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January 1944 Fukushima Women's Medical School chartered.
April 1944 Fukushima Women's Medical School opened with the quota of freshmen 120.
June 1947 Fukushima Medical College Premedical Division (under the prewar system) chartered.
It opened with the quota of freshmen 40.
April 1950 The Undergraduate Division opened. The Administrotive Division and four basic medical departments (Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology) located at Mikawa-kita-machi, Fukushima Cify. Four basic medical departments (Pathology, Legal Medicine, Hygiene and Bacteriology), the Hospital and the Central Research Laboratory located at Sugitsuma-cho, Fukushima City.
October 1951 The Department of Psychiatry and its ward relocated to Wotari, Fukushima City.
February 1952 Fukushima Medical College (under the new system) chartered.
April 1952 Fukushima Medical College (under the new system) given approval to open.
January 1953 The Department of Public Health established on the Mikawa-kita-machi campus.
June 1953 The Departments of Hygiene, Legal Medicine and Bacteriology relocated to The Mikawa-kita-machi campus.
April 1955 The Premedical Course opened at Shinhama-cho with the quota of freshmen 40.
The Department of Pathology 2 established on the Sugitsuma campus.
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April 1958 The Department of Anatomy 2 established on the Mikawa-kita-machi campus.
April 1959 The Department of Physiology 2 established on the Mikawa-kita-machi campus.
May 1959 The Administrative Division relocated to Uwa-machi, Fukushima City.
October 1959 The right to confer the degree of doctor of philosophy granted.
April 1960 The RI Laboratory established on the Sugitsuma campus.
December 1960 The Administrative Division relocated to Funaba-cho, Fukushima City.
April 1961 The Graduate School opened.
March 1962 The Department of Anatomy Ö・relocated to the Funaba-cho campus.
December 1962 The quota of freshmen increased to 60.
August 1963 The port of the city containing the Administrative Division, basic medical departments and Hospital renamed Sugitsuma-cho.
April 1966 The Department of Anesthesiology established.
April 1967 The Department of Urology established.
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April 1968 The Premedical Course renamed the Liberal Arts Course.
March 1969 The Liberal Arts Course and some other departments (Pathology, Anatomy, etc.) relocoted to the Sugitsuma campus.
January 1971 The quota of freshmen increased to 80.
September 1972 The Department of Psychiatry and its ward absorbed into the Hospital.
April 1982 The Department of Neurological Surgery established.
April 1983 The Department of Nuclear Medicine established.
September 1983 The school song "Hikari no Tori" (the Bird of Light) composed.
June 1987 The Hospital relocated to the Hikariga-oka campus.
April 1988 The other divisions of the College relocated to the Hikariga-oka campus.
April 1989 The Department of Biochemistry 2 and the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Neurology established.
April 1993 The Department of Emergency established in the Hospital.
The Alumni Hall Donated to the College by the Alumni Association.
April 1994 The Research Laboratories reorganized into the lnstitute of Biomedical Sciences, the Radioisotope Center and the Experimental Animal Center.
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April 1995 The Department of Neurology, Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Laboratory Medicine established.
April 1996 The Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine reorganized into the Department of Radiology.
March 1997 The Cancer Clinic closed.
September 1997 The 50th anniversary of foundation celebrated.
December 1997 The School of Nursing chartered.
April 1998 The School of Nursing opened.
August 1998 The Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery established in the Hospital.
April 1999 The Department of Moleculor Genetics established in the lnstitute of Biomedical Sciences.
The Department of Pulmonary Medicine established in the Hospital.
March 2001 The Nursing School Attached to the School of Medicine closed.
April 2002 The Graduate School of Nursing opened.
April 2004 The Graduate School of Medicine reorganaized:Four divisions established with the reorganization of five research programs.
The admission quota increased from 27 to 37.
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