| 1889 | Kinjo Girls' School (a private school) established |
| 1927 | Kinjo Girls' Vocational School established |
| 1947 | Kinjo Gakuen Junior High School established under educational system reforms |
| 1948 | School renamed |
| 1949 | Kinjo Gakuin University (College of English Literature) established |
| 1954 | College of English Literature reorganized |
| 1962 | College of Home Economics (present-day College of Human Life and Environment) established |
| 1967 | Graduate School of Humanities established |
| 1997 | College of Contemporary Society and Culture established |
| 2002 | College of Human Sciences established |
| 2005 | College of Pharmacy established |
| 2022 | Faculty of Nursing established Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science established |