| 1939(Showa 14) | Official inauguration of Morioka Higher Technical School (predecessor of the Faculty of Engineering) |
| 1944(Showa 19) | Renamed Morioka Technical College |
| 1949(Showa 24) | Established Iwate University Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering, Electric Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Metallurgical Engineering). |
| 1992(Heisei 4) | Reorganized 10 departments and 1 common course into 6 departments (Applied Molecular Chemistry, Materials Science, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanics, Construction and Environment, and Information) |
| 1996(Heisei 8) | Graduate School of Engineering Doctoral Course established (Materials, Production and Development, Electronics and Informatics) |
| 2000(Heisei 12) | Reorganized into 7 departments by adding 1 new department to 6 departments (Applied Chemistry, Materials Science, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical Systems, Construction and Environment, Information Systems, and Welfare Systems) |
| 2004(Heisei 16) | The Faculty of Engineering of Iwate University becomes a national university corporation. |
| 2006(Heisei 18) | Foundry Technology Research Center established. |
| 2006(Heisei 18) | Research Center for Composite Device Technology established. |
| 2009(Heisei 21) | Reorganized into 5 departments (Applied Chemistry & Life Sciences, Materials, Electrical, Electronics & Information Systems, Mechanical Systems, and Social Environment) |
| 2009(Heisei 21) | Reorganized the Master’s Program into seven majors (Applied Chemistry/Life Sciences, Frontier Materials and Functions, Electrical, Electronics and Information Systems, Mechanical Systems, Social Environment, Design and Media, and Mold and Foundry) |
| 2009(Heisei 21) | Reorganized the doctoral program into four majors (Frontier Materials and Functions, Mechanical and Socio-Environmental Systems, Electrical, Electronics and Information Systems, and Design and Media). |
| 2010(Heisei 22) | Annexed Monozukuri Engineering Factory established. |
| 2016(Heisei 28) | Reorganized into three departments (Department of Chemistry and Bioscience and Biotechnology, Department of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Systems Innovation Engineering). |
| 2025(Reiwa 7) | Reorganized from 3 departments and 8 courses to 1 department and 8 courses, and established Creative Information Course. (Department of Science and Engineering: Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, Materials Science, Intelligent Informatics, Creative Informatics, Electrical Electronics and Information Communication, Mechanical and Intelligent Aeronautics, and Infrastructural and Environmental Engineering) |
