| Tohoku University | |
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| 東北大学 | |
| Motto | 実学尊重の精神 (Practice-Oriented Research and Education) |
| Established | June 22, 1907 |
| Type | Public (National) |
| Endowment | US$1.3 billion (JP¥120,138 billion) |
| President | Akihisa Inoue |
| Admin. staff | 5,756 |
| Undergraduates | 11,094 |
| Postgraduates | 7,704 |
| Other students | 1,346 (international students) |
| Location | Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
| Campus | Urban, 2.5 km² |
| Athletics | -- varsity teams |
| Colors | Purple |
| Mascot | None |
| Affiliations | APRU, AEARU |
| Website | www.tohoku.ac.jp |
Tohoku University (東北大学 (東北帝國大學 prior to 1945) Tōhoku daigaku), abbreviated to Tohokudai (東北大 Tōhokudai), located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities. It is considered as one of the top universities in Japan, and one of the top 50 universities in the world.[1][2][3]
The university had 10 faculties and 15 graduate schools with a total of 17,949 students in 2009.[4] The spirits of its foundation are based on 3 core values "Research First(研究第一主義)", "Open-door(門戸開放)"and "Practice-Oriented Research and Education(実学尊重)" principles.
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In 2009, Tohoku University was one of 13 universities selected by the Japanese government to lead the internationalisation of higher education in Japan. This venture, known as the Global 30 Project, takes the form of new international degree courses taught wholly in English, at both undergraduate and graduate level. At Tohoku University, this initiative is known as the Future Global Leadership Program (FGL).
Degrees taught in English at the undergraduate level include the International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course (IMAC-U), the Applied Marine Biology Course (AMB), and the Advanced Molecular Chemistry Course (AMC).
Courses taught in English at the graduate level include the International Program in Economics and Management (IPEM), the International Graduate Program for Advanced Science (IGPAS), the Network Medicine Course, the Basic Medicine Course, the Interface Oral Health Science Course, the International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course (IMAC-G), the International Materials Science and Engineering Course (IMSE), the International Doctoral Program in Engineering, Information Sciences and Environmental Studies, the International Graduate Program in Language Sciences, the International Course of Life Sciences, the Information Technology and Science Course, the International Program for Environmental Sustainability Science (IPESS), and the International Post-Graduate Program in Human Security.
The origin of the university was Meirin-yokendo (明倫養賢堂 Meirin yōkendō), which was founded as a medical school in Sendai in 1736. It was reorganized a few times. Later it became Sendai Medical College (仙台医学専門学校 Sendai igaku senmon gakkō); this was the forerunner of the medical department of the university.
On June 22, 1907, the university was established under the name Tohoku Imperial University (東北帝國大學 Tōhoku teikoku daigaku) by the Meiji government as the third Imperial University of Japan, following the Tokyo Imperial University(1877) and the Kyoto Imperial University(1897). From its start, it has advocated "Open-door" policies. This stems from that it first began to accept female students as well as foreign students in Japan universities, the first in the country to do so.
In September 1907, it set up the faculty of Agriculture in Sapporo; Sapporo Agricultural College (札幌農學校 Sapporo nō gakkō) took the lead it. It set up the Science (1911), and the Medical Department (1915); the latter had been Sendai Medical College. In 1918 it ceded the Faculty of Agriculture to Hokkaido Imperial University. It subsequently launched Faculties of Engineering (1919), and Law and Literature (1922).
After World War II the university assumed its current name, Tohoku University (1947) and acquired a new Faculty of Agriculture. Furthermore, the old Faculty of Law and Literature was split up to form new faculties of Law, Literature, and Economics (1949). Further additions: Faculty of Education (1949), Dentistry (1965) and Pharmacy (1972). Tohoku has been a national university corporation since April 2004.
In 2007, Tohoku University celebrated the 100 anniversary since its establishment in 1907.
Subsequent to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the university was declared closed until further notice, but with a tentative re-opening date of the end of the following April.[5]
The Aobayama, Katahira, Amamiya and Kawauchi campuses are all at least 12 kilometers from the Ocean side, towards the mountains and therefore suffered no damage resulting from the tsunami. Furthermore no deaths or serious injuries within the faculty and student body were reported on campus grounds. The extent of the earthquake damage however did lead to the closure of 27 buildings and millions of dollars of damage due to damaged and equipment loss. Classes have resumed normally since early May and plans for restoring, reinforcing or replacing damaged buildings are underway.
The radiology department has been actively measuring radiation levels throughout the city of Sendai since the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant meltdown, which is about 100 kilometers south. So far no alarming levels of radiation has been detected.
1-1-2-chome, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0077 JAPAN
Principal five campuses are in the Sendai City, Japan;
Amamiya campus and some institutes are planned to transfer from the present place to the future New-Aobayama campus [2].
