April 1, 1963

National Institute of Technology, Ariake College established with the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial Chemistry. USHIO, Hiroe, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, appointed as the first President.

April 20

Opened at a temporary campus in Masunaga, Arao City.

October 23

Construction of the new campus began at the present site in Higashi-Hagio, Omuta City.

March 25, 1964

Dormitory (Wakaba Living House) completed.

March 31

Building for General Education and Administration Office Building completed.

March 17, 1965

Phase II construction completed (Electrical Engineering Building, Industrial Chemistry Building, Machine Shop, and Aoba Living House).

March 27, 1966

Phase III construction completed (Mechanical Engineering Building, Gymnasium, and Momiji Living House).

April 1

Administrative Bureau system introduced, with the General Affairs Division and the Accounting Division newly established.

October 11

Ceremony held to mark the completion of the campus buildings.

November 15, 1967

Kendo and Judo Hall completed.

April 1, 1968

Department of Architecture established.

September 1

HONDA, Toshio, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, appointed as the second President.

March 20, 1969

Architecture Building and Ginnan Living House completed.

April 1, 1970

Student Affairs Division newly established.

November 6

President HONDA, Toshio passed away. OHISHI, Toyojiro, Ministry of Education faculty member, appointed Acting President on the same date.

January 20, 1971

TODOROKI, Ichiro, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, appointed as the third President.

February 25, 1972

Library completed.

November 1, 1973

10th anniversary ceremony held.

March 30, 1974

Computer Room completed on the third floor of the Library.

March 9, 1976

Language Laboratory (L.L.) completed in the Building for General Education.

February 28, 1977

Integrated Training Center completed.

April 1, 1980

YOSHIMURA, Torazo, Professor of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, appointed as the fourth President.

March 17, 1981

Gymnasium No. 2 completed.

March 30, 1982

Environmental Development Education and Research Facility (now the Research and Development Building) completed.

March 11, 1983

Student Welfare Facility (Shuko-Kan) completed.

October 29

20th anniversary ceremony held.

April 1, 1986

TAKEMURA, Tetsuo, Professor of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, appointed as the fifth President.

April 1, 1989

Department of Electronics and Information Engineering established.

March 20, 1991

Electronics and Information Engineering Building completed.

April 2, 1992

TAKAMATSU, Yasuo, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, appointed as the sixth President.

March 25, 1993

Women’s Dormitory (Sakura Living House) completed.

November 6

30th anniversary ceremony held.

April 1, 1994

Department of Industrial Chemistry reorganized into the Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering.

March 22, 1996

Biology Building of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering completed.

April 2, 1997

YAMAFUJI, Kaoru, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, appointed as the seventh President.

September 1

Regional Collaboration Promotion Center established.

April 1, 1999

Student Counseling Room established.

March 15, 2000

Building for General Education renovated; Joint Education Building and Building for Common Technical Course Education completed.

April 1, 2001

Advanced Engineering Course established, comprising the Advanced Production and Information Systems Engineering Course, the Advanced Chemical Science and Engineering Course, and the Advanced Architecture Course.

April 1

Center for Educational and Research Technical Support established.

September 25

Mechanical Engineering Building and Chemistry and Materials Engineering Building renovated.

November 30

Integrated Training Center renovated.

January 17, 2002

Regional Collaboration Center established.

April 1

OZAKI, Tatsuo, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, appointed as the eighth President.

September 30

Electrical Engineering Building, Architecture Building, and Gymnasium No. 1 renovated; connecting corridor between the Building for General Education and the Architecture Building completed.

March 20, 2003

General Research Building completed.

April 19

Ceremony held to mark the 40th anniversary and the completion of the General Research Building.

April 1, 2004

Following the repeal of the National School Establishment Act and the enforcement of the Act on the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), National Institute of Technology, Ariake College became a national college of technology established by KOSEN.

June 17, 2005

International exchange agreement concluded with Liaoning Petrochemical University, China.

January 12, 2006

Collaboration and exchange agreement concluded with Omuta Hospital.

April 1

Multimedia Center established.

July 1

Career Support Office established.

July 19

Yu-Yu Information Office established.

March 23, 2007

Cooperation agreement concluded with the Omuta City Board of Education.

April 1

With the shift to a two-division administrative structure, the General Affairs Division and the Accounting Division were reorganized into the General Affairs Division.

July 30

Aoba Living House renovated.

December 28

Library renovated.

March 24, 2008

Comprehensive cooperation agreement concluded with Omuta City.

April 2

TATEIBA, Mitsuo, former Dean of the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, appointed as the ninth President.

March 9, 2011

Cooperation agreement concluded with the Arao City Board of Education.

March 14, 2013

Gender Equality Support Office established.

April 1

FUKUSHIMA, Takeo, former Executive Director of the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation, appointed as the tenth President.

November 9

50th anniversary ceremony held.

December 19

School precepts established.

April 1, 2016

The five departments — Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Engineering, and Architecture — reorganized into the single Department of Creative Engineering.

TAKAHASHI, Kaoru, former Director of the Research and Industry-Academia Collaboration Promotion Office of the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), and Professor at NIT, Sendai College, appointed as the eleventh President.

April 1, 2017

The “Artificial Intelligence and Business Course (Kimura Information Technology)” opened through a donation from Kimura Information Technology Co., Ltd.

April 1, 2018

Student Support Center established.

Center for Educational and Research Technical Support reorganized into the Technical Department.

November 3

A clock tower was donated and installed in front of the main gate to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Yu-Yu Club alumni association.

April 1, 2019

EZAKI, Hisakazu, former Professor at NIT, Suzuka College, appointed as the twelfth President.

April 1, 2021

Public Relations Office (Entrance Examination) established.

March 4, 2022

Sakura Living House rebuilt.

April 1

YAGI, Masao, former President of NIT, Niihama College, appointed as the thirteenth President.

Information Processing Center reorganized into the Information and Network Center.

Institutional Research for Teaching and Learning Office and Library Management Office established.

March 6, 2023

Ginnan Living House renovated.

March 31

Dining hall of the Taimei Dormitory rebuilt.

The multipurpose space in the dining hall of the Taimei Dormitory named “Arataba.”

April 1

Collaborative education program launched between the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, and nine colleges of technology in the Kyushu-Okinawa region.

April 5

Shop in Shuko-Kan refurbished.

October 31

Cultural club rooms were donated by the Supporters’ Association to commemorate the 60th anniversary.

November 16

Completion ceremony held for the cultural club rooms.

January 9, 2024

Entrepreneur Workshop opened.

March 13

Four cherry trees, together with the surrounding landscaping, were donated by the Yu-Yu Club alumni association to commemorate the 60th anniversary.

March 23

Tree-planting ceremony held to commemorate the 60th anniversary.

March 25

Aoba Living House and Momiji Living House consolidated and rebuilt as Momiji Living House.

March 26

Student Support Room installed in the student welfare facility.

April 1

Global Education Center established.

April 6

Ariake KOSEN Innovation Commons opened.

April 1, 2025

Circuit Design and Education Center established.

September 29

Opening ceremony and commemorative symposium held for the Circuit Design and Education Center.

April 1, 2026

OHTSUKA, Hirofumi, former Special Assistant to the President and Professor at NIT, Kumamoto College, appointed as the fourteenth President.