The university's predecessor was founded byKonoe Atsumaro as an overseas Japanese institution of higher education in the Hong Qiao (虹桥) District ofShanghai in 1901, and was chartered asToa Dobunshoin University[3] (東亜同文書院大学,Tōa dōbunshoin daigaku) in 1939.[4] The school produced numerous leaders who took part in China'smodernisation process in the early 20th century, with financial and intellectual support from Japan.
At the end ofWorld War II, the university faced closure. Its spiritual successor, Aichi University, was established by staff and students who had previously been based at the university and other overseas Japanese institutions inToyohashi, Japan in 1946.[4]
1968: First edition of Aichi University's "Comprehensive Chinese-Japanese Dictionary" is published, the first ever comprehensive Chinese-Japanese dictionary.[6]
1989: The Faculty of Economics and Law is reorganized. The Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Business Administration are established in its place.[5]
1997: Faculty of Modern Chinese Studies is established.[5]
1998: Faculty of International Communication is established.[5]
2004: Kurumamichi campus is rebuilt. Graduate School of Law is established.[5]
2006:Confucius Institute is established at Aichi University. Graduate School of Accounting is established.[5]
2011: Faculty of Regional Policy is established.[5]
2012:Nagoya campus is opened in the Sasashima Live 24 District byNagoya Station.[5]Miyoshi, Aichi campus closes. University headquarters and Graduate School moved to Kurumamichi campus.[5]
Aichi Law School (Graduate School of Law) was 8th out of all the 74 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 64.36%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examinations from 2007 to 2017 on average.[7]
In 2006 and 2009, Aichi Law School became 1st out of all the private university law schools in Japan and 1st out of all the law schools in Japan regarding pass rate for bar exam in 2020 and 2021 consecutively.[8][9][10]
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