Gangneung
- 1946.07.20 Opened Gangneung Normal School
- 1968.08.05 Opened Gangneung School of Education
- 1977.12.03 Gangneung Junior College
- 1983.02.26 Jibyeon Campus from Chodang-dong
- 1991.03.01 Gangneung University (four-year college)
- 1997.12.23 Gangneung University Dental Hospital
- 2006.11.11 60th anniversary
Wonju
- 1967.03.04 Opened Wonju Nursing High School of Technology
- 1972.12.18 Opened Wonju Nursing College
- 1979.01.01 Wonju Nursing College
- 1982.03.01 Wonju College
- 1999.03.01 Wonju University
- 2007.03.01 Gangneung National University integrated with the Wonju National University
- 2008.08.25 Selected as an excellent human resource training university in 2008
- 2009.03.01 Renamed as Gangneung-Wonju National University
- 2009.03.19 Selected for a university education capacity enhancement project in 2009
- 2009.05.12 Asian University Evaluation 1st place in 'number of citations per thesis' in Korea, 6th in Asia
- 2009.06.11 Selected as a second phase university-industry cooperation promotion university
- 2010.05.17 4th place in Korea and 22nd in Asia among small and medium-sized universities at 2010 Asian University Evaluation
- 2011.02.22 Graduation ceremony for the 2010 academic year, the first graduate after integration
- 2011.03.22 Opening ceremony for Wonju campus lecture and research hall
- 2012.04.01 Selected as Leader in University-Industry Cooperation Project (LINC)
- 2012.05.23 Opened Trekking ‘Hakisi Seupjji-gil’ (Bau-gil section 16)
- 2013.03.16 Opened Gangneung-Wonju National University PR center
- 2013.07.30 Selected as a university education capacity enhancement project in 2013
- 2013.11.01 Opening ceremony of Industry-Academia Cooperation Center
- 2014.05.08 Selected as second phase Leader in University-Industry Cooperation Project (LINC)
- 2014.07.01 Selected for Specialization Project for Regional University (Ck-1) (Largest support in Gangwon-do, ~2018)
- 2014.08.01 Selected as the best university innovation support project in Korea (3 consecutive year by 2016)
- 2015.02.16 Selected as a certified university to attract and manage foreign students
- 2016.06.16 1st place in Korea and 36th in Asia among small and medium-sized universities that do not have medical school at 2016 Asian University Evaluation
- 2016.11.11 70th anniversary