History
1972 January 29
Establishment of Matsumoto Dental University approved
1972 April 1
Tsutomu Tsujita appointed as the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Katsuei Kitamura appointed as the first President
1972 April 15
The university opened and first academic year students entered
1972 June 26
Matsumoto Dental University Hospital opened
1977 January 21
Yasushi Yagasaki appointed as the second Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1977 April 1
The Matsumoto Dental University School of Dental Hygiene opened
1977 April 9
The Dental Technician Department added to the School of Dental Hygiene, and designated as a dental technician school
1977 November 30
Kiwamu Momotsuka appointed as the third Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1980 April 1
Kurazo Kato appointed as the second President
1982 October 14
10th anniversary ceremony
1985 March 22
Sister School Agreement concluded with Indiana University School of Dentistry, USA
1986 November 23
Sister School Agreement concluded with Hebei Medical University, China
1989 November 1
The MDU Institute for Oral Science, Biomaterials Development Division established
1990 April 1
Shigeo Kobayashi appointed as the third President
1991 October 1
The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Biology added to the MDU Institute for Oral Science
1992 October 16
20th Anniversary ceremony and party
1992 December 9
Sister School Agreement concluded with Khabarovsk Medical School (the current Far Eastern State Medical University), Russia
1993 May 30
Kazuo Aichi appointed as the fourth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1994 June 10
Matsumoto Dental University Shinjuku Clinic opened as an off-campus dental clinic
1996 March 22
Masuho Tanaka appointed as the fifth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1996 May 24
Sister School Agreement concluded with Hebei Medical University (the former Hebei Medical School)
1999 January 6
Masanoshin Samizo appointed as the sixth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1999 April 1
Takuro Wada appointed as the fourth President
2001 April 1
Eiko Sairenji appointed as the fifth President
2002 January 29
30th Anniversary celebration held at the university
2002 March 20
The MDU Institute for Oral Science building completed
2002 December 10
The 30th Anniversary Building completed
2002 December 19
Establishment of Matsumoto Dental University Graduate School approved
2003 April 1
Matsumoto Dental University Graduate School of Oral Medicine opened
2003 April 19
30th anniversary ceremony and party held at the university
2003 April 25
30th Anniversary ceremony and party held in Tokyo
2003 July 4
Yasushi Yagasaki appointed as the seventh Chairman of the Board of Trustees
2003 October 27
The MDU Institute for Oral Science concluded an academic exchange and friendly relationship agreement with the Research Institute of Pediatric Dentistry of Tongi University, in China.
2004 April 1
Hidehiro Ozawa appointed as the sixth President
2004 October 28
Academic exchange and friendly relationship collaboration agreement concluded with the Pediatric Dentistry Association (joint research team) in Shanghai.
2006 May 26
Yasushi Yagasaki appointed as the seventh President
2006 October 1
Toshifumi Morimoto appointed as the eighth President
2008 March 1
Joint research and academic cooperation agreement concluded with the Harvard Stem Cell Research Center, USA
2008 April 15
New Matsumoto Dental University Hospital open
2008 May 28
MDU Hospital and the Tongi University No 10 Hospital, China, academic exchange and cooperative friendship agreement concluded
2009 November 18
MDU Institute for Oral Science and 山西 Medical School Dental research Center academic exchange and cooperative friendship agreement concluded
2010 January 27
Academic exchange and cooperative friendship agreement concluded with Imam University, Saudi Arabia
2010 March 25
Tadashi Yagasaki appointed as the eighth Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the nineth President
2010 April 1
MDU School of Dental Hygiene three-year curriculum and department name change implemented
2014 July 24
Ichisuke Kawahara appointed as the tenth President
2015 January 26
Academic exchange and friendly relationship collaboration agreement concluded with the Health and Family Planning Commission, Hebei Province, China
