Tohoku University
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| Motto: | (Value the Practical Study) |
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| Established: | June, 1907 |
| Type: | Public (National) |
| Endowment: | US$-- billion (JP¥-- billion) |
| President: | Akihisa Inoue |
| Staff: | 2,634 |
| Undergraduates: | 10,692 |
| Postgraduates: | 7,002 |
| Location: | Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
| Campus: | Urban, 2.5 km² |
| Athletics: | -- varsity teams |
| Mascot: | None |
| Website: | www.tohoku.ac.jp |
Tohoku University ( prior to 1945) Tōhoku daigaku), abbreviated to Tohokudai (Tōhokudai), located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is one of Japan's most prestigious national universities. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan.
The university has 10 faculties and 15 graduate schools with a total of about 17,800 students (2007). The spirits of its foundation are "Research First" and "Open-door" policies. In 1999, it was ranked no.1 in Asiaweek Magazine as Asia's Best University. In 2000, it was ranked no. 2 in the same magazine's Universities Ranking list[2] In 2008, Tohoku University is internationally ranked 19th in the field of Engineering and Technology, and 35th in Natural science by ARWU. As Tohoku University has been emphasizing on 'practical' reseach, Tohoku got the top place at the number of patents accepted during 2007 among Japanese Universities.
History
The origin of the university was Meirin-yokendo ( 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 ( Sendai igaku senmon gakkō); this was the forerunner of the medical department of the university.
In June 22, 1907, the university was established under the name Tohoku Imperial University ( 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 ( 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.
2007 was the centenary of Tohoku University.
Address
1-1-2-chome, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0077 JAPAN
Campuses
Principal five campuses are in the Sendai City, Japan;
- Katahira
- Administration Unit. and Principal institutes
- Kawauchi
- North-Kawauchi; The freshmen and sophomore of all undergraduates
- South-Kawauchi; Law, Education, Economics, Letters
- Seiryo
- Medicine, Dentistry
- Aobayama
- Science, Engineering, Pharmacy
- Amamiya
- Agriculture
Amamiya campus and some institutes are planned to transfer from the present place to the New-Aobayama campus.
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