Protection of Personal Information and Accountability
Taro Komukai
Professor, Faculty of Global Informatics, Chuo University
Area of Specialization: Information law
| 1885 | Igirisu Horitsu Gakko (English Law School) established (Inaugural Principal Rokuichiro Masujima) |
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| 1889 | Renamed Tokyo Hogakuin (Tokyo College of Law) |
| 1903 | Renamed Tokyo Hogakuin Daigaku (Tokyo University of Law) |
| 1905 | Renamed Chuo Daigaku (Chuo University) |
| Faculty of Economics established | |
| 1909 | Faculty of Commerce established |
| 1920 | Foundation of Chuo University accredited by University order. Faculties of Law, Economics, and Commerce, a graduate school, and college preparatory courses established |
| 1926 | Surugadai Campus completed and University relocates from Nishiki-cho |
| 1931 | Night school opens |
| 1935 | Auditorium completed as 50th anniversary commemorative project |
old picture of campus building
| 1944 | Chuo Kogyo Senmon Gakko (Chuo Technical College) (offering mechanics and aviation courses) opens |
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| 1948 | Chuo University Commerce School becomes Chuo University High School at Bunkyo |
| Correspondence Division opens | |
| Publishing Office opens | |
| Institute of Accounting Research opens | |
| 1949 | Under new educational system, No. 1 Division (daytime program) opens in Faculties of Law, Economics, Commerce and Engineering (Civil Engineering, Precision Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial Chemistry), and No. 2 Division (evening program) opens in Faculties of Law, Economics, and Commerce |
| Institute of Comparative Law in Japan opens | |
| University has greatest number of successful candidates in first-ever CPA exam | |
| Launch of Chuo University Co-op | |
| 1951 | Faculty of Literature opens with Department of Literature (Divisions No. 1 and No. 2, daytime and evening programs) and Department of History (Divisions No. 1, daytime program) |
| Under new graduate school system, Master's programs offered at the Graduate School of Law, in Private and Criminal Law, Political Studies, and Anglo-American Law; at the Graduate School of Economics, in Economic Science; and at the Graduate School of Commerce, in Commerce | |
| University has greatest number of successful candidates in National Bar Exam | |
| 1962 | Faculty of Engineering renamed Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| 1963 | Chuo University Suginami High School (boys and girls) and Chuo University High School at Koganei (boys) opened |
| Faculty of Science and Engineering building completed | |
| 1978 | Relocation to Tama Campus commences |
| 1980 | Ceremony to mark closure of Surugadai Campus |
| 1981 | International Center is established |
| 1985 | Ceremony to mark centennial year of founding |
| 1993 | Faculty of Policy Studies opens |
| 2002 | Ichigaya Campus and the Graduate School of International Accounting opens |
| 2004 | Chuo Law School opens on Ichigaya Campus |
| 2008 | Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management opens |
| 2010 | Ichigaya Tamachi Campus (Middle Bridge) opens |
| Chuo University Junior High School opens | |
| Chuo University Yokohama Yamate Junior High School and High School opens | |
| 2019 | Faculty of Global Management opens on Tama Campus |
| Faculty of Global Informatics opens on Ichigaya Tamachi Campus | |
| 2020 | Global Gateway Chuo opens |
| International Residence Chuo opens |
