History

September 25, 1924	Faculty of Engineering established at HokkaidoImperial University.
February 12, 1925	Hokkaido University (HU) Regulations Concerning the Faculty of Engineering established. Four departments (Civil Engineering, Mine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering) established.
May 14, 1926	50th anniversary of Hokkaido Imperial University's foundation and Faculty of Engineering's establishment celebrated.
April 11, 1939	Department of Fuel Engineering established.
April 7, 1942	Department of Extractive Metallurgy established.
November 11, 1944	20th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
March 20, 1946	Department of Fuel Engineering renamed Department of Applied Chemistry.
October 1, 1947	Hokkaido Imperial University renamed Hokkaido University.
September 14, 1948	Department of Architecture established.
May 31, 1949	Hokkaido University reorganized as new Hokkaido University after enforcement of National School Establishment Act. Faculty of Engineering re-established with seven departments (Civil Engineering, Mine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, Extractive Metallurgy, and Architecture).
September 3, 1949	25th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
April 1, 1952	Department of Extractive Metallurgy renamed Department of Metallurgy
March 31, 1953	Graduate School of Engineering established under new system.
May 13, 1953	Seven divisions established at Graduate School of Engineering (Civil Engineering, Mine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, Metallurgy, and Architecture).
April 5, 1957	Department of Sanitary Engineering established.
April 1, 1958	Department of Precision Engineering and affiliated facility for metallic chemistry research established.
April 1, 1960	Department of Electronic Engineering and Department of Chemical Process Engineering established.
April 1, 1961	Division of Sanitary Engineering established.
April 1, 1962	Department of Mechanical Engineering II and Division of Precision Engineering established.
February 25, 1964	Graphic Science Course for general education established.
April 1, 1964	Department of Applied Physics, Division of Electronic Engineering and Division of Chemical Process Engineering established.
October 5, 1964	40th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
April 1, 1966	Division of Mechanical Engineering II established.
April 1, 1967	Department of Nuclear Engineering established.
April 1, 1968	Division of Applied Physics established.
April 1, 1971	Department of Metallurgy renamed Department of Metallurgical Engineering. Division of Nuclear Engineering established. Division of Metallurgy renamed Division of Metallurgical Engineering.
April 1, 1972	Department of Mine Engineering renamed Department of Mineral Resources Development Engineering. Division of Mine Engineering renamed Division of Mineral Resources Development Engineering.
April 1, 1973	Division of Information Engineering established as an independent graduate school.
September 25, 1974	50th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
April 1, 1975	Affiliated coal resource experiment facility established (for use over a limited period of seven years).
September 15, 1976	Hokkaido University centennial celebrated
April 1, 1978	Affiliated direct power generation experiment facility established (for use over a limited period of 10 years).
April 1, 1979	Information Science Course for general education established.
April 25,1979	Division of Biomedical Engineering established.
April 1, 1982	Affiliated coal resource experiment facility abolished.
September 27, 1984	60th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
April 1, 1987	Depar tment of Information Engineering established.
March 31, 1988	Affiliated direct power generation experiment facility abolished.
April 8, 1988	Affiliated advanced electromagnetic fluid experiment facility established.
April 12, 1991	Graphic Science Course and Information Science Course for general education reorganized to form Laboratory of Information and Graphic Science.
June 10, 1994	70th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
June 24, 1994	Divisions of Metallurgical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, and Chemical Process Engineering reorganized to form Division of Materials Science and Engineering and Division of Molecular Chemistry. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Process Engineering reorganized to form Departments of Materials Engineering and Applied Chemistry. Affiliated research facility on metallic chemistry and advanced electromagnetic fluid experiment facility abolished.
April 1, 1995	Divisions of Precision Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Engineering, Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering reorganized to form Division of Systems and Information Engineering and Division of Electronic and Information Engineering. Departments of Precision Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Engineering, and Electronic Engineering reorganized to form Departments of Information Engineering, Electronics Engineering, and Systems Engineering.
