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Chronological List of Presidents
| 1st - 3rd terms | 4th term | 5th term | 6th - 7th terms | 8th term | 9th term | 10th term (current) |
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| 1972.Feb.25- 1984.Mar.31 |
1984.Apr.1- 1988.Mar.31 |
1988.Apr.1- 1992.Mar.31 |
1992.Apr.1- 2000.Mar.31 |
2000.Apr.1- 2004.Mar.31 |
2004.Apr.1- 2008.Mar.31 |
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| Genshu Asato |
Hiroe Takamiya |
Takematsu Kakazu |
Yoshiharu Heshiki |
Isao Namihira |
Tomoaki Toguchi |
Moritake Tomikawa |
University Time Line
| 1972 | Feb 24 | Establishment of Okinawa International University approved by the Committee on Private Universities, the Government of the Ryukyuan Islands |
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| Feb 25 | Establishment of Okinawa International University, as an educational corporation | |
| Apr 1 | Okinawa International University and Okinawa International Junior College opens | |
| Apr 23 | First entrance ceremony and opening ceremony | |
| May 15 | OKIU becomes a university as stipulated in the School Education Law, according to the provisions of the Okinawa Reversion Special Measures Law | |
| 1973 | Mar 18 | First graduation ceremony |
| Jul 7 | School emblem established | |
| Sep 22 | Completion ceremonies for Building 3 and Building 5 | |
| 1974 | Sep 28 | Completion ceremonies for administration building, library, and gymnasium |
| 1977 | Mar 19 | Ceremony for establishment of school flag |
| 1978 | Apr 1 | Founding of OKIU Institute of Ryukyuan Culture |
| 1979 | Jan 12 | School song established |
| 1980 | Oct 26 | Completion ceremony for Building 7 |
| 1982 | Dec 25 | Tenth anniversary ceremony |
| 1983 | Mar 31 | Dissolution of the night divisions of the Department of Japanese Literature and the Department of English Literature in the Junior College |
| 1985 | Mar 2 | Completion ceremony for Extracurricular Activities Building |
| Mar 30 | Publication of A Ten-year History of Okinawa International University | |
| 1986 | Sep 18 | Completion ceremony for Building 9 |
| Dec 23 | Student quota increase approved | |
| 1988 | May 28 | Completion ceremony for Student Union Building |
| 1989 | Jun 27 | Academic exchange agreement concluded with Tunghai University (Taiwan) |
| 1990 | Nov 7 | Five-year academic exchange agreement concluded with the Overseas Correspondent College of Xiamen University (China) |
| 1991 | Apr 1 | Founding of OKIU Institute of General Industrial Research |
| Apr 25 | International exchange agreement concluded with Hannam University (South Korea) | |
| 1992 | Feb 29 | Twentieth anniversary ceremony |
| Mar 5 | International exchange agreement concluded with Yonok College (Thailand) | |
| Oct 1 | Completion ceremony for the new Building 5 | |
| 1993 | Jan 14 | Faculty of Law concludes credit exchange agreement with Sapporo Gakuin University |
| Apr 13 | Three-year international exchange agreement concluded with Baylor University (United States) | |
| 1994 | Jun 28 | Okinawa-South Korean International Seminar |
| 1995 | Mar 16 | Dissolution of the night division of the Faculty of Literature |
| Mar 31 | Dissolution of the Faculty of Liberal Arts | |
| Apr 1 | Introduction of new educational course of study | |
| Jul 1 | Establishment of International Relations Center and Multi-Media Service Center | |
| Jul 15 | Credit exchange agreement concluded with Okinawan universities in the Association of Private Universities of Japan | |
| Oct 20 | International exchange agreement concluded with University of Ulster (United Kingdom) | |
| 1996 | Apr 1 | Dissolution of OKIU Junior College, increase of student quotas in the Faculty of Commerce and Economics (day and night division of the Department of Economics and the Department of Commerce) and the Faculty of Literature (Department of Japanese Literature and Department of English Literature) |
| Dec 19 | Approval for establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture, Department of Ryukyuan Culture and of student quota increase for the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Literature | |
| 1997 | Jan 13 | Credit exchange agreement concluded with the Open University of Japan |
| Mar 12 | Faculty of Law concludes credit exchange agreement with Meijo University | |
| Apr 1 | Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture, Department of Ryukyuan Culture | |
| Apr 1 | OKIU approved as a formal member by the Japanese University Accreditation Association | |
| Apr 4 | Opening ceremony and first entrance ceremony for the Graduate School | |
| May 24 | OKIU Institute of Ryukyuan Culture concludes an international exchange agreement with the Honam Cultural Research Center of Chonnam National University (South Korea) | |
| Jun 4 | Agreement concluded with Higashi Village for the building of the OKIU Seminar House | |
| Jun 12 | International exchange agreement concluded with University of Macau (China) | |
| Jul 4 | Twentieth anniversary ceremony for the Institute of Ryukyuan Culture | |
