April 1967 AIT was opened (at Omae-cho, Ashikaga City) School of Engineering was opened with first-year quotas: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering - 80 students Dept. of Electrical Engineering - 80 students Dept. of Architecture - 40 students April 1971 Quota for Dept. of Architecture was increased from 40 to 80 students April 1973 New departments were opened, with first-year quotas: Dept. of Civil Engineering - 80 students Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering - 80 students April 1987 First-year quota for each department of the School of Engineering was increased from 80 to 110 students April 1990 Master's Degree Program of Engineering Study at the Graduate School was opened, with first-year quotas: Mechanical Engineering - 5 students Electrical Engineering - 5 students Civil Engineering - 5 students April 1993 Master's Degree Program of Engineering Study at the Graduate School was expanded, with first-year quotas: Architecture - 5 students Industrial and Systems Engineering - 5 students April 1996 Doctoral Degree Program of Engineering Study was opened at the Graduate School, with first-year quotas: Production and Information Engineering - 3 students Construction and Environmental Engineering - 2 students April 1996 70th Anniversary of the Educational Foundation that established Ashikaga Institute of Technology November 1997 30th Anniversary of Ashikaga Institute of Technology April 1998 The department names of the School of Engineering and the courses names of the Program of Engineering Study were revised: Dept. of Electrical Engineering became the Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering became the Dept. of Industrial and Information Systems Engineering Master's Degree Course of Electrical Engineering became the Course of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree Course of Industrial and Systems Engineering became the Course of Industrial and Information Systems Engineering August 1998 Research Center of AIT was opened. April 2007 Dept. of Industrial and Information Systems Engineering became the Dept. of Systems Information Engineering. April 2011 Five Departments become Five Divisions and eleven Programs of study. (New Divisions and eleven Programs of study) Division of Renewable Energy and Environment:Renewable Energy and Environment Course Division of Life Systemics:Life Systemics Course Division of Information System Design:Software Design Course,Media Design Course,Robot and Manufacturing Systems Design Course Division of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering:Mechanical Engineering Course, CAD/CAM and Design Course,Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course Division of Architecture and Civil Engineering:Architecture Course,Spatial Design Course,Civil Engineering Course