Faculties (10)
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Graduate Schools (15)
Professional graduate schools (3)
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The University's Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.[6]
University Library
University Hospital
Inter-Department Institutes for Education and Research (9)
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Collaborating Institutions (8)
Administration UnitTohoku University Overseas Office
Biomedical Engineering Research Organizatione-learning system
Dormitories
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| Fiscal Year | Field | Program Title |
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| 2002 | Life Sciences | Future Medical Engineering based on Bio-nanotechnology |
| Chemistry, material sciences | International Center of Research & Education for Unexplored Chemistry | |
| International Center of Research & Education for Materials | ||
| Information sciences, electrical and electronic engineering | System Construction of Global-Network Oriented Information Electronics | |
| Humanities | A Strategic and Education Center for an Integrated Approach to Language and Cognition | |
| 2003 | Medical sciences | Center for Innovative Therapeutic Development for Common Diseases |
| Mathematics, physics, earth sciences | Exploring New Science by Bridging Particle-Matter Hierarchy | |
| Advanced Science and Technology Center for the Dynamic Earth | ||
| Mechanical, civil, architectural and other fields of engineering | The Exploration of the Frontiers of Mechanical Science Based on Nanotechnology | |
| International COE of Flow Dynamics | ||
| Social sciences | Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality | |
| Gender Law and Policy Center | ||
| 2004 | New scientific fields | Comprehensive Research and Education Center for Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation |
| Toyo Keizai National[12] | General | 7 |
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| Kawaijuku National[13] | General | 5 |
| T. Reuters National[14] | Research | 4 |
| WE National[15] | Employment | 21 |
| Shimano National[16] | Selectivity | SA |
| QS Asia[17] | General | 9 |
| ARWU Asia/Pacific[18] | Research | 8 |
| THE World[19] | General | 132 |
| QS World[20] | General | 70 |
| ARWU World[21] | Research | 84 |
| ENSMP World[2] | Alumni | 13 |
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| Asahi National[22] | Research | 8 |
| BE Success National[23] | Qualification | 10 |
| BE Pass rate National[24] | Qualification | 9 |
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BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT |
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| Eduni MBA National[25] | General | 15 |
| Eduni MBA World[26] | General | 536 |
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Engineering |
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| Nikkei National[27] | Research | 3 |
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MATERIALS SCIENCE |
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| T.Reuters National[28] | Research | 1 |
| T.Reuters World[28] | Research | 3 |
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PHYSICS |
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| T.Reuters National[28] | Research | 2 |
| T.Reuters World[28] | Research | 10 |
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CHEMISTRY |
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| T.Reuters National[28] | Research | 4 |
| T.Reuters World[28] | Research | 20 |
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BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY |
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| T.Reuters National[28] | Research | 7 |
| T.Reuters World[28] | Research | 113 |
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ARCHITECTURE |
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| ARE Success National[29] | Qualification | 17 |
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IMMUNOLOGY |
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| T.Reuters National[28] | Research | 6 |
| T.Reuters World[28] | Research | 142 |
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PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY |
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| T.Reuters National[28] | Research | 3 |
| T.Reuters World[28] | Research | 64 |
| * T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions | ||
Tohoku University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.
The university has been ranked 6th in 2009 and 7th in 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.[12] In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Tohoku as the 5th best university in Japan.[13]
According to ARWU, Tohoku University was ranked 5th overall in Japan and internationally ranked 20th in the field of Engineering and Technology, and 39th in Natural science in 2009. In the 2011 QS Asian Universities Rankings Tohoku was placed 9th, while in the 2011 QS World University Rankings[30] the university rose to 70th having dropped out of the top 100 in 2010 to 102nd, and having been 97th in the 2009 THE-QS World University Rankings (in 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings parted ways to produce separate rankings).
It was also ranked 49th worldwide according to the Global University Ranking in 2009.[3]
Tohoku is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, Tohoku is the 4th best research university in Japan.[14] Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Materials Science (1st in Japan, 3rd in the world), Physics (2nd in Japan, 10th in the world), Pharmacology & Toxicology (3rd in Japan, 64th in the world) and Chemistry (6th in Japan, 20th in the world).[31]
Weekly Diamond also reported that Tohoku has the 11th highest research standard in Japan in terms of research funding per researchers in COE Program.[32] In the same article, it's also ranked 9th in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.
In addition, Nikkei Shimbun on 2004/2/16 surveyed about the research standards in Engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Tohoku was placed 3rd (research planning ability 9th//informative ability of research outcome 2nd/ability of business-academia collaboration 2nd) in this ranking.[33]
As Tohoku University has been emphasizing on 'practical' research, Tohoku got the top place at the number of patents accepted (324) during 2009 among Japanese Universities.[34]
Tohoku Law School is one of famous Law schools in Japan, as it was ranked 9th in the passing rate of Japanese Bar Examination in 2010.[35]
Eduniversal ranked Tohoku Business school as 6th in the rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links " in Japan.[36]
According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Tohoku have the 21st best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.[37]
École des Mines de Paris ranks Tohoku University as 13th in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[2]
Tohoku is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered as one of the top in Japan.[38][39]
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Besides them, many other famous alumni have notable achievements in diverse fields.
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