| 1885 |
Opened Kansai Law School at Ganshuji Temple in Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka. The school was established by Misao Inoue, Hisashi Ogura, and Masatada Hotta—who studied under the jurist Boissonade—as well as Kazushi Yoshida. Relocated the university building to Awajimachi, Higashi-ku, Osaka. |
| 1886 |
Relocated the university building to Koshoji Temple in Kawachicho, Kita-ku, Osaka. |
| 1903 |
Built a new two-story university building in Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka. |
| 1904 |
Established the Department of Economics. |
| 1905 |
Reorganized and renamed the school as Kansai Private University. Established a university department, preparatory course, and specialized course (each of which had two departments: Law and Economics). |
| 1906 |
Established the Department of Commerce. Established the Fukushima Campus in Kamifukushima, Kita-ku, Osaka, and then relocated there. |
| 1913 |
Opened the Kansai Class A Commercial School. |
| 1922 |
Established a new campus in Senriyama. The institution was licensed as Kansai University by the University Ordinance and established the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Business and Commerce, preparatory course, and university song. |
| 1924 |
Established the Department of Letters in the specialized course. |
| 1926 |
Held the first University festival. |
| 1929 |
Established the Tenroku Campus in Nagara, Oyodo-ku, Osaka, and then relocated the specialized course there from the Fukushima Campus. Opened a graduate school. |
| 1947 |
Opened Kansai University Dai-ichi Junior High School. During the turmoil following the war, Uichi Iwasaki, the University President, set forth the philosophy to guide the University's reconstruction. |
| 1948 |
Transitioned to the new university system and established four faculties: Law, Letters, Economics, and Commerce. Opened Kansai University Annex Dai-ichi Senior High School. |
| 1950 |
Established three graduate schools under the new system: Law, Letters, and Economics. |
| 1951 |
Opened Kansai University Kindergarten. Opened the Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies. |
| 1952 |
Changed the name of Kansai University Annex Dai-ichi Senior High School to Kansai University Dai-ichi Senior High School. |
| 1953 |
Relocated all evening undergraduate courses to the Tenroku Campus. |
| 1953 |
Relocated Dai-ichi Senior High School from the Tenroku Campus to the Senriyama Campus. |
| 1957 |
Relocated Dai-ichi Junior High School from the Tenroku Campus to the Senriyama Campus. |
| 1958 |
The University established the Faculty of Engineering in 1958. |
| 1958 |
Established the Faculty of Engineering. |
| 1958 |
Opened the Institute of Economic and Political Studies. |
| 1960 |
Relocated the Faculty of Engineering from the Tenroku Campus to the Senriyama Campus. |
| 1962 |
Established the Graduate School of Business and Commerce. |
| 1962 |
Established the Graduate School of Engineering. |
| 1964 |
Opened the Institute of Industrial Technology (which was reorganized as the Organization for Research and Development of Innovative Science and Technology in 2002). |
| 1967 |
The University established the Faculty of Sociology in 1967. |
| 1967 |
Established the Faculty of Sociology. |
| 1969 |
In 1969, as a result of major distress and a search for solutions stemming from a raging university dispute, the open university concept was born. |
| 1971 |
Established the Graduate School of Sociology. |
| 1971 |
Opened a computer room. |
| 1974 |
Opened the Institute of Buraku Studies (which was reorganized as the Institute of Human Rights Studies in 1985). |
| 1982 |
Changed the name of the computer room to the Information Processing Center (which was relocated to the University Library/Information Processing Center in 1985). |
| 1984 |
Completed the University Library/Information Processing Center. |
| 1986 |
Celebrated the university's 100th anniversary. |
| 1987 |
