2001: The school installed the Graduate School of Education, Lifelong Education Program (Ph.D.) and opened the Graduate School of Literature, Japanese Literature Program and the Sociology Program within the Graduate School of the Correspondence School of the Correspondence Division; additionally, the Department of Japanese Literature renamed as the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, the Department of Chinese Literature was renamed as the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and the Department of English Literature was renamed as the Department of English Language, British and American Literature.
2001年　大学院教育学研究科生涯教育専攻（博士後期課程）を開設、通信制大学院に文学研究科国文学専攻・社会学研究科、社会学専攻を開設、国文学科を日本語日本文学科に改称、中国文学科を中国語中国文学科に改称、英文学科を英語英米文学科に改称