishment and School Corporation conducted an on-site inspection of the Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation which was scheduled to be opened in Academic Year 1994.
◆February 28
The Health Service Center (540 square meters) was completed.
◆March 9
A research building (5,647 square meters) and a lecture building (1,633 square meters) of the Faculty of Letters were completed.
◆March 24
A Student Dormitory (2,212 square meters), Extracurricular Activity Facility A (1,162 square meters), Extracurricular Activity Facility B (309 square meters), and West Welfare Center (789 square meters) were completed.
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1993 degree awarding ceremony was held.
Hiroshima University International House, Building C (358 square meters) and a boathouse (272 square meters) were completed.
◆March 31
The Nursing School was closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1994).
The relocation of the Faculty of Letters to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆April 1
A doctoral course (development science) was established at the Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation (Cabinet Order No. 86 of 1994).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1994 entrance ceremony was held at the gymnasium of the Higashi-Hiroshima Sports Park, and 3,114 students were admitted to faculties, 20 students to advanced courses, and 1,015 students to graduate schools.
Shitami Faculty Housing, Building No. 1 (1,373 square meters) was completed.
◆April 25
An entrance ceremony for the Department of Development Science of the Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation (the first stage of the doctoral course) was held, and 38 students (including 16 students from other graduate schools) were admitted.
◆June 6
President Yasuo Harada was awarded the Barany gold medal.
◆June 24
The Scientific Resource Center of the Atomic Bomb Disaster affiliated with the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine was renamed International Radiation Information Center (Ministerial Ordinance No. 21 of 1994).
The Division of Development Planning, Division of Development Technology, and Division of Social Dynamics were established at the Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation (Ministerial Ordinance No. 22 of 1994).
Ten departments of the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, i.e., Basic Research on Radiation Damage, Pathology, Hematology, Genetics/Eugenics, Chemotherapy/Biochemistry, Epidemiology/Social Medicine, Biostatistics, Radiation-Induced Cancer, First Clinical Medicine (internal medicine), and Second Clinical Medicine (surgery), were reorganized into four departments, i.e., Environmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Social Medicine, and Pathology and Therapy (Ministerial Ordinance No. 24 of 1994).
A Rehabilitation Service was established at the central clinic of the University Hospital (Directive No. 17 of 1994).
The post of International Students Manager at the Student Affairs Department was abolished, and the International Students Division was established (Directive No. 27 of 1994).
◆August 6
The 21st Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆November 7
Engineering education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the Faculty of Engineering and the Graduate School of Engineering.
◆December 5
Shitami Faculty Housing, Building No. 2 (1,373 square meters) was completed.
◆December 6
The Instrumental Analysis Center (1,426 square meters) was completed.
◆December 9
An information education building (597 square meters) was competed at the Attached Junior/Senior High Schools.
◆December 20
An extension (7,461 square meters) of the Central Library was completed.
◆December 26
Ikenoue Students Dormitories (2,212 square meters) were completed.