| Nov 1 | OKIU's Faculty of Literature concludes a credit exchange agreement with Sapporo Gakuin University's Faculty of Humanities | |
| Nov 19 | Founding of Okinawa Institute of Law and Politics | |
| Dec 19 | Approval for establishment of Graduate School of Regional Business and Economics, Department of Regional Industry | |
| 1998 | Jan 17, 18 | Introduction of the National Entrance Examination |
| Apr 1 | Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Business and Economics, Department of Regional Industry | |
| Jun 24 | Establishment of the Foreign Language Center | |
| Sep 24 | Completion ceremony of Building 12, the new University Library | |
| Oct 19 | OKIU's Faculty of Commerce and Economics concludes a credit exchange agreement with Sapporo Gakuin University's Faculty of Commerce and Faculty of Economics | |
| Dec 22 | Approval for establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture, Department of British and American Studies | |
| 1999 | Mar 15 | Credit exchange agreement concluded with Kyoto Gakuen University |
| Mar 28 | Credit exchange agreement concluded with Obirin University | |
| Apr 1 | Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture, Department of British and American Studies | |
| Dec 22 | Dissolution of OKIU Junior College | |
| 2000 | Aug 14 | Introduction of Admissions Office Entrance Examination |
| Sep 22 | Completion ceremony for OKIU Seminar House | |
| 2001 | Apr 1 | Establishment of the College of Global and Regional Culture's Department of Human Welfare |
| Apr 1 | Names changed from Faculty of Literature (Department of Japanese Literature, Department of English Literature, and Department of Sociology) to College of Global and Regional Culture (Department of Japanese Language and Culture, Department of British and American Language and Culture, and Department of Society and Regional Culture) | |
| Oct 12 | Credit exchange agreement concluded with Kumamoto Gakuen University | |
| 2002 | Feb 24 | Opening of OKIU's 30th anniversary memorial symposium, "Higher Education in the 21st Century" |
| Feb 25 | 30th anniversary ceremony and banquet | |
| Feb 26 | OKIU's Institute of Ryukyuan Culture concludes academic exchange agreement with Fujian Normal University's Institute of Sino-Ryukyuan Relations | |
| Apr 1 | Establishment of the College of Law (Department of Law, Department of Regional Administration) | |
| Dec 19 | Approval for establishment of the Graduate School of Law's Department of Law and the Graduate School of Regional Culture's Department of Human Welfare, and for student quota increase for the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Literature | |
| 2003 | Feb 25 | Publication of A Thirty-year History of Okinawa International University |
| Mar 12 | Ceremony and banquet for completion of the auditorium/gymnasium building | |
| Apr 1 | Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture's Department of Human Welfare and the Graduate School of Law's Department of Law | |
| Sep 30 | Acceptance of school regulations revision for changing OKIU's student quota | |
| Oct 18 | Opening of the international symposium, "Okinawa in the Age of Globalization" | |
| Dec 16 | Academic exchange agreement concluded with Cairo University (Egypt) | |
| Dec 24 | Counseling Office opened | |
| 2004 | Apr 1 | Establishment of the Department of Economics, the Department of Regional Economics and Environmental Policy, the Department of Business Administration, and the Department of Industry and Information Science |
| Apr 5 | Area of Social Welfare and Clinical Psychology in the Department of Human Welfare, a Master's Course in the Graduate School of Regional Culture was designated Type 2 Designated Graduate School relating to the Training of Clinical Psychologists Disignation Period : April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2009 |
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| Aug 13 | A U.S. Marine CH-53D transport helicopter crashes into the OKIU Administration Building | |
| 2005 | Jan 28 | Credit exchange agreement concluded with Sapporo Gakuin University |
| Mar 22 | Accredited by the Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA) | |
| Jul 6 | International exchange agreement concluded with Universte Rennes 2 (France) | |
| Dec 13 | Credit exchange agreement concluded with Matsuyama University | |
| 2006 | Feb 9 | Academic exchange agreement concluded with Macquarie University (Australia) |
| Nov 11 | Completion ceremony for the new Administration Building | |
| 2007 | Mar 28 | Agreement concluded with Fujian Normal University (China) for sending OKIU students for Chinese language training |
| 2008 | Mar 31 | Dissolution of the Faculty of Law night division |
| April 15 | Area of Social Welfare and Clinical Psychology in the Depastment of Human Welfare, a Master's Course in the Graduate School of Regional Culture was designated a Type 1 Graduate School for the Trainingof Clinical Psychologists (Disignation period: April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2014) |
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