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The History of Momoyama
- 1869
- Christian evangelizing activity begun in Japan by the Church Missionary Society (CMS)
- 1884
- Reverend C.F. Warren and other members of the CMS established Trinity Boys’ School in one room of the Holy Trinity Church located in the Osaka Foreign Settlement
- 1890
- Koto Eigakko (Higher English School) founded
- 1895
- Koto Eigakko renamed as Momoyama Gakuin
- 1902
- Momoyama Chugakko (Middle School) opened, the first private middle school in Osaka
- 1912
- Momoyama Gakuin moved to Tanabe-mura (present-day Showa-cho), Osaka
- 1959
- Momoyama Gakuin University (Faculty of Economics) was established on the Showa-cho Campus.
- 1966
- Faculty of Sociology (Department of Sociology) established
- 1971
- University moved to its own independent Tomioka Campus in Nishino, Sakai
- 1973
- Faculty of Business Administration (Department of Business Administration) established
- 1989
- Faculty of Letters (Departments of English and Intercultural Studies) established
- 1993
- Graduate Schools of Letters and Business Administration established
- 1995
- University moved to its present Izumi campus
- 1998
- Department of Social Welfare (Faculty of Sociology) and Graduate School of Economics established
- 2000
- Graduate School of Sociology established
- 2002
- Faculty of Law (Department of Law) established
- 2008
- Faculty of Letters (Departments of English & Intercultural Studies) reorganaized and renamed as Faculty of International Studies & Liberal Arts (Department of International Studies & Liberal Arts)
- 2009
- 50th anniversary of Momoyama Gakuin University, 125th anniversary of Momoyama Gakuin
- 2013
- Establishment of the Learning Support Center
- 2015
- Faculty of International Studies & Liberal Arts (Department of International Studies & Liberal Arts) reorganized and renamed as Faculty of International Studies & Liberal Arts (Departments of English and Intercultural Studies)
- 2016
- Practical Training Center for Care and Welfare completed
- 2019
- Department of Business Design (Faculty of Business Administration) established
- 2021
- Faculty of Business Design (Department of Business Design established)
- 2022
- Department of Social Welfare reorganized and renamed as Department of Social Design
1961 Showa-cho Campus
2009 125th anniversary
Tomioka Campus