1995

◆February 8
A research building (6,541 square meters) and a lecture building (3,207 square meters) of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics were completed.
◆February 9
A research building (10,206 square meters), education building (4,253 square meters), technical art building (1,018 square meters), art building (1,448 square meters), music building (1,387 square meters), conservatory (143 square meter), and chemicals storehouse (24 square meters) of the Faculty of School Education were completed.
◆March 10
The Student Union (3,225 square meters) was completed.
◆March 24
The Academic Year 1994 degree awarding ceremony was held.
◆March 31
The relocation of the Faculty of School Education, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics, University Library, University Education Research Center, and Instrumental Analysis Center to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆April 1
The Center for School Education of Children with Disabilities was established as a unit affiliated with the Faculty of School Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1995).
The Isotope Center and the Center for Technology Research and Development were established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1995).
The Department of Law of the Faculty of Law (day school and evening school) was reorganized and an evening course was established at the Department of Law (Ministerial Ordinance No. 10 of 1995).
The Department of Economics of the Faculty of Economics (day school and evening school) was reorganized and an evening course was established at the Department of Economics (Ministerial Ordinance No. 10 of 1995).
At the Faculty of Engineering, the Division of Ship Planning was renamed the Division of Movement Systems and the Division of Ship Structure was renamed the Division of Structural Systems (Ministerial Ordinance No. 10 of 1995).
The Division of Functional Materials was established at the Graduate School of Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 10 of 1995).
The Division of Educational Development and the Division of Cultural Dynamics were established at the Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation (Ministerial Ordinance No. 10 of 1995).
The Saijo Branch Library and the Faculty of School Education Branch Library were closed. The University Library was composed of Central Library and its Higashi-Senda Branch, East Library, and West Library (Directive No. 3 of 1995, Hiroshima University Rule No. 18 of 1995).
A doctoral course of the Department of Gene Science was established at the Graduate School of Science (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1995).
A doctoral course of the Department of Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies was established at the Graduate School of International (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1995).
◆April 7
The Academic Year 1995 entrance ceremony was held at the gymnasium of the Higashi-Hiroshima Sports Park, and 3,181 students were admitted to faculties, 22 students to advanced courses, and 1,015 students to graduate schools.
◆April 24
An entrance ceremony for the Department of Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies of the Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation (the first stage of the doctoral course) was held, and 31 students (including four students from other graduate schools) were admitted.
◆April 26
An entrance ceremony for the Department of Gene Science of the Graduate School of Science (the second stage of the doctoral course) was held, and ten students were admitted.
◆August 6
The 22nd Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆September 28
An honorary doctorate of Hiroshima University was conferred to Mr. Takehiko Satake, the Executive Chairperson of Satake Corporation.
◆October 11
Legal and economics education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Social Science (law).
◆October 17
The Council adopted five guiding principles of Hiroshima University.
◆November 1
An honorary doctorate of Hiroshima University was conferred to Mr. Helmut Schmidt, the former Prime Minister of West Germany.
◆December 22
An inter-university academic and educational exchange program agreement was concluded with the University of Malaya, Malaysia.

1996

◆January 10
The Center for Technology Research and Development (1,130 square meters) and the Research Facilities for Laboratory Animal Science (4,461 square meters) were completed.
◆January 23
A building of the School of Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine (4,862 square meters) was completed.
◆March 18
North Welfare Center No. 1 (1,569 square meters) was completed.
◆March 19
An inter-university exchange program agreement was concluded with University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, the Republic of France.
◆March 26
The Academic Year 1995 degree awarding ceremony was held.
◆March 31
The Research Center for Integrated Systems was closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 8 of 1996).
◆April 1
The Health Sciences Major (master’s course) was established at the Graduate School of Medical Science (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1996).
The Department of Development Science (the second stage of the doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1996).
The Department of Geology and Mineralogy of the Graduate School of Science was renamed the Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science (Notice Gaku-Ko No. 10-3 of 1996).
The Hiroshima University Investigation Office was established (Guidelines for the Establishment of the Hiroshima University Investigation Office of March 12, 1996).
◆April 9
The Academic Year 1996 entrance ceremony was held at the gymnasium of the Higashi-Hiroshima Sports Park, and 3,103 students were admitted to faculties, 35 students to advanced courses, and 1,165 students to graduate schools.
◆April 23
Shitami Faculty Housing, Building No. 3 (1,275 square meters) was completed.
◆April 30
The 1st entrance ceremony for the Health Sciences Major (master’s course) of the Graduate School of Medical Science was held, and 45 students were admitted.
◆May 11
The Center for School Education Research and Development affiliated with the Faculty of School Education was reorganized and its Japanese name was changed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1996).
The Laboratory of Crystal Physics affiliated with the Faculty of Science was closed (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1996).
The Research Center for Nanodevices and Systems and the Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center were established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 18 of 1996).
The Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine was established at the Faculty of Medicine (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1996).
The Department of Biosignaling and Biofunctional Science was established at the Graduate School of Biosphere Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 19 of 1996).
The Department of Medical Informatics and Systems Management was established at the central clinic of the University Hospital (Directive No. 16 of 1996).
◆June 11
The Venture Business Laboratory was established (Hiroshima University Rule No. 35 of 1996).
◆August 6
The 23rd Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆September 3
An exchange program agreement was concluded with the University of Minnesota, the U.S.A., to implement a Short-term Study Abroad Program.
◆September 11
An exchange program agreement was concluded with the University of Maryland, the U.S.A., to implement a Short-term Study Abroad Program.
◆September 20
An exchange program agreement was concluded with the University of Calgary, Canada, to implement a Short-term Study Abroad Program.
◆September 27
The Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (1,507 square meters) was completed.
◆September 29
An exchange program agreement was concluded with the University of New England, Australia, to implement a Short-term Study Abroad Program.
◆October 1
The Information and Education Research Center was established (Hiroshima University Rule No. 41 of 1996).
◆October 9
An exchange program agreement was concluded with Florida State University, the U.S.A., to implement a Short-term Study Abroad Program.
◆October 29
The Venture Business Laboratory (1,509 square meters) was completed.
◆November 11
Medical education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the Faculty of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medical Science.
◆November 25
Dental education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the Faculty of Dentistry and the Graduate School of Dentistry.
◆November 27
The Secretariat Building (8,211 square meters) was completed.
◆November 29
Kojin Kaikan (the building of the alumni association of the Department of Medicine; 1,204 square meters) was completed.
◆December 31
The relocation of the Student Affairs Department to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.

