A university that reflects the history of Okinawa

Okinawa International University was established when International University, its parent institution, which was established when Okinawa was under US military rule, was combined with part of Okinawa University. Since its establishment in 1972, the year that Okinawa was returned to Japan, OKIU has shared the history of Okinawa and the local community.

2.24　Approval obtained for establishment of Okinawa International University
2.25　Okinawa International University established as an incorporated educational institution
4.1　  Okinawa International University and Okinawa International Junior College opens
4.23　University opening ceremony and first entrance ceremony
5.15　OKIU becomes a university as stipulated in the School Education Law, according to the provisions of the Okinawa Reversion Special Measures Law

3.18　First graduation ceremony

4.1　Founding of OKIU’s Institute of Ryukyuan Culture

12.25　10th anniversary ceremony

6.27　Academic exchange agreement concluded with Tunghai University (Taiwan)

11.7　Five-year academic exchange agreement concluded with the Overseas Correspondent College of Xiamen University (China)

4.1　  Founding of OKIU’s Institute of General Industrial Research
4.25　International exchange agreement concluded with Hannam University (South Korea)

2.29　20th anniversary ceremony
3.5　  International exchange agreement concluded with Yonok College (Thailand)

1.14　OKIU’s Faculty of Law concludes credit exchange agreement with Sapporo Gakuin University
4.13　Three-year international exchange agreement concluded with Baylor University (United States)

7.15　  Credit exchange agreement concluded with Okinawan universities in the Association of Private Universities of Japan
10.20　International exchange agreement concluded with University of Ulster (United Kingdom)

1.13   Credit exchange agreement concluded with University of the Air
3.12　Faculty of Law concludes credit exchange agreement with Meijo University
4.1     Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture, Department of Ryukyuan Culture
4.4     Opening ceremony and first entrance ceremony for the Graduate School
5.24　OKIU’s Institute of Ryukyuan Culture concludes an international exchange agreement with the Honam Cultural Research Center of Chonnam National University (South Korea)
6.12　International exchange agreement concluded with University of Macau (China)
11.1　OKIU’s Faculty of Literature concludes a credit exchange agreement with Sapporo Gakuin University’s Faculty of Humanities
11.19 Founding of OKIU’s Okinawa Institute of Law and Politics

4.1　　Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Business and Economics, Department of Regional Industry
10.19  OKIU’s Faculty of Commerce and Economics concludes a credit exchange agreement with Sapporo Gakuin University’s Faculty of Commerce and Faculty of Economcs

3.15　Credit exchange agreement concluded with Kyoto Gakuen University
3.28　Credit exchange agreement concluded with Obirin University
4.1　  Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture, Department of British and American Studies
12.22 Approval of dissolution of OKIU Junior College

4.1   Establishment of the College of Global and Regional Culture’s Department of Human Welfare
　　  The Faculty of Literature (Department of Japanese Literature, Department of English Literature, and Department of Sociology) changes to the 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)
10.12　Credit exchange agreement concluded with Kumamoto Gakuen University

4.1　　Establishment of the Graduate School of Regional Culture’s Department of Human Welfare / Establishment of the Graduate School of Law’s Department of Law
12.16  Academic exchange agreement concluded with Cairo University (Egypt)

4.1　Establishment of the Department of Economics and the Department of Regional Economics and Environmental Policy in the College of Economics and Environmental Policy / Establishment of the Department of Business Administration and the Department of Industry and Information Science in the College of Industry and Information Science
8.13 A US Marine CH-53D transport helicopter crashes into the OKIU Administration Building

1.28　Credit exchange agreement concluded with Sapporo Gakuin University
7.6　  International exchange agreement concluded with University of Rennes 2 (France)
12.13 Credit exchange agreement concluded with Matsuyama University

2.9　Academic exchange agreement concluded with Macquarie University (Australia)

3.28　Agreement to send OKIU students for Chinese study concluded with Fujian Normal University (China)

4.25　International exchange agreement concluded with Henderson State University (United States)

3.16　Signing ceremony for approved study abroad with the Study Abroad Foundation (SAF)
4.1　  Establishment of OKIU’s Okinawa Regional Economics and Environmental Policy Institute

2.25　40th anniversary ceremony
8.28　OKIU concludes comprehensive collaborative agreement with six other universities in Okinawa

3.1　International exchange agreements concluded with Vancouver Island University (Canada) and with Southern Utah University (United States)

9.26　Okinawan universities, junior colleges, and technical colleges (a total of 11 institutes of higher education) unite to establish the Okinawa University Consortium

3.31　International exchange agreements concluded with Tianjin Foreign Studies University (China) and with the University of León (Spain)

3.30　Student exchange agreement concluded with Gachon University (South Korea)
8.22　Student exchange agreement concluded with Pukyong National University (South Korea)

5.2　Cooperative agreement concluded with Ginowan City Board of Education
6.16 Comprehensive collaborative agreement concluded with Okinawa Certified Public Tax Accountant’s Association

6.4　OKIU’s College of Global and Regional Culture concludes international exchange agreement with Osnabrück University (Germany)
8.23 Credit exchange agreement concluded with Daito Bunka University
9.27 Comprehensive collaborative agreements concluded with Japan Ocean Air and with Ryukyu Air Commuter

2.10　Comprehensive collaborative agreement concluded with Ginowan City