History of the Nihon University College of Commerce
Founded in 1904, the Nihon University College of Commerce marked its 115th anniversary in 2019.
| 1889 | Nihon Houritsu Gakkou established |
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| 1903 | Renamed Nihon University |
| 1904 | Commerce Course established |
| 1920 | Under the University Ordinance of 1920, the department becomes the Commerce Course, College of Commerce |
| 1923 | Name changed to Department of Commerce, College of Commerce |
| 1924 | College of Commerce establishes Department of Economics |
| 1934 | College of Commerce renamed College of Commerce and Economics, and Department of Commerce renamed Department of Business Administration |
| 1944 | College of Commerce and Economics renamed College of Economics |
| 1948 | Accounting Research Institute established |
| 1949 | Nihon University established under Japan's new (post-war) education system |
| 1952 | Department of Business Administration in the College of Economics renamed Department of Commerce |
| 1957 | Department of Commerce becomes the Department of Commerce in the College of Commerce |
| 1960 | Graduate School of Commerce offering a Master's program established |
| 1963 | College of Commerce Kinuta building opened. Graduate School of Commerce introduces doctoral program in Commerce |
| 1964 | Department of Business Administration and Department of Accounting established |
| 1967 | Graduate School of Commerce establishes Master's and Doctoral programs in Accounting |
| 1971 | Master's course established in Business Administration |
| 1973 | Doctoral program in Business Administration established |
| 1977 | Research Institute of Commerce established |
| 1981 | Building of Library completed |
| 1982 | Institute of Information Science established |
| 1998 | Pre-doctoral business courses (similar to Master's courses) established for each major Completion of Graduate Building to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the College of Commerce |
| 2004 | College of Commerce 100th anniversary |
| 2009 | Completion of two new buildings (No.1 & No.2) |
| 2011 | Completion of two new buildings (No.3 & gymnasium) |
| 2014 | Completion of a main building |
| 2017 | Completion of new Okura-ground & club house |