History

History

1902	Kobe Higher Commercial School established.
1903	Named Tetsuya MIZUSHIMA as the first president.
	Classes began.
1906	Journal of Political Economy and Commercial Science first published.
1923	The Imperial Diet admitted the promotion of the school (gakko) to university (daigaku).
1929	Kobe University of Commerce established.
1933	Social Science Library constructed at the new campus (Named Rokkodai Campus) .
1934	Kanematsu Memorial Building constructed at Rokkodai campus.
1935	Rokkodai Auditorium constructed.
1938	Current Law Code Translation Series launched.
1944	The school was renamed to Kobe University of Economics.
1949	Kobe University established with six faculties including Faculty of Law.
	Students first enrolled.
1951	Kobe Law Journal first published.
1953	Graduate School of Law established (Private Law Major / Public Law Major).
1954	Rokkodai Ronshu first published.
1961	Kobe University Law Review first published.
1965	Main Building of the Faculty of Law (Dai 2 Gakusha) constructed.
1985	Kobe Annals of Law and Politics first published.
1992	Legal Policy Major added in the Graduate School of Law.
2000	Prioritization and Strengthening of Graduate School education.
2003	CDAMS (Centre for the Legal Dynamics of Advanced Market Societies) established as a centre of the 21th Century COE Program under the auspices of MEXT (till 2008).
2004	Law School established.
2005	Social Science Library enlarged.
2006	First students graduated from Law School.
2012	“La Cour” (Courthouse for Clinical Training) was constructed.
2015	GMAP（Global Master Program）started.
2016	TLP（Top Lawyers’ Program）started.
2023	KIMAP (Kobe University Interdisciplinary Master Program) in Global Business Law started.