| Feb. 1939 |
Establishment of the Chemical Resources Laboratory (three divisions) |
| Aug. 1944 |
Establishment of the Fuel Science Laboratory (four divisions) |
| Mar. 1954 |
Integration of the above two laboratories into the new Chemical Resources Laboratory |
| Aug. 1977 |
Relocation to Nagatsuta Campus |
| Jun. 2009 |
Certified as "Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices" by MEXT along with the research institute of Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Osaka University, and Kyushu University |
| Apr. 2016 |
Establishment of the Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science |
| Oct. 2024 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University are merged to establish Institute of Science Tokyo |
