History
1933
Launched the “Katei Shoukuyo Kenkyukai,” a research group for home nutrition.
1935
Publication of the monthly nutritional journal Eiyo to Ryori (Nutrition and Cooking) begins.
1937
Research group name changed to “Eiyo to Ryori Gakuen” (Nutrition and Cooking School).
1940
Changed the school name to “Jyoshi Eiyo Gakuen” (Women’s Nutrition Institute).
1945
Founding member Shozo Kagawa passes away.
1948
The Kagawa Education Foundation is established. Dr. Aya develops a measuring cup and spoon for the first time in Japan.
1950
The Kagawa Nutrition Junior College is established.
1951
Foundation reorganized to the Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition.
1956
The Kagawa Nutrition Junior College opens the Evening Department of Health and Nutrition.
1959
The Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition opens the Kagawa College of Culinary and Confectionary Arts, the first licensed chef training college in Tokyo.
1961
Kagawa Nutrition University (hereafter referred to as “KNU”) is founded, made up of the School of Home Economics and the Department of Food and Nutrition. The Chef Training College and the Women’s Nutrition Institute are integrated into the Kagawa Nutrition School.
1964
KNU opens a correspondence course.
1965
The School of Home Economics, KNU, is reorganized and renamed the School of Nutrition Science.
1967
An Evening Department is created at KNU.
1969
The Graduate School of Nutrition Sciences, which offers a master’s degree program, is opened.
1972
Dr. Aya, founder of KNU, receives the Order of the Sacred Treasure award.
1976
The Kagawa Nutrition School is reorganized as Kagawa Vocational College.
1980
The Department of Health and Nutrition is founded in the Undergraduate School of Nutrition Sciences.
1989
A doctoral program is created for the Graduate School of Nutrition Sciences.
1990
The Institute of Nutrition Sciences at KNU is opened.
1991
Dr. Aya is honored as a Person of Cultural Merit.
1993
The Department of Culture and Nutrition opens.
1994
KNU is affiliated with three universities located in Western Australia.
1995
A master’s degree in health sciences is established at the graduate school.
1997
A doctorate in health sciences is established at the graduate school.
2000
Kagawa Nutrition Junior College is reorganized and renamed the Junior College of KNU.
2001
The Evening Department of the Junior College of KNU is abolished.
2003
The departments within the undergraduate school are reorganized and renamed the Department of Applied Nutrition, the Department of Health and Nutrition (comprising the Division of Nutrition Sciences and the Division of Health and School Nursing) and the Department of Culture and Nutrition.
2006
The Department of Culture and Nutrition is renamed the Department of Food Culture and Nutrition.
2010
Kagawa Vocational College is renamed the Kagawa College of Culinary and Confectionary Arts.
2013
The Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition celebrates its 80th anniversary.
2020
The Evening Department of Nutrition Sciences is closed.
