| 1964 | (Dec) | The
Cabinet decided to establish the Academic New Town Construction Promotion Headquarters. |
| 1966 | (Dec) | Land
acquisition began. |
| 1968 | (Dec) | The
New Urban Residential Area Development Project, the Collective Government and
Public Office Facilities Project, and the Urban Parks Project were decided. The
Land Readjustment Project and the areas for the project were decided. |
| 1970 | (May) | The
"Tsukuba Science City Construction Act" was enacted and implemented. |
| 1971 | (Feb) | The
Promotion Headquartors set up the "Fundamental Principles of the Tsukuba
Science City Construction Plan" and the "Outline of the Development
Plan for Public-works Projects in Tsukuba science city". |
| 1972 | (Jan) | Government
employees started to move into official residences. |
| 1972 | (Mar) | The
National Research Institute in Inorganic Material became the first institution
transferred to the city. |
| 1973 | (Oct) | The
University of Tsukuba was founded. |
| 1980 | (Mar) | 43
research and educational institutions were ready to begin operations. |
| 1980 | (Sep) | The
"Research and Education District Construction Plan" was decided. |
| 1981 | (Aug) | The
"Surrounding Suburban District Development Plan" was approved. |
| 1983 | (Jun) | The
Tsukuba Center Building was open. |
| 1985 | (Mar-Sep) | The
International Exposition of Science and Technology(Tsukuba Expo'85) was held. |
| 1987 | (Nov) | Tsukuba
City was officially incorporated through the merger of existing towns and a village. |
| 1989 | (May) | The
New Tsukuba Plan was drawn up. |
| 1996 | (July) | The
"Science and Technology Basic Plan" was decided. |
| 1998 | (Apr) | A
change of the "Research and Education District Construction Plan" was decided,
and a change of the "Surrounding Suburban District Development Plan" was approved. |
| 2001 | (Apr) | National
research and educational institutions were turned into independent administrative
institutions |
| 2002 | (Nov) | Kukizaki
Town was merged into Tsukuba City. |
| 2004 |
(Apr) |
The University of Tsukuba and Tsukuba college of Technology became national university corporations. |
| 2005 |
(Aug) |
Tsukuba Express started its service. |
