March,1869 Shimazu Han Medical School established.
December,1869 British doctor William Willis appointed President.
June,1880 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical School established. (temporary campus at Kajiya-cho)
January,1882 Moved to the site of former military stable (site of Shigakko established by Saigo Takamori)
March,1888 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical School closed.
December,1942 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical Vocational School authorized.
April,1943 The temporary campus was set at Yamashita-cho, Kagoshima City. The first entrance ceremony took place.
December,1944 Moved to a new campus in Kamoike-cho.
June,1947 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College authorized.
Feb,1949 Upon the establishment of Kagoshima Prefectural College, Kagoshima Prefectural Medical Vocational School and Kagoshima
Prefectural Medical School were integrated.
June,1949 Prefectural Kagoshima College was renamed as Kagoshima Prefectural College.
Feb,1952 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical School authorized.
March,1952 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical Vocational School closed.
May,1954 A Graduate program established in Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College.
July,1955 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical School was transferred to Kagoshima University, Faculty of Medicine.
Feb,1957 Faculty of Medicine was moved to Yamashita-cho (site of the Seventh Higher School)
April,1957 The Nursing School attached to the Faculty to Medicine, Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College was established
October,1957 The Midwife School attached to the Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College was established.
April,1958 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College closed.
May,1958 The Nursing School and the Midwife School attached to the Medical College of Kagoshima Prefectural University were transferred to the national level. They were renamed respectively as the Nursing School attached to the Faculty of Medicine of Kagoshima University and the Midwife School attached to the Faculty of Medicine of Kagoshima University.
April,1959 Oral surgery course established.
Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical Science established.
April,1960 The Tropics Medicine Research Institute established.
April,1961 The Public Health Nursing School attached to the Medical College of Kagoshima Prefectural University was transferred to the national level and was renamed as the Public Health Nursing School attached to the Faculty of Medicine of Kagoshima University
March,1961 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College closed.
April,1963 Enrollment increased by 20 to 60.
April,1964 Medical Zoology established.
April,1965 The Department of Dermatology and Urology was divided into the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Urology.
April,1966 The Department of Public Health established.
Enrollment increased by 20 to 80.
June,1967 The Institute for Cancer Research established.
April,1968 The 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University and the 100th anniversary of the celebration of the start of western medicine held.
April,1969 The Department of Anesthesiology established.
Enrollment increased by 20 to 100.
May,1969 The Third Department of Internal Medicine established.
April,1973 Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences established.
April,1974 The Department of Neurosurgery established.
Enrollment increased by 20 to 120.
September,1974 Campus moved to Usuki (Sakuragaoka).
April,1975 Oral Medicine Basic Course established.
April,1978 In accordance with the establishment of the Faculty of Dentistry, the Oral Surgery Course and Oral Medicine Basic Course were transferred to the Faculty of Medicine.
April,1979 The Second Department of Biochemistry established.
April,1980 Pediatric Surgery in the hospital established.
November,1981 Cenotaph for animals erected.
April,1982 The Department of Virology established.
The Tropics Medicine Research Institute closed.
October,1985 Kagoshima University School of Allied Medical Sciences established.
April,1986 The Department of Laboratory Medicine established.
April,1987 Enrollment decreased by 20 to 100.
March,1988 The Nursing School attached to the Faculty of Medicine closed.
April,1988 The administrative sections of the School of Medicine and of the University Hospital were integrated into one body, with sections of General Affairs, Management Affairs, Educational Affairs, and Medical Affairs.
The Department of Rehabilitation established.
March,1989 The Midwife School and Public Health Nursing School attached to the Faculty of Medicine closed.
April,1989 Advanced Courses in Midwifery and Regional Nursing were established in the Kagoshima University School of Allied Medical Sciences.
April,1991 The Department of Pediatric Surgery established.
April,1993 The Center for Chronic Viral Diseases established.
The Department of Anesthesiology was renamed the Department of Anesthesiology and Clinical Care.
The 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University held.
April,1994 The 100th anniversary of the death of William Willis held.
May,1996 The Department of Medical Information Science established.
March,1997 The ceremony celebrating the completion of Kakuryo Assembly Hall (a hall constructed in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University) held.
April,1997 The Department of Integrated Medical Studies established.
October,1998 The School of Health Sciences established.
April,1999 Enrollment decreased by 15 to 85.
October,2000 Admission of Bachelor's Degree students to the Faculty of Medicine introduced (2nd semester of the 2nd year, quota: 10 students)
April,2001 Island Medicine established.
March,2002 Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences closed. It was reorganized into the Natural Science Center for Research and Education Kagoshima University School of Allied Medical Sciences closed.
March,2003 Institute for Cancer Research closed.
April,2003 The Center for Chronic Viral Diseases reorganized.
The Graduate School of Health Sciences established.
The Graduate School of Medical Science closed.
April,2004 Kagoshima University was incorporated into Kagoshima University, National University Corporation.
The Center for Chronic Viral Diseases was transferred to Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences.
April,2005 The Graduate School of Health Sciences, Doctoral Course established.
April,2009 Enrollment to be increased by 10 to 95. Valid until 2017
April,2010 Enrollment to be increased by 10 to 105. Valid until 2019
April,2011 Enrollment to be increased by 2 to 107. Valid until 2019
April,2012 The Graduate School of Health Sciences started its Advanced Practice Course for Radiological Nursing course in 2012 with its first two students.
April,2013 The 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University and the 150th anniversary of celebrating the start of western medicine held.
The Graduate school of Health Sciences started its Advanced Practice Course for Midwifery Course in 2013 with its first seven students.
September,2014 Education Center for Nurses in Remote Islands and Rural Areas established.
April,2015 Research and Education Assembly Medical and Dental Sciences Area Research Field in Medicine and Health Sciences established.