May 11, 1996	Divisions of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering II, Applied Physics, and Nuclear Engineering reorganized to form Divisions of Applied Physics, Quantum Energy Engineering, and Mechanical Science. Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering II, Applied Physics, and Nuclear Engineering reorganized to form Departments of Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
April 1, 1997	Divisions of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Sanitary Engineering, and Mineral Resources Development Engineering reorganized to form Division of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Division of Urban and Environmental Engineering, and Division of Environment and Resources Engineering. Departments of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Sanitary Engineering, and Mineral Resources Development Engineering reorganized to form Departments of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering, and Mineral Resources Engineering.
June 4, 1999	75th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
October 1, 2000	English Graduate Program in Socio-Environmental Engineering established at Graduate School of Engineering.
April 1, 2004	Division of Systems and Information Engineering and Division of Electronics and Information Engineering abolished; Graduate School of Information Science and Technology established.
October 23, 2004	80th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated in Tokyo.
April 1, 2005	Divisions of Materials Science and Engineering, Molecular Chemistry, Applied Physics, Quantum Energy Engineering, Mechanical Science, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Urban and Environmental Engineering, and Environment and Resources Engineering reorganized to form Divisions of Applied Physics, Chemical Process Engineering, Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Space Engineering, Human Mechanical Systems andDesign, Energy and Environmental Systems, Quantum Science and Engineering, Field Engineering for Environment, Engineering and Policy for Sustainable Environment, Architectural and Structural Design, Human Environmental System, Built Environment and Solid Waste, Resources and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
April 1, 2005	Departments of Materials Engineering, Applied Chemistry, Information Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering, and Mineral Resources Engineering reorganized to form Departments of Applied Science and Engineering, Electronics and Information Engineering, Mechanical and Intelligent System Engineering, and Socio-Environmental Engineering.
April 1, 2008	Technical Center of Engineering established.
April 1, 2010	Graduate School of Engineering reorganized to form Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, and Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering. Fifteen divisions established at Faculty of Engineering (Applied Physics, Chemical Process Engineering, Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Space Engineering, Human Mechanical Systems and Design, Energy and Environmental Systems, Quantum Science and Engineering, Field Engineering for the Environment, Engineering and Policy for Sustainable Environment, Architectural and Structural Design, Human Environmental Systems, Environmental Engineering, and Sustainable Resources Engineering). Twelve divisions established at Graduate School of Engineering (Applied Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Space Engineering, Human Mechanical Systems and Design, Energy and Environmental Systems, Quantum Science and Engineering, Field Engineering for the Environment, Engineering and Policy for Sustainable Environment, Architectural and Structural Design, Human Environmental Systems, Environmental Engineering, and Sustainable Resources Engineering). Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering and related Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering established from reorganization of Graduate School of Science's Department of Chemistry along with three chemistry-related divisions in Graduate School of Engineering (Chemical Process Engineering, Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry). Center for Advanced Research of Energy Conversion Materials (an inter-departmental institute for education and research) reorganized to form Faculty of Engineering's Center for Advanced Research of Energy and Materials
June 1, 2012	Frontier Chemistry Center established
June 12, 2014	The completion of the Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building celebrated.
September 27, 2014	90th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering celebrated.
June 1, 2015	Divisions of Chemical Process Engineering, Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry reorganized to form Division of Applied Chemistry.
April 1, 2017	Cooperative Program for Resources Engineering^* established.
April 1, 2019	Graduate School of Information Science and Technology reorganized to form Faculty of Information Science and Technology, and Graduate School of Information Science and Technology Five divisions established at Faculty of Information Science and Technology (Computer Science and Information Technology, Electronics for Informatics, Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Media and Network Technologies, Systems Science and Informatics) One division established at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology (Information Science and Technology) Five Courses established at Division of Information Science and Technology (Computer Science and Information Technology, Electronics for Informatics, Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Media and Network Technologies, Systems Science and Informatics)
April 1, 2020	Divisions of Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Space Engineering, Human Mechanical Systems and Design, Energy and Environmental Systems, Quantum Science and Engineering, Field Engineering for Environment, Engineering and Policy for Sustainable Environment, Architectural and Structural Design, Human Environmental Systems, Environmental Engineering, and Sustainable Resources Engineering reorganized to form Divisions of Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Applied Quantum Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering, and Sustainable Resources Engineering.
July 3, 2020	f³ Engineering Education and Research Center established.
October 1, 2021	Center of Ambitious Research and Education for Nuclear Safety established

*a collaborative education program between the graduate school of engineering of Hokkaido University and Kyushu University.