Yaer	Month
1897	June	Kyoto Imperial University was founded.
	Sept	The College of Science and Engineering opened.
1898	June	The Departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Pure Chemistry (Chemistry) were established.
1914	July	The College of Science and Engineering was divided into the College of Science and the College of Engineering.
1919	Feb	The College of Science was renamed the Faculty of Science.
1921	Apr	The Departments of Astronomy, Geophysics, Zoology, and Botany were established.
1922	Apr	The Department of Geology and Mineralogy and Otsu Hydrobiological Station (the former Hydrobiological Station, Faculty of Medicine) were established.
	July	Marine Biological Research Station* was established. (*It was renamed Seto Marine Biological Laboratory in 1937.)
1926	Oct	Beppu Geophysical Research Laboratory was established.
1928	Feb	The Astronomical Observatory was established.
	Mar	Aso Volcanological Laboratory was established.
1930	Oct	Abuyama Seismological Observatory was established.
1947	Oct	Kyoto Imperial University was renamed Kyoto University.
1953	Apr	The Graduate School of Science, consisting of eight divisions, was established.
1964	Apr	The Plant Ecological Research Station was established.
1965	Apr	The Divisions of Physics I and Physics II were established due to reorganization.
1967	Apr	The Department of Biophysics was established.
1970	Apr	Osakayama Crustal Deformation Observatory was established.
1971	Apr	The Division of Biophysics was established.
1972	May	Tokushima Seismological Observatory was established.
1973	Apr	The Regional Center for Earthquake Prediction was established.
1975	Apr	The Division of Mathematical Sciences (independent division) and the Research Center for Instrumental Analysis were established.
1977	Apr	The Institute of Paleolimnology and Paleoenvironment on Lake Biwa (with a ten-year term limit) and the Data Analysis Center for Geomagnetism and Space Magnetism were established.
1981	Apr	The Laboratory for Climatic Change Research was established with a ten-year term limit.
1986	Apr	The Division of Primatology (independent division) was established.
1987	Mar	The Institute of Paleolimnology and Paleoenvironment on Lake Biwa was closed.
1990	June	Abuyama Seismological Observatory, Osakayama Crustal Deformation Observatory, Tokushima Seismological Observatory, and the Regional Center for Earthquake Prediction were closed.
1991	Mar	The Laboratory for Climatic Change Research was closed.
	Apr	Otsu Hydrobiological Station and the Plant Ecological Research Station were closed.
1993	Apr	The Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology was established with a ten-year term limit.
1994	Apr	The nine departments were closed and reorganized into the Department of Science. Due to reorganization of the Graduate School, the Divisions of Mathematics, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Chemistry were established.
1995	Apr	Due to reorganization of the Graduate School, the Divisions of Physics and Astronomy, and Biological Sciences were established. The Graduate School of Science became an independent graduate school.
1997	Apr	Beppu Geophysical Research Laboratory and Aso Volcanological Laboratory were closed to be merged as the Institute for Geothermal Sciences.
1998	Apr	The six facilities of the Faculty of Science were changed to be attached to the Graduate School of Science.
2002	Mar	The Research Center for Instrumental Analysis and the Low-Temperature Laboratory were closed to be merged as the Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences.
2003	Mar	The Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology was closed.
2004	Apr	National University Corporation Kyoto University was established.
2018	Apr	Okayama Observatory was established.
2019	Apr	The Center for Science Adventure and Collaborative Research Advancement was established.