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History
The university's predecessor was founded by Konoe Atsumaro as an overseas Japanese institution of higher education in the Hong Qiao (虹桥) District of Shanghai in 1901, and was chartered as Toa Dobunshoin University (東亜同文書院大学, Tōa dōbunshoin daigaku) in 1939. The school produced numerous leaders who took part in China's modernisation process in the early 20th century, with financial and intellectual support from Japan.
At the end of World War II, the university faced closure. Its spiritual successor, Aichi University, was established by staff and students who had previously been based at the university and other overseas Japanese institutions in Toyohashi, Japan in 1946.
Chronology
1901: Toa Dobunshoin is established in Shanghai, China by Konoe Atsumaro.
1939: Toa Dobunshoin is promoted to university status.
1945: Toa Dobunshoin University closes in the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II.
1946: Aichi University is established as an old-style university by teaching staff and students of the now defunct Toa Dobunshoin University.
1947: Toyohashi campus opens. Faculty of Law and Economics is established.
1949: Chartered as a new-style university. Faculty of Letters is established.
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1951: Kurumamichi campus opens. Community Research Institute is established at the Toyohashi campus.
1959: Women's Junior College is established.
1968: First edition of Aichi University's "Comprehensive Chinese-Japanese Dictionary" is published, the first ever comprehensive Chinese-Japanese dictionary.
1988: Miyoshi, Aichi campus opens.
1989: The Faculty of Economics and Law is reorganized. The Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Business Administration are established in its place.
1997: Faculty of Modern Chinese Studies is established.
1998: Faculty of International Communication is established.
2004: Kurumamichi campus is rebuilt. Graduate School of Law is established.
2006: Confucius Institute is established at Aichi University. Graduate School of Accounting is established.
2011: Faculty of Regional Policy is established.
2012: Nagoya campus is opened in the Sasashima Live 24 District by Nagoya Station. Miyoshi, Aichi campus closes. University headquarters and Graduate School moved to Kurumamichi campus.
From Wikipedia’s article on Aichi University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4