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1879	Graduation of Dr. Jōkichi Takamine (the first generation students) from Department of Chemistry, Kobu-Dai-Gakko (Imperial College of Engineering)
1886	Establishment of Department of Applied Chemistry, Technical College, Teikoku Daigaku (Imperial University)
1897	Renamed as Department of Applied Chemistry, Technical College, Tokyo Imperial University
1919	Renamed as Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Imperial University
1949	Reorganized as Department of Applied Chemistry, First Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
1958	Dr. Naoto Kameyama (professor, until 1951) was designated as Person of Cultural Merit (Applied Chemistry).
1959–1961	Reorganized into four departments: Departments of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Fuel Engineering (subsequently renamed as Reaction Chemistry), and Industrial Chemistry.
1961	Dr. Yoshio Tanaka (professor, until 1942) was designated as Person of Cultural Merit (Applied Chemistry).
1963	Dr. Ryuzaburo Hara (graduated in 1913) was designated as Person of Cultural Merit (Applied Chemistry).
1972	Discovery of the Honda–Fujishima effect by Drs. Kenichi Honda (professor, until 1986) and Akira Fujishima (professor, until 2003, currently Special University Professor Emeritus).
1977	Dr. Takashi Mukaibo (professor, until 1977) was appointed to President of The University of Tokyo and designated as Person of Cultural Merit (Applied Chemistry).
1986	Confirmation of high-temperature conductivity of copper-oxide compounds by Drs. Koichi Kitazawa (professor, until 2002) and Hidenori Takagi (professor, until 2011, currently professor of school of science), et al.
1994	Three departments were reorganized into three new departments: Departments of Applied Chemistry, Chemical System Engineering, and Chemistry and Biotechnology. Reconstruction of Graduate School of Engineering, following Japanese government’s policies.
1997	Dr. Kenichi Honda (professor, until 1986) was designated as Person of Cultural Merit (Electrochemistry).
2004	Drs. Kenichi Honda (professor, until 1986) and Akira Fujishima (professor, until 2003, currently Special University Professor Emeritus) were awarded the 2004 Japan Prize.
2010	Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi (graduated in 1958) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 and was designated as the Order of Culture for 2010.
2017	Dr. Akira Fujishima (professor until 2003, currently Special University Professor Emeritus) was designated as the Order of Culture for 2017.
2018	Dr. Makoto Fujita (professor, currently University Distinguished Professor) was awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry 2018