Opened the Institute of Legal Studies. |
| 1989 |
Opened the International Exchange Center (which was reorganized as the Division of International Affairs in October of 2008). |
| 1989 |
Completed the Centenary Memorial Hall. |
| 1994 |
Opened the Takatsuki Campus and established the Faculty of Informatics. |
| 1994 |
Relocated all evening undergraduate courses to the Senriyama Campus. |
| 1994 |
Opened the Kansai University Museum. |
| 1997 |
Opened the Extension Reed Center. |
| 1998 |
Established the Graduate School of Informatics. |
| 2000 |
Established the Foreign Language Education and Research Institute (which was reorganized as the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies in 2009). |
| 2002 |
Established the Graduate School of Foreign Language Education and Research. |
| 2003 |
Abolished the two-faculty (daytime and evening courses) system and introduced a daytime-and-evening course system. |
| 2004 |
Established the School of Law. |
| 2004 |
Relocated the Information Processing Center to ENSHINKAN and changed its name to the Center fo Information Technology. |
| 2006 |
Completed Mediapark RINPUKAN. |
| 2006 |
Established the School of Accountancy. |
| 2006 |
Completed the Kansai University Ice Arena (currently the Kansai University Takatsuki Ice Arena). |
| 2006 |
Celebrated the University's 120th anniversary. |
| 2007 |
Established the Faculty of Policy Studies. |
| 2007 |
Reorganized the Faculty of Engineering as the Faculty of Engineering Science, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering, and Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering. |
| 2008 |
Opened Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School. |
| 2008 |
Established the Graduate School of Psychology. |
| 2008 |
Opened the Research Institute for Socionetwork Strategies. |
| 2009 |
Established the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies and Graduate School of Professional Clinical Psychology (for which we stopped accepting applications in fiscal 2020). |
| 2009 |
Changed the name of the Graduate School of Engineering to the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. |
| 2010 |
Opened the Takatsuki Muse Campus, established the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences and Graduate School of Societal Safety Sciences. Also established the Kansai University Elementary School, Junior High School, and Senior High School at the campus. |
| 2010 |
Opened the Sakai Campus and established the Faculty of Health and Well-being. |
| 2010 |
Opened Kansai University Hokuyo Junior High School. |
| 2011 |
Established the Graduate School of East Asian Cultures and Graduate School of Governance. |
| 2012 |
南千里国際プラザを開設し、留学生別科を設置 |
| 2012 |
Opened the Minami-Senri International Plaza and established the Japanese Language and Culture Program Preparatory Course. |
| 2013 |
第一高等学校・第一中学校創立100周年記念式典を挙行 |
| 2013 |
Celebrated the 100th anniversary of Dai-ichi Senior High School and Dai-ichi Junior High School. |
| 2014 |
大学院人間健康研究科を設置 |
| 2014 |
天六キャンパス閉鎖 |
| 2014 |
Established the Graduate School of Health and Well-being. |
| 2014 |
Closed the Tenroku Campus. |
| 2015 |
連合教職大学院（大阪教育大学大学院連合教職実践研究科）が設置され、連合参加大学として参画 |
| 2015 |
Established the United Graduate School of Professional Teacher Education (Osaka Kyoiku University) and participated as an affiliated university. |
| 2016 |
梅田キャンパスを開設 |
| 2016 |
イノベーション創生センターを開設 |
| 2016 |
なにわ大阪研究センターを開設 |
| 2016 |
創立130周年記念式典を挙行 |
| 2016 |
Opened the Umeda Campus. |
| 2016 |
Opened the Center for Innovation and Creativity. |
| 2016 |
Opened the Research Center for Naniwa-Osaka Studies. |
| 2016 |
Celebrated the University's 130th anniversary. |
| 2022 |
大学昇格100年記念式典を挙行 |
| 2022 |
Celebrated the Centennial of the University's Promotion. |
| 2023 |
吹田みらいキャンパスを開設 |
| 2023 |
Opened the Suita Mirai Campus. |
| 2025 |
吹田みらいキャンパスにビジネスデータサイエンス学部を設置 |
| 2025 |
Establised the Faculty of Business Data Science on the Suita Mirai Campus. |
