| February 17 | Establishment of public university corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University, opening of Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| February 17 | Changes to the Articles of Incorporation in conjunction with the establishment of the Graduate School of Industrial Technology were approved by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. |
| Heisei 17/12 | Approval of changes to the articles of incorporation |
| February 18 | The revised articles of incorporation were implemented, and the Graduate School of Industrial Technology and Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology were opened. |
| Heisei 19/10 | Changes to the Articles of Incorporation due to the change in the establishment of the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology were approved by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. |
| February 20 | Approval of changes to the articles of incorporation |
| February 20 | Enforcement of revised articles of incorporation, transfer of Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Science and Technology |
| February 31 | The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly approves amendments to the articles of incorporation accompanying name changes for the Public University Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology. |
| June 6 | Approval of changes to the articles of incorporation |
| April 2 | The revised articles of incorporation were implemented, and the Public University Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University was renamed the Tokyo Metropolitan University Corporation, the Tokyo Metropolitan University was renamed Tokyo Metropolitan University, and the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology was renamed the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial University Corporation. Name changed to Graduate University of Technology |