Department History
Year	Name	Milestones
1957	International Trade	Established one of the first senior college programs in international trade; the founding purpose was to nurture professionals in international trade and to equip students with the basic knowledge in modern international trade and skills so as to promote international trade
1963	International Trade	Launched the Evening Program
1967	International Trade	Launched the five-year college program
1990	International Trade admitting three classes of day- division students	Upgraded to Ming Chuan College of Management
1992	International Trade	Launched the Second Division; Class A was added to the department
1996	International Trade	Launched the Associate degree program for working students
1996	International Trade	Established the Graduate Institute of International Business Management
1997	International Trade	Upgraded to Ming Chuan University
2001	Name changed to Department of International Business.	Merged graduate Institute of International Business Management into the Department as the masters’ program in international business
2001	Department of International Business	Terminated the two-year technical program; launched the two-year professional program.
2003	Department of International Business	Launched the EMBA program
2004	Department of International Business	Ended the Second Division program(class A)
2008	Department of International Business	Obtained accreditation both undergraduate and graduate programs from Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council
2010	Department of International Business	2010 MCU obtained accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
2011	Department of International Business	Ended the two-year professional program
2015	Department of International Business	Launched the International Business and Trade Master’s Program
2015	Department of International Business	Obtained accreditation both undergraduate and graduate programs from Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council