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1934	Laboratory for Building Materials established
1939	Research Laboratory for Precision Machinery and Electronics established
1943	Laboratory for Ceramics established
1944	Research Laboratory for Electronics established
1946	Research Laboratory for Electronics renamed the Research Laboratory for Electrical Science
1949	Laboratory for Building Materials, Research Laboratory for Precision Machinery, Laboratory for Ceramics, and Research Laboratory for Electrical Science affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology under a new system
1954	Laboratory for Building Materials, Research Laboratory for Precision Machinery, Research Laboratory for Electrical Science, and Laboratory for Ceramics reorganized as the Research Laboratory for Building Materials, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, and Research Laboratory for Ceramic Industry, respectively. Graphic Engineering Laboratory established as a faculty at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
1958	Research Laboratory for Building Materials and Research Laboratory for Ceramic Industry integrated into the Research Laboratory for Engineering Materials
1964	Graphic Engineering Laboratory renamed the Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory
1974	Japanese characters changed in the name of the Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering
1975	Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory and Precision and Intelligence Laboratory moved to Nagatsuta Campus (now Suzukakedai Campus)
1975	Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering established at Nagatsuta Campus
1979	Research Laboratory for Engineering Materials moved to Nagatsuta Campus (now Suzukakedai Campus)
1994	Research Center for Quantum Effect Electronics established
1996	Research Laboratory for Engineering Materials reorganized into the Materials and Structures Laboratory
	Center for Materials Design affiliated to the Materials and Structures Laboratory reorganized to establish the Structural Engineering Research Center affiliated to the Materials and Structures Laboratory
	Inauguration of the Structural Engineering Research Center, an intramural facility at the Materials and Structures Laboratory
1998	Frontier Collaborative Research Center established
2000	Microsystem Research Center affiliated to the Precision and Intelligence Laboratory established
2004	Research Center for Quantum Effect Electronics reorganized into Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center
2005	Integrated Research Institute and Solutions Research Organization within it established
2006	Center for Materials Design reorganized into the Secure Materials Center affiliated to the Materials and Structures Laboratory
2007	Frontier Research Center established to incorporate Frontier Collaborative Research Center, Venture Business Laboratory, Incubation Center, and Collaborative Research Buildings
2008	Secure Device Research Center affiliated to the Precision and Intelligence Laboratory established
2010	Integrated Research Institute reorganized to incorporate affiliated laboratories and research institutes
	Frontier Research Center and Solutions Research Organization reorganized into the new Frontier Research Center and the Solutions Research Laboratory, respectively
	Microsystem Research Center reorganized and merged into the Photonics Integration System Research Center affiliated to the Precision and Intelligence Laboratory
	Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory affiliated to the Graduate School of Science and Engineering reorganized
2011	ICE Cube Center established
2016	Integrated Research Institute comprising the Chemical Resources Laboratory, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Frontier Research Center, Solutions Research Laboratory, Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory, and Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center reorganized into the Institute of Innovative Research (comprising Laboratory for Future Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Technology, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, and Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science; temporary research centers [2 as of April 2016] and research units [10 as of April 2016])
2017	Advanced Loading and Real-Scale Experimental Mechanics Laboratory established
2018	Materials Processing Science Research Core established
	NuFlare Future Technology Laboratory established
	Riverfield Inc. Joint Collaborative Research Laboratory for Advanced Surgical Robots and Systems established
2019	Komatsu Collaborative Research Cluster for Innovative Technologies established
2019	LG×JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Smart Materials & Devices Collaborative Research Programs established
2021	Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Core established
	Smart Materials & Devices Research Core established
	ENEOS Smart Materials & Devices Collaborative Research Programs established
	LG Material & Life Solution Collaborative Research Clusters established
2023	ENEOS Smart Materials & Devices Collaborative Research Programs closed
	NuFlare Future Technology Laboratory closed
	Innovative Dental-Engineering Alliance Research Core established
	NSK Tribology Collaborative Research Cluster established
2024	Microfluidics Research Core and Advanced Manufacturing and Social Integration Research Core integrated into theInnovative Mechano-Device Research Core, Industrial Mechano-System Research Core and Materials Processing Science Research Core
	Imaging Science and Engineering Research Center established
	Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Tokyo Institute of Technology integrated into the Institute of Science Tokyo
	Institute of Innovative Research closed and established a research Institute of Integrated Research
2025	AI-Based Information Integration Research Core integrated into the Imaging Science and Engineering　Research Center and Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Core established
	Quantum Photonics and Optoelectronics Research Core, Sensing and Processing Research Core and Advanced Integrated Electronics Research Core integrated into the Applied Electronics Research Core, Photonics Integration System Research Center, and Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center established
	Volcano and Earthquake Research Core established
	Rohto Mathematical CPS Innovation Collaborative Research Cluster established
	KAYABA Collaborative Research Cluster for Data-Driven Mechanical Component Engineering established
2026	Suzukakedai Campus renamed the Yokohama Campus
2026	AGC Material Collaborative Research Cluster established

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