Three former prefectural colleges were merged into one broad-based prefectural university, just as the traditions and originalities of the colleges combined to inspire a new university in 1987.
We will count on the tradition of quality and excellence which this university has maintained to lead us into our next important era, as the University of Shizuoka becomes an independent corporate body devoted to education.
We will count on the tradition of quality and excellence which this university has maintained to lead us into our next important era, as the University of Shizuoka becomes an independent corporate body devoted to education.
| 1983 | Report submitted by the Committee on the Question of a Prefectural University recommending reform and integration of three prefectural colleges to create a broad-based university |
| 1986 | Approval granted for establishment of the University of Shizuoka |
| 1987 | University opens with Koji Uchizono as first president |
| 1988 | Establishment of Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| 1989 | Campus buildings completed |
| 1991 | Establishment of Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences and Graduate School of International Relations |
| 1993 | Takeshi Hoshi appointed second university president |
| 1995 | Establishment of Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences (Doctoral program) |
| 1997 | Establishment of School of Nursing, Junior College Dental Hygiene Course, and Social Welfare Course |
| Establishment of Institute for Environmental Sciences | |
| Ceremony of the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the University | |
| 1998 | Establishment of Graduate School of Management and Information*1 (Master's program) |
| 1999 | Masaaki Hirobe appointed third university president |
| 2001 | Establishment of Graduate School of Nursing (Master's program) |
| 2002 | Establishment of Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences program |
| 2003 | Establishment of Center for Korean Studies, affiliated with Graduate School of International Relations |
| 2004 | Establishment of Center for Drug Discovery, affiliated with Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Center for Regional Management Studies, affiliated with Graduate School of Management and Information |
| 2005 | Masaru Nishigaki appointed fourth university president |
| Establishment of Health Support Center, Information Center, and Environmental Education Center | |
| 2006 | Approval for the charter of the public university corporation granted; ordinance concerning the establishment of the Assessment Committee was passed at the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly Regular Conference in February |
| Ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the University | |
| 2007 | University incorporated; management taken over by Shizuoka Prefectural University Corporation |
| Masachika Suzuki appointed first chairman | |
| School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Department of Food changes name to Department of Food Life Sciences; Department of Nutrition changes name to Department of Nutritional Life Sciences | |
| Establishment Language and Communication Research Center; establishment of Career Support Center in Administration Office | |
| 2008 | Establishment of Center for Promotion of Gender Equality |
| Establishment of Wider Europe Research Center and Center for Global Studies, both affiliated with the Graduate School of International Relations | |
| 2009 | Naohide Kinae appointed fifth university president |
| 2010 | Establishment of Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master's program) |
| 2011 | Hiroshi Takeuchi appointed second chairman |
| Graduate School of Management and Information reorganized as Graduate School of Management, Informatics and Innovation*2 (Doctoral program established) | |
| Establishment of Center for Health Services Management Studies, affiliated with Graduate School of Management, Informatics and Innovation | |
| 2012 | Tasuku Honjo appointed third chairman |
| Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences reorganized as Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences | |
| Establishment of Global Center for Asian and Regional Research | |
| 2013 | Establishment of Research Center for ICT Innovation, affiliated with Graduate School of Management, Informatics and Innovation |
| Establishment of Center for Pharma-Food Research, affiliated with Graduate Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| 2014 | Establishment of School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences |
| Establishment of Food and Environment Research Center and Tea Science Center, affiliated with Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences | |
| 2015 | Hiroshi Kito appointed sixth university president |
| Establishment of Fuji-no-Kuni Center for Future Education | |
| 2016 | Establishment of Junior College Child Studies Course |
| Ceremony of the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the University | |
| 2018 | Kazuo Oike appointed fourth chairman |
| 2019 | Establishment of International Affairs Center |
| 2020 | Establishment of Tourism Research Center, affiliated with Graduate School of Management, Informatics and Innovation |
| Establishment of Doctoral Program in the Graduate School of Nursing | |
| Establishment of Center for Nursing Professional Development, affiliated with School of Nursing | |
| 2021 | Kazuo Oike appointed fifth chairman and seventh university president |
| 2024 | Yasuyuki Imai appointed sixth chairman and eighth university president |
| Establishment of Policy Research Center, affiliated with Graduate School of Management, Informatics and Innovation |
*1 The Graduate School of Management and Information changed its English name from the Graduate School of Administration and Informatics in 2010.
*2 The Graduate School of Management, Informatics and Innovation changed its English name from the Graduate School of Management and Information of Innovation in 2024.
The School of Management and Informatics changed its English name as follows;
School of Administration and Informatics ⇒ School of Management and Information (in 2010) ⇒ School of Management and Informatics (in 2024)
The School of Management and Informatics changed its English name as follows;
School of Administration and Informatics ⇒ School of Management and Information (in 2010) ⇒ School of Management and Informatics (in 2024)