History

The spirit of service was born in Yokohama and lives on today, more than 140 years later.

A university with history and tradition originating from the Yokohama Baptist Theological Seminary which was established in Yamate, Yokohama in 1884.

The History of Kanto Gakuin University

Yokohama Baptist Theological Seminary in 1884

Main building of Kanto Gakuin Junior High School in 1929 designed by J. H. Morgan.

Kanazawa Hakkei Campus, Kanto Gakuin University in 1979

1884 Yokohama Baptist Theological Seminary was established by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Yamate, Yokohama. (Later becoming The Graduate (Theological) School of Tokyo Baptist Academy.)
1895 The Middle School Department of Duncan Academy was established in Tsukiji which was later relocated to Ushigome where Tokyo Baptist Academy was later established.
1919 Kanto Gakuin Junior High School was established in Miharudai, Minami-ku in Yokohama (and The Middle School Department of Duncan Academy was discontinued). Tasuku Sakata, the first principal of Kanto Gakuin Junior High School, proclaimed “Be a man and serve the world” as the school motto.
1927 Kanto Gakuin became an incorporated organization and its Junior High School merged with The Graduate (Theological) School of Tokyo Baptist Academy and High School (The Graduate (Theological) School later merged with Aoyama Gakuin and the High School was restructured into a technical college of the old education system).
1946 The Mutsuura school grounds (Yokohama Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus) relocated to the old technical college.
Junior High School was also temporarily relocated.
1947 Kanto Gakuin Junior High School was established during the educational reforms.
1948 Kanto Gakuin Church Kindergarten (later becoming Kanto Gakuin Mutsuura Kindergarten) was established.
1949 Kanto Gakuin University was established as the parent of the old technical college during the educational reforms.
Kanto Gakuin Primary School was established.
The Junior High School/Senior High School returned to Miharudai while Mutsuura classrooms remained (later becoming Mutsuura Junior High School/Senior High School).
1950 Junior College was established at the university (later becoming the Women’s Junior College).
1953 Kanto Gakuin Junior High School/Senior High School was established.
Kanto Gakuin Primaru School changed its name to Mutsuura Primary School and Kanto Gakuin Primary School was established in Miharudai
1959 The College of Theology was established. (The Graduate School of Theology was also established thereafter, however it was discontinued in 1973.)
1962 The Graduate School of Theology was established.(Abolished in1973)
1966 The Graduate School of Economics and the Graduate School of Engineering were established. (The Graduate School of Humanities and the Graduate School of Law were also established thereafter.)
1968 The College of Humanities was established.
1976 Kanto Gakuin Noba Kindergarten (Nobi-Nobi Noba Kindergarten) was established.
1984 The ceremony for Kanto Gakuin’s 100th anniversary was held.
1986 The Yokohama Kanazawa Bunko campus was established. (The College of Humanities was relocated there thereafter.)
1991 The College of Law at the Shounan Odawara campus was established.
1993 The Graduate School of Humanities was established.
1995 The Graduate School of Law was established.
2002 The Women’s Junior College was restructured and the College of Human and Environmental Studies was established.
2004 The Graduate School of Law was established.
2009 The ceremony for Kanto Gakuin’s 125th anniversary was held.
2012 Kanto Gakuin Nobi-Nobi Noba Nursery School was established.
Kanto Gakuin Preschool Nobi-Nobi Nobaen (Kindergarten and Nursery school) was opened.
2013 The College of Engineering was restructured, and the College of Science and Engineering and the College of Architecture and Environmental Design were established.

The College of Nursing at the Yokohama Kanazawa Hakkei campus was established.

Kanto Gakuin Mutsuura Nursery school was established.

Kanto Gakuin Preschool Mutsuura Kodomoen (Kindergarten and Nursery school) was opened.

2015 The College of Humanities was restructured, and the College of Sociology and the College of Intercultural Studies were established.

The College of Human and Environmental Studies was restructured, and the College of Education and the College of Nutrition were established.

2016 The College of Human and Environmental Studies was restructured, and the College of Interhuman Symbiotic Studies were established.
2017 The College of Economics was restructured,and the College of Business Administration were established.
Department of Law for Regional Development is established in the College of Law.
Changed the location of the College of Law to the Yokohama-Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus.
The Graduate School of Nursing was established.
Establishment of the International Research and Training Center at the Shonan Odawara Campus was established.
2021 Advanced Mechanical Engineering Course is established in the College of Science and Engineering.
2022 Institute for Christian Human Studies are opened.
2023 Opened Yokohama Kannai Campus.
The College of Intercultural Studies and College of Sociology changed its study location to Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus in Yokohama.
The College of Law, College of Business Administration, and College of Interhuman Symbiotic Studies, Department of Communication Studies changed their study locations to Yokohama Kannai Campus.
Health and Sports Technology Course and materials-and-surface-technologies Course is established in the College of Science and Engineering.
major subject of Law for Regional Development is established in The Graduate School of Law.
Institute of sports are opened.
2024 Institute of Global Citizenship are opened.