History
1997
The Hakodate Area Public University Wide Area Union was established, consisting of one city and four towns: Hakodate City, Kamiiso Town, Ono Town, Nanae Town, and Toi Town (currently consisting of two cities and one town: Hakodate City, Hokuto City, and Nanae Town due to a merger).
1998
Construction of school building begins

1999
Future University Hakodate installation approval
2000
Keisuke Ito appointed as the first principal.
Future University Hakodate opens [School of Systems Information Science] Department of Media Architecture, Department of Complex Systems Science
2001
The school building (main office building) won the 26th Hokkaido Architecture Award.
The school building (main office building) won the 14th Hokkaido Red Brick Architecture Award.


2002
The school building (main office building) received the Architectural Institute of Japan Award (Works).
"Project Learning" launched, a pioneering approach to problem-solving learning
Future University Hakodate Graduate School establishment approval
2003
Future University Hakodate Graduate School Opens
2004
Hideyuki Nakajima assumes office as the second president of the university.
Establishment of a joint research center to systematically support regional collaboration and industry-academia-government collaboration
The school building (headquarters building) received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award in the 9th Public Architecture Award (living facilities category).
2005
Annex Building construction completed
Tokyo satellite office (Akihabara) opened

2006
Project-based learning educational concept adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for its "Support Program for Distinctive University Education"
2007
Approval for the establishment of a public university corporation
Hakodate City Council for the Promotion of Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions (Heisei 20/4 April, 2008 Participated in the establishment of the Campus Consortium Hakodate (formerly known as Campus Consortium Hakodate).
2008
Public university corporation established
Center for Meta-Learning (CML) established
2009
Hosting the Hakodate International Science Festival (held annually) as a regional network support project

2010
10th anniversary ceremony held
The Department of Complex Systems Science and the Department of Media Architecture have been reorganized into the Department of Media Architecture and the Department of Complex and Intelligent Systems.
We have established an Advanced ICT Course, a six-year program that integrates university and graduate school.
2012
Establishment of the FUN Collaborative Laboratory System
The Joint Research Center was reorganized and developed into the Center for University-Society Relations and Collaboration (CRC).
Meta-Learning Lab Activities Begin

2013
Launch of the "Practical Education Collaboration Network (enPiT)" project in collaboration with 15 universities nationwide
2014
Future University Hakodate Publishing Association launches publishing activities.
Relocated satellite office to Toranomon, Tokyo
2015
Established the Center for Information System Design (CISD)
2016
Yasuhiro Katagiri assumes office as the third president of the university.
Future University spin-off venture "Future Share Co., Ltd." established
2017
Establishment of the Future AI Research Center
2019
We have relocated our satellite office to Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.2024 2024 (Fiscal Year 6 2024 ))
2023
Suzuki Keiji appointed as the 4th president of the university.
2024
Future University Launches Startup Support Program
2025
25th Anniversary of the University's Founding













































