History
| 1756 | Shigekata Hosokawa, Lord of Higo Province, established Medicinal Plant Garden "Banjien". |
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| 1885 | The establishment of Kumamoto Pharmaceutical School was authorized. |
| 1885 | The School was opened at 49 Konyaimamachi, Kumamoto City. |
| 1886 | The School was moved to Tetorihonmachi, Kumamoto City. |
| 1887 | The School was moved to 19 Yamasakimachi, Kumamoto City. |
| 1908 | The School changed its name to Kyushu Pharmaceutical School. |
| 1909 | The School was moved to Oe-mura, Hotaku County, Kumamoto Prefecture. It is the present campus (5-1 Oe-honmachi, Kumamoto City). |
| 1910 | The school was raised to the status of a private college, and changed its name to Kyushu College of Pharmacy. |
| 1925 | The College became a public college by being transferred to the authority of the Ministry of Education (Monbusho) by the Imperial edict No. 6. It changed its name to Kumamoto College of Pharmacy and was opened on April 1st.   |
| 1945 | A new course, Pharmaceutical Course, was established. The former course was named Biopharmaceutical Course. |
| 1949 | Kumamoto University was established with the proclamation of National School Establishment Law (law No. 150, 1949). Kumamoto College of Pharmacy was incorporated into Kumamoto University as the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.  |
| 1964 | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master Courses) was established in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. |
| 1974 | Medicinal Plant Garden on the campus became an institution of the ministerial ordinance. |
| 1985 | The Pharmaceutical Course and Biopharmaceutical Course were integrated into the Pharmaceutical Sciences Course. The Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master Courses) was re-organized into the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doctoral Course).  |
| 1998 | Division of Clinical Pharmacy was established in the Graduate School. |
| 2001 | Division of Molecular and Genomic Pharmacy was established in the Graduate School. |
| 2003 | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate School of Medical Sciences were integrated and re-organized to Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Graduate School of Medical Sciences. |
| 2004 | Completion of the Oe Integrated Research Building. Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Completion of the Miyamoto Memorial Hall. |
| 2006 | The pharmaceutical sciences course was split, forming the School of Pharmacy (6 years) and the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences. (4 years) Establishment of the Research Institute for Drug Discovery Establishment of Clinical Pharmacology and Department of Biopharmaceutics Establishment of Endowed Chairs・Department of State-of-the-art DDS laboratory and Department of Biomedical Polymer Sciences The DDS Educational Course was introduced to the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. |
| 2008 | Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences was established. |
| 2009 | The Mock Pharmacy is completed |
| 2010 | The first class of the School of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences graduates |
| 2010 | The Graduate Schools of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences (Master's Degree Program) are founded |
| 2010 | The Medicinal Plant Botanical Garden of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences is made part of the Eco-Frontier Center of Medicinal Resources |
| 2010 | 125th Kuma Yaku Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony is held |
| 2011 | 125 Year History of Kuma Yaku is published |
| 2012 | The first class of the School of Pharmacy graduates |
| 2012 | 2011 Kumamoto Prefecture Chapter of the Sokyoukai General Assembly 2011 is held |
| 2012 | The majors of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences (Doctor's Degree Program) and Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doctor's Degree Program) are founded in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| 2012 | The Program for Leading Graduate Schools Health life science: Interdisciplinary and Glocal Oriented is adopted |
| 2013 | The University receives of permanent certification in the ISO14001 Management System |
| 2013 | The University coordinates with the National Cancer Center to establish a graduate school |
| 2014 | The 134th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan is held |
