Shizuoka University was inaugurated on June 1, 1949, following approval on May 31 of the same year for the university's establishment through the unification of five educational institutions: the former Shizuoka High School, Shizuoka Normal School and Shizuoka 2nd Normal School , Shizuoka Normal School for Youth and Hamamatsu College of Technology.
Subsequently, the university absorbed Shizuoka Prefectural College of Agriculture , moved to its present Shizuoka and Hamamatsu Campuses, and by undertaking the reorganization and enlargement of its faculties and other educational departments, assumed its present form. In the years to come, the university will continue to make efforts to upgrade and enrich its structure.
| Western calendar(Japanese calendar) | Event |
| 1875 (Meiji 8) | Established Shizuoka Normal School |
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| 1914 (Taisho 3) | Established Shizuoka 2nd Normal School (Hamamatsu City) |
| 1922 (Taisho 11) | Established Shizuoka High School Established Hamamatsu School of Technology |
| 1926 (Taisho 15) | Established Shizuoka Prefectural Supplementary Agriculture School |
| 1949 (Showa 24) | The five schools above unify as Shizuoka University Established The Faculty of Science and Humanities Established Faculty of Education Established Faculty of Engineering Established University Library |
| 1951 (Showa 26) | Established Faculty of Agriculture |
| 1965 (Showa 40) | Established Faculty of Humanities and Social Science Established Faculty of Science Established Electronics Research Institute Established Faculty of Science Radiochemistry Research Laboratory and name changed to Radiochemistry Research Laboratory in 2008 |
| 1970 (Showa 45) | Established Graduate School of Agriculture |
| 1981 (Showa 56) | Established Graduate School of Education |
| 1982 (Showa 57) | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences reorganized departments into four-department structure |
| 1990 (Heisei 2) | Established Center for Educational Research and Teacher Development |
| 1991 (Heisei 3) | Established Center for Joint Research |
| 1995 (Heisei 7) | Established Faculty of Informatics Faculty of Engineering reorganized departments into four-department structure |
| 1996 (Heisei 8) | Established Graduate School of Science and Engineering |
| 1997 (Heisei 9) | Established Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Established Center for Education and Research in Lifelong Learning |
| 1998 (Heisei 10) | Established Institute for Genetic Research and Biotechnology Faculty of Education reorganized program into four-program structure Reorganized Center for Educational Research and Teacher Development |
| 1999 (Heisei 11) | Established Center for Instrumental Analysis |
| 2000 (Heisei 12) | Established Graduate School of Informatics Established Information Processing Center |
| 2003 (Heisei 15) | Established Innovation and Joint Research Center |
| 2004 (Heisei 16) | To Became National University Corporation Shizuoka University |
| 2005 (Heisei 17) | Established Shizuoka Law School |
| 2006 (Heisei 18) | Faculty of Science reorganized departments into five-department structure Faculty of Agriculture reorganized departments into three-department structure Graduate School of Science and Engineering reorganized as Graduate School of Science and Graduate School of Engineering Established Graduate School of Science and Technology Abolished Graduate School of Electronic Science and Technology Abolished International Student Center abolished, and Institute for joint Reserch and Established Education International Center |
| 2007 (Heisei 19) | Established Joint Reserch Facilities Takayanagi Memorial Hall aculty of Education, School for the Handicapped Children was renamed Faculty of Education, School for Students with Special needs |
| 2008 (Heisei 20) | Established Office for Promotion of Gender Equality Established Institute for joint Reserch and Education Center for Integrated Research and Education of Natural Hazards |
| 2009 (Heisei 21) | Established Organization for Information Infrastructure Abolished Information Processing Center, and Established Institute for joint Reserch and Education Center for Information Infrastructure |
| 2010 (Heisei 22) | Established Institute for joint Reserch and Education Hamamatsu Campus Center for Instrumental Analysis Established Institute for joint Reserch and Education Student Support Center |
| 2011 (Heisei 23) | Medical Care Center was renamed Health Care Center |
| 2012 (Heisei 24) | Abolished Innovation and Joint Reserch Center and Center for Education and Reserch in Lifelong Learning, and Established Organization for Innovation and Social Collaboration apanese name of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was renamed |
