| Year | Unit | Note | |
| 1968 | Tourism Department | Ming Chuan [Junior Women’s Commercial] College | |
| 1990 | Tourism Department | Promoted to Ming Chuan College | |
| 1995 | Tourism Department | Established Three-year Work Experience Degree Completion Program | |
| 1997 | Tourism Department | Promoted to Ming Chuan University | |
| 2000 | School of Tourism (Unified Admission) | Established School of Tourism (Unified Admission for the 1st and 2nd Year) | |
| Leisure and Recreation Management Department | Established new department | ||
| Hospitality Management Department | Established new department | ||
| 2001 | Graduate Program in Tourism | Established Graduate Program in Tourism (Taoyuan Campus) | |
| 2002 | Graduate Program in Tourism | Established Graduate Program in Tourism (Taipei Campus) | |
| 2003 | Graduate Program in Tourism | Established Graduate Program in Tourism (Kinmen Location) | |
| 2007 | Tourism Department | Ceased recruitment for Three-year Work Experience Degree Completion Program | |
| 2008 | Graduate Program in Tourism | Established Matsu Executive Master’s Program | |
| 2008 | Tourism Department | Earned HEEACT Accreditation for Undergraduate and Master’s Programs | |
| Leisure and Recreation Management Department | |||
| Hospitality Management Department | |||
| 2010 | Tourism Department (including Master’s Program in Tourism) | Graduate and undergraduate programs unified within one department | |
| November 18, 2010 | Earned MSCHE Accreditation and became the First U.S.-Accredited University in Asia | ||
| 2012 | Tourism Department | Ceased recruitment for Matsu Executive Master’s Programs | |
| August 2015 | Recruit Students by Department | Tourism Dept, Leisure and Recreation Management Dept, and Hospitality Management Dept recruit students separately in 2015-16 |
