History

September 1970
Approval for the donation act for Hyogo Medical University Medicine School Corporation and approval for the establishment of Hyogo Medical University are submitted.
April 1971 (Showa 46)
The first school building (now Building No. 5) and the classroom (now Building No. 4) were completed.
November 1971 (Showa 46)
Approval for the donation of the Hyogo Medical University and the establishment of Hyogo Medical University
April 1972 (Showa 47)
Hyogo Medical University opens, Hyogo Medical University Hospital opens
August 1973 (Showa 48)
Hospital building (Building No. 1) completed
April 1974 (Showa 49)
Central Animal Experiment Building (Building No. 7) completed
May 1974 (Showa 49)
The psychiatric and neurological ward was moved to Building No. 6.
August 1974 (Showa 49)
School building and auditorium (Building No. 3) completed
December 1974 (Showa 49)
Renovation of Medical Research Building (Building No. 2) completed
March 1978 (Showa 53)
Hyogo Medical University College of Medicine receives approval to establish Graduate School of Medicine
February 1980 (Showa 55)
Hospital and research building (Building No. 8) completed
August 1980 (Showa 55)
Hyogo Medical University signs agreement on academic exchange with Saarland University, Federal Republic of Germany
November 1981 (Showa 56)
Naruohama General Ground (including clubhouse) completed
April 1984 (Showa 59)
Research building (Building No. 9) completed
March 1994
Hyogo Medical University Hospital approved as a specified function hospital
January 1995
Damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
October 1996
Hyogo Medical University Hospital approved as disaster base hospital
April 1997
Hyogo Medical University Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences established
October 1997
Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Hospital opens
November 1997
Multi-storey car park completed
June 1999
Hyogo Medical University Rehabilitation Center opens
September 1999
Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Geriatric Health Care Facility opened
November 1999
Agreement on academic exchange between Hyogo Medical University and Shantou University School of Medicine, People's Republic of China, signed
March 2000
Hospital building (Building No. 10) completed (25th anniversary of school opening, earthquake recovery and facility expansion/modernization project)
April 2001
Affiliated Nursing School opens
September 2001
Completion of renovation of hospital buildings No. 1, No. 2, and No. 8 (25th anniversary of school opening, earthquake recovery and facility expansion/modernization project)
March 2004
Certified as meeting university standards through mutual evaluation by the University Accreditation Association
March 2005
Heisei Memorial Hall completed (30th anniversary project)
December 2005
Hyogo Medical University Hospital is certified as a hospital with functional evaluation (Ver.4.0 General Hospital) by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.
March 2006
Hyogo Hyogo Medical University signs agreement on academic exchange with Tianjin Medical University, People's Republic of China
November 2006
PET Center opened Hyogo Medical University Hospital
November 2006
Approval for change of donation act for Hyogo Medical University College of Medicine and establishment of Hyogo University of Health Sciences
April 2007
Hyogo University of Health Sciences opened (in Kobe Port Island)
July 2007
Comprehensive agreement on academic exchange between Hyogo Medical University and Kwansei Gakuin University concluded
October 2007
Hyogo Medical University signs agreement on academic exchange with Rijeka University School of Medicine, Republic of Croatia
March 2009
Hyogo Medical University of Medicine Nursing School closed
Hyogo University of Health Sciences gymnasium completed
June 2010
Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Medical Center (renamed from the former Sasayama Hospital) relocated and opened
December 2010
Hyogo University of Health Sciences Graduate School of Nursing and Graduate School of Medical Sciences approved for establishment
December 2010
Hyogo Medical University Hospital is certified as a hospital with functional evaluation (Ver.6.0 General Hospital) by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.
February 2011
Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Home Care Support Center opened
March 2011
Hyogo Medical University College of Medicine is certified as meeting university standards by the University Accreditation Association.
April 2011
Hyogo University of Health Sciences Graduate School (Graduate School of Nursing, Graduate School of Medical Sciences) opened
November 2012
Confucius Institute for Traditional Hyogo Medical University established at Hyogo College of Medicine
November 2012
Hyogo University of Health Sciences was approved to establish the Graduate Graduate School of Pharmacy
November 2012
Hyogo Medical University signs memorandum of understanding regarding academic collaboration with the University of California, San Diego School School of Medicine
December 2012
Hyogo Medical University Hospital Acute Medical Center completed (40th anniversary project)
March 2013
Hyogo University of Health Sciences was certified as meeting university standards by the University Accreditation Association.
April 2013
Hyogo University of Health Sciences Graduate School (Graduate School of Pharmacy) opened
May 2013
Hyogo Hyogo Medical University signs agreement on academic exchange with Sofia Medical University, Republic of Bulgaria
December 2013
Sasayama Medical Center is certified as a hospital with functional capabilities (3rdG:Ver1.0 General Hospital 1) by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.
March 2014
Hyogo University of Health Sciences signs memorandum of understanding on academic exchange with the University of Adelaide, Australia
April 2014
Hyogo Medical University Medicine will increase the number of students for research doctor training by two, bringing the total enrollment capacity to 112.
April 2015
Hyogo Medical University Medicine Health and Medicine Clinic opened
April 2015
Hyogo University of Health Sciences Social and Academic Cooperation Promotion Organization established
February 2016
Hyogo Medical University Hospital is certified as a hospital with functional evaluation (3rdG:Ver.1.1 General Hospital 2) by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.
January 2016
Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Home Care Service Center opens
December 2016
Hyogo Medical University signs academic exchange agreement with University of Würzburg, School of Medicine Federal Republic of Germany
April 2017
10th Anniversary of Hyogo University of Health Sciences
October 2017
20th Anniversary of the Opening of Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Medical Center
November 2017
Hyogo Medical University Education and Research Building completed
March 2018
Hyogo Medical University College of Medicine is certified as meeting university standards by the University Accreditation Association.
June 2018
Hyogo College Hyogo Medical University signs basic agreement with Sasayama City to continue operating the hospital until 2025
February 2019
Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Medical Center is certified as a hospital function evaluation (3rdG: Ver.2.0 General Hospital 1) and a rehabilitation hospital (secondary function) by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.
August 2019
Hyogo Medical University Sasayama Home Care Service Center is certified by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare as an "Enhanced Visiting Nursing Station (Enhanced Visiting Nursing Management Medical Care Fee 3)."
December 2020 (Reiwa 2)
"Multi-storey parking lot" and "deck building" completed at Nishinomiya Campus
August 2021 (Reiwa 3)
Hyogo Medical University College of Medicine receives approval to change its donation act and establish three faculties and three Hyogo Medical University
February 2022 (Reiwa 4)
Hyogo Medical University School of Medicine is certified by JACME (Japan Accreditation Council for Medical Education) for its medical education field-specific evaluation criteria Ver. 2.32.
February 2022 (Reiwa 4)
Confucius Institute closed
April 2022 (Reiwa 4)
Hyogo University of Health Sciences and Hyogo Medical University are integrated to form Hyogo Medical University with four faculties and four graduate schools.
October 2022 (Reiwa 4)
Hyogo Medical University Umeda Health Medical Clinic opened in Umeda, Osaka.
April 2024 (Reiwa 6)
Hyogo Medical University Hospital is certified as a hospital with a functional rating (3rdG:Ver.2.0 General Hospital 3) by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care.
August 2024 (Reiwa 6)
Hyogo Medical University College of Medicine receives approval to establish a doctoral program in the Graduate Graduate School of Nursing and a doctoral program in the Graduate Graduate School of Rehabilitation Science