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| 1928 | June 30 | Establishment of a Corporation to Found Osaka Women’ s Medical College approved Establishment of Osaka Women' s Medical College approved |
| July 10 | Opening ceremony held | |
| 1932 | April 1 | Nursing School Affiliated with Osaka Women’ s Medical College established |
| April 9 | Hospital Affiliated with Osaka Women’ s Medical College established | |
| 1933 | October 4 | Establishment of a Nursing School Affiliated with Osaka Women’ s Medical College approved |
| 1947 | June 18 | Establishment of Osaka Women’ s Medical College approved,premedical course initiated |
| July 25 | Renamed to Osaka Women’ s Medical College | |
| August 1 | Kori Hospital Affiliated with Osaka Women’ s Medical College established | |
| 1949 | March 25 | Establishment of departments of Osaka Women’ s Medical College approved |
| 1950 | August 30 | Makino Hospital Affiliated with Osaka Women’ s Medical College established |
| 1951 | February 28 | Organizational change to an educational corporation approved |
| March 31 | Premedical Course at Osaka Women’ s Medical College discontinued | |
| 1952 | February 20 | Establishment of Osaka Women’ s Medical College approved (under the new educational system) |
| March 31 | Osaka Women’ s Medical College closed | |
| 1954 | December 1 | Renamed to Kansai Medical University, coeducational system introduced |
| 1960 | January 6 | Corporate Administrative Office moved from the City of Hirakata to the City of Moriguchi, Osaka |
| January 20 | Establishment of a Pre-Medical Preparatory Course (General Education) approved | |
| 1961 | March 31 | Establishment of a Graduate School (Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Medicine) approved |
| September 1 | Establishment of a Nursing School Affiliated with KMU approved | |
| 1969 | June 30 | KMU Makino Hospital closed |
| 1975 | October 11 | KMU Otokoyama Hospital opened |
| 1979 | March 1 | Emergency and Critical Care Center established at KMU Hospital |
| 1980 | April 1 | Establishment of the First College of Nursing Affiliated with KMU approved |
| 1982 | May 1 | KMU Rakusai Newtown Hospital opened |
| 1984 | April 1 | A two-year course was added to the Medical Care Program (three-year course) in the First College of Nursing.The College is renamed to the College of Nursing. |
| 1986 | April 8 | Institute for Liver Research established |
| 1992 | April 26 | KMU Hospital Cardiovascular Center established |
| 1998 | July 7 | University Information Center established |
| 1999 | November 9 | Historical Archives established |
| 2002 | September 3 | Clinical Training Center established |
| 2005 | December 31 | KMU Kori Hospital closed |
| 2006 | January 1 | KMU Hirakata Hospital established KMU Hospital renamed to KMU Takii Hospital |
| March 31 | Management of KMU Rakusai Newtown Hospital transferred | |
| August 1 | The Institute of Biomedical Science was established as a result of restructuring of the Institute for Liver Research | |
| October 1 | Medical Safety Management Center established | |
| 2007 | April 17 | Office of Research Management and Intellectual Property established |
| October 1 | Internal Audit and Compliance Office established | |
| 2008 | February 1 | KMU Hirakata Hospital designated as an Emergency and Critical Care Center |
| 2009 | March 31 | Operations of KMU Otokoyama Hospital transferred |
| April 1 | Admissions Center established | |
| 2010 | July 1 | KMU Kori Hospital established |
| 2011 | July 12 | Center for International Exchange established |
| August 1 | Center for Molecular Imaging of Disease established | |
| October 1 | Center for Health Professions Education established | |
| 2012 | April 1 | KMU Temmabashi General Clinic established Regional Medical Center established Procurement Center established |
| 2013 | April 1 | New Hirakata Campus established Corporate Administrative Office moved from the City of Moriguchi to the City of Hirakata, Osaka |
| December 1 | Infection Control and Management Center established | |
| 2015 | April 1 | Clinical Research Support Center established |
| 2016 | April 1 | KMU Hirakata Hospital renamed to KMU Hospital KMU Visiting Nurses' Station Kori established |
| May 1 | KMU Takii Hospital renamed to KMU Medical Center | |
| May 6 | KMU Medical Center New Main Building started medical care | |
| July 1 | Ethical Review Center established | |
| 2017 | May 1 | KMU Care Plan Center Kori established |
| 2018 | January 1 | KMU Kuzuha Hospital established |
| April 1 | Faculty of Nursing and Graduate School of Nursing established KMU Day Care Center Kori established |
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| May 22 | KMU Medical Center officially opened | |
| June 30 | The 90th anniversary of the founding of KMU | |
| 2019 | January 1 | Medical Information Analysis Center established KMU Visiting Nurses' Station Takii established KMU Care Plan Center Takii established |
| March 1 | KMU Day Care Center Takii established | |
| April 1 | iPS/Stem Cell Research Support Center established | |
| June 5 | KMU Continuing Education Course for nurses initiated | |
| June 12 | Kitakawachi Medical Network, a Corporation to Promote Regional Medical Coordination, approved | |
| 2020 | January 1 | KMU Visiting Nurses' Station Hirakata established KMU Care Plan Center Hirakata established KMU Day Care Center Hirakata established |
| April 1 | Career Center for Female Doctors established KMU Biobank Center established |
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| April 30 | KMU Annex1 acquired | |
| 2021 | March 31 | College of Nursing Affiliated with KMU closed |
| April 1 | Faculty of Rehabilitation established Master’ s Program established in the Graduate School of Medicine Nursing Career Development Center established |
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| 2022 | March 1 | KMU Jijin-Kan acquired |
| April 1 | KMU Tower established Near InfraRed Photo-ImmunoTherapy (NIR-PIT) Research Institute established Center for Global Engagement established Japanese name of the Center for Health Professions Education changed |
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| June 1 | KMU Tower Hotel established | |
| September 1 | International graduate school established | |
| September 28 | KMU Annex2 acquired | |
| November 1 | Kuzuha Health Promotion and Physical Examination Center established | |
| 2023 | January 1 | Division of Digital Transformation established |
| April 5 | KMU Center for International Exchange Lounge established | |
| 2024 | October 1 | Biomedical Engineering Center established |
| 2025 | April 1 | Master’ s Program established in Graduate School of Life Health Science |
