Tokyo Gakugei University history

The Chofu branch was abolished in 1951 as part of a consolidation plan.

Eventually the other campuses were closed as well and all education took place at the present Koganei location starting in 1964.

In 1973 a Department for Special Needs Education was established enabling the training of educators specializing in teaching persons with any of a wide range of physical or mental disabilities.

In 1988 a Liberal Arts Division was added alongside the Teacher Training Division to develop educators capable of contributing to society in fields other than school education and with the intention of bringing up human resources meeting the needs of the age.

In 1996 the United Graduate School of Education (doctoral course) was established jointly with Saitama University, Chiba University, and Yokohama National University as an interuniversity graduate school for the purpose of developing researchers mainly in the field of curriculum studies.

Then in 1997 a Comprehensive Educational Development major was added to the master's program, made up exclusively of evening courses.

In 2004, with changes in the nation's higher education policies, the university was incorporated and a national university and established its present administrative structure.

In 2008 the Professional Degree Program (Graduate School of Teacher Education) was established in the Graduate School of Education as an effort to enhance the university's contribution to education in Japan.