History
| March,1869 | Shimazu Han Medical School established. |
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| 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. |