東北大学
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Facts and History
Tohoku University was established in 1907 in Sendai,
Miyagi prefecture, as the third national university in Japan.
Since its founding, Tohoku University has followed thetradition of “Research First”, believed in the ideal of“Open Doors” and embraced the spirit of “PracticeOriented Research and Education.”
We have a history of innovation, with past inventions byresearchers
includingthedirectional
antenna,perpendicular recording, and high power magnetron.
Aobayama Commons
Tohoku University is proud to have been the first university
in Japan to accept female students, and is committed to increasing the number of women researchersand scientists.

University Personnel

Facilities and Environment

Professor
Associate Professor
Senior Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Associate179
1,170174

Total (Academic Staff)

3,156

Administrative, Technical and Medical
Staff

3,266

900
733

Faculties / Schools
Graduate Schools
Professional Graduate Schools
Research Institutes

Institutes / Organaizations
Inter-Department Institutes for Education andResearch

10163
6929

Number of Students
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students (Master’s Program / Profession Degree Program)
Graduate Students (Doctoral Program)
Attached School
Total

11,012 (212)4,318 (750)
2,652 (621)37
18,019(1,583)*The Number in parentheses indicates the number of international students.

Research Activities
As a comprehensive research university, Tohoku University covers most academic fields including theliberal arts, science, engineering, medicine, and life science.
QS Ranking by field (2016)
Tohoku University strives to ESI Frequency of Citation Index
Ranking by Field (2016)
become one of the world’s greatGeneral
161
Materials Sciences22
research institutions. While weEngineering - Mineral &28
24
continue to lead in our traditional Materials Sciences
Miningfields of research in materials
Physics43Chemistry34
science, physics and chemistry; weChemistry
66
Physics & Astronomy
35
areconstantly
lookingtoEngineering
161
Engineering - Mechanical 40
strengthen and develop ourselves
Pharmacology & Toxicology
198
Engineering - Chemical48
in new areas of research.

Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR)As an international research center for innovative materials science, AIMR aims to establish new
atomic and molecular control methods through deepening principle theories on the atomic andmolecular level and through interdisciplinary integration. Based upon this idea, AIMR creates newmaterials with innovative and practical functions. Accordingly, AIMR contributes to the sustainable
development of the Japanese industrial economy, while maintaining a leading-edge in relevant
academic fields with creating further progress.

Tohoku Forum for Creativity (TFC)
The Tohoku Forum for Creativity (TFC) is aninternational visitor research institute which wasestablished in 2013 at Tohoku University to facilitate
collaborative research. In order to identify important
problems across all of the sciences and humanities,
the TFC brings together both junior and seniorresearchers in a stimulating environment that
promotes creative approaches to new andinterdisciplinary research areas.
The TFC especially encourages junior researchers,
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity
such as graduate students and postdoctoral fellows,
to participate in the thematic programs. Through discussions and close contact with distinguishedresearchