History

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS) was founded in 1988 and has been growing steadily since its establishment. Starting with only the School of Foreign Studies, NUFS doubled its offerings by establishing the School of Global Business and Economics in 1994. The opening of the Department of Japanese Studies in 1999 augmented those provided from the very beginning: the Department of British and American Studies, the Department of French Studies and the Department of Chinese Studies. NUFS established the Graduate School of International Studies in 1997 and its Doctoral Program in 1999. The International Institute for Japanese Language Education of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies was also founded in 2001, focusing on academic exchanges with many overseas universities. NUFS continues on the path of innovation and development. To meet the growing needs for English language teaching, NUFS established the Department of English Language Teaching in the School of Foreign Studies in 2008. In 2013, the Department of Liberal Arts and Global Studies was founded in the School of Contemporary International Studies for those who wish to seek careers on the world stage.

April 1, 1988	Founded Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (Department of British and American Studies, Department of French Studies, Department of Chinese Studies).
April 1, 1994	Opened School of Global Business and Economics.
April 1, 1997	Opened Graduate School of Global Communication Studies.
April 1, 1999	Established Graduate Programs at Graduate School of International Studies. Reorganized Master's Program. Opened Department of Japanese Studies.
April 1, 2001	Established International Institute for Japanese Language Education.
April 1, 2004	Opened School of Contemporary International Studies (Department of English and Contemporary Society, Department of Global Business).
April 1, 2008	Established Department of English Language Teaching in School of Foreign Studies.
April 1, 2013	Established Department of Liberal Arts and Global Studies in School of Contemporary International Studies.
April 1, 2015	Established Department of World Liberal Arts in School of Foreign Studies.
April 1, 2017	Opened School of Global Governance and Collaboration (Department of Global Governance and Collaboration).
April 1, 2019	Opened School of World Liberal Arts (the Department of World Liberal Arts and the Department of International Japanese Studies).
April 1, 2019	The Department of English Language Teaching, School of Foreign Studies was restructured to become the English Education Course, Department of British and American Studies, School of Foreign Studies.