| 2013 (Heisei 25) | Abolished Institute for Genetic Research and Biotechnology and Center for Instrumental Analysis, and Established Research Institute of Green Science and Technology Reorganized Research Institute of Electronics Faculty of Engineering reorganized as five-department structure Graduate School of Engineering reorganized as six-department structure Established Center for Safety and Hygiene |
| 2014 (Heisei 26) | Established Organization for the Promotion of Global Education Programs Completed Innovation photonics Evolution Research Center |
| 2015 (Heisei 27) | Established Academic Institute (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Education, College of Informatics, College of Science, College of engineering, College of agriculture and College of Global-Interdisciplinary Studies ) as Organization of Reserchers Abolished Graduate School of Informatics, Graduate School of Science, Graduate School of Engineering and Graduate School of Agriculture, and Establised Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology (Master's Course) Established Organization for Educational Development Abolished Organization for the Promotion of Global Education Programs, and Established Office for the Promotion of Global Educational Programs under the Organization for Educational Development |
| 2015 (Heisei 27) | Shizuoka Law School decided to stop student's recruitment from 2016 |
| 2016 (Heisei 28) | Due to faculty reform in 2016, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences changed enrollment capacity from 470 to 420 and introduced 'the International Japan Studies Program. Faculty of Education stopped student's recruitment for Lifelong Learning Education courses (except for the Training Course for School Teachers (200 students)), General Science Education Course and Arts and Culture Course, in order to focus its courses on teacher training. Establised Elementary Learning Development major and Coordinated School Health (Yogo) Education major. Faculty of Informatics reorganized departments into three-department structure. Establised Department of Behavior Informatics (70 students), which covers study of big and rich data. Increased its overall enrollment capacity by 40. Faculty of Science establised Creative science course (20 students) as a cross-department course, based on five-department structure. Faculty of Engineering expanded enrollment capacity from 535 to 545. Faculty of Agriculture reorganized into two-department structure: Department of Bioresource Sciences (110 sudents) and Department of Applied Life Sciences (70 students). Increased its overall enrollment capacity by 30. Established School of Regional Development to challenge e regional issues and to develop human reseource for local region (5 Courses: Regional Management, Inclusive Community, Regional Environmental and Disaster Measures, Art and Art Management and Sports Promotion). Established Center for Community Legal Advice and Support Services. |
| 2017 (Heisei 29) |
Faculty of Science Radiochemistry Research Institute was renamed Faculty of Science Center for Radioscience Education and Research Established Hamamatsu Campus Administrative Office into three-Section structure as Hamamatsu General Affairs Section, Hamamatsu Educational Affairs Section and Hamamatsu Student Support Secttion. Abolished Institute for joint Reserch and Established Education International Center, and Established Organization for International Collaboration Established Education Center for Regional Development |
| 2018 (Heisei 30) | Established Graduate School of Medical Photonics |
| 2019 (Heisei 31) | Abolished Shizuoka Law School |
| 2020 (Reiwa 2) | Established Center for Promotion of Sustainability, Organization for Designing Future Society Abolished Center for Community Legal Advice and Support Services |
| 2022 (Reiwa 4) | Established Headquarters for Creation of the Future |
| 2023 (Reiwa 5) | Established Faculty of Global Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation Established College of Global Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Academic Institute Established Interfaculty Graduate School of Mountain Watershed Hamamatsu Campus Instrumental Analysis Center was renamed Hamamatsu Instrumental Analysis Center Established Shizuoka Instrumental Analysis Center Established Management Office for Research Facilities |
| 2024 (Reiwa 6) |
Graduate School of Science and Engineering reorganized as Graduate School of Science and Graduate School of Engineering Reorganized Center for Educational Research and Teacher Development Established Harassment Consultation Office Abolished Gender Equality Office, and Established Office for Diversity,Equity,and Inclusion(DE&I) |
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