University Guide

University Timeline

April 1951	Iwate Prefectural Morioka Junior College established
April 1990	Iwate Prefectural Miyako College established
April 1998	Iwate Prefectural University established Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare, Faculty of Software and Information Science, and Faculty of Policy Studies established Name changed from Morioka Junior College to Iwate Prefectural University Morioka Junior College; relocated to Takizawa Campus Name changed from Miyako College to Iwate Prefectural University Miyako College
April 2000	Graduate schools established Master's Program in Software and Information Science Doctoral Program in Software and Information Science Master's Program in Policy Studies
April 2002	New graduate schools established Master's Program in Nursing Studies Master's Program in Social Welfare Studies Doctoral Program in Policy Studies
April 2004	New graduate schools established Doctoral Program in Nursing Studies Doctoral Program in Social Welfare Studies
April 2005	Iwate Prefectural University becomes a public university corporation Iwate Prefectural University Regional Cooperative Research Center established
April 2006	Center for Liberal Arts Education and Research established
May 2009	Takizawa Village IPU Innovation Center established
April 2011	Iwate Monozukuri and Software Integration Technology Center (i-MOS) establishe Regional Policy Research Center estaldished