1997

◆January 8
The building of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics (3,540 square meters) was completed.
◆January 31
The relocation of the Secretariat, the Attached Schools Department, and the Hiroshima University Investigation Office to the new site of the university in Higashi-Hiroshima City was completed.
◆March 25
The Academic Year 1996 degree awarding ceremony was held.
◆April 1
A post of Vice President was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1997).
Professor Michio Ogasawara (Faculty of Education) and Professor Kazuhiro Mori (Faculty of Engineering) were appointed as Vice Presidents, and discharged from the office of Executive Assistant to the President.
The Secretariat was merged with the Student Affairs Department and reorganized into one consisting of four departments, 16 divisions, and one office: General Affairs Department (General Affairs Division, Personnel Affairs Division, Research Cooperation Division, International Exchange Division, and Planning Office), Accounting Department (Budget Division, Accounting Division, Contract Division, Property Administration Division), Student Affairs Department (Educational Affairs Division, Student Affairs Division, Welfare Division, Admission Division, and International Student Affairs Division), and Facilities Department (Planning Division, Buildings Division, and Equipment Division) (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1997, Directive No. 15 of 1997).
The Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education was established (Ministerial Ordinance No. 13 of 1997).
At the Faculty of Letters, 28 divisions of the three departments (philosophy, history, and literature) were reorganized into the following ten divisions of one department (humanities): Philosophy, Chinese Thought and Culture, Japanese History, World History, Geography and Archaeology, Cultural Properties, Japanese Language and Literature, Chinese Language and Literature, British, American and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics) (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1997).
The Department of Parasitology of the Faculty of Medicine was renamed the Department of Immunology and Parasitology (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1997).
The Department of Basic Study on Learning and Curriculum Development and the Department of Learning Support Development were established at the Graduate School of Education (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1997).
The Division of Particle Beam Science was established at the Graduate School of Science (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1997).
The Division of Biomolecular and Biofunctional Chemistry was established at the Graduate School of Engineering (Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 of 1997).
A Maternity and Perinatal Center was established at the central clinic of the University Hospital (Directive No. 11 of 1997).
A doctoral course of the Department of Learning and Curriculum Development was established at the Graduate School of Education (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1997).
The Department of Module Life Function Science (the first stage of the doctoral course) was established at the Graduate School of Engineering (Notice Bun-Ko-Dai No. 113 of 1997).
The Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education was established (Hiroshima University Rule No. 40 of 1996).
The Hiroshima University Rules for the Selection of the Director of the Student Affairs Department were abolished (Hiroshima University Rule No. 16 of 1997).
◆April 8
The Academic Year 1997 entrance ceremony was held at the gymnasium of the Higashi-Hiroshima Sports Park, and 3,097 students were admitted to faculties, 26 students to advanced courses, and 1,144 students to graduate schools.
◆May 21
President Yasuo Harada was reappointed.
◆June 9
An academic and educational exchange program agreement was concluded with the University of Amsterdam, the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
◆August 6
The 24th Memorial Service for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb was held.
◆September 10
An academic and educational exchange program agreement was concluded with Linkoping University, the Kingdom of Sweden.
◆September 18
Members of the Subcommittee for University Establishment of the Council for University Establishment and School Corporation conducted an on-site inspection of the Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter which was scheduled to be opened in Academic Year 1998.
◆September 29
An academic and educational exchange program agreement was concluded with Dalian University of Technology, the People’s Republic of China.
◆October 1
A regeneration biology program was established at the Faculty of Science, endowed by Kyowa Hakko.
◆October 21
Agricultural education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the Faculty of Applied Biological Science and the Graduate School of Biosphere Science.
◆October 30
Pharmaceutical education inspectors conducted an on-site inspection of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medical Science.
◆November 11
The Graduate School Committee approved the principles and goals of the graduate schools of Hiroshima University.
◆December 10
An academic and educational exchange program agreement was concluded with Universitas Hasanuddin, the Republic of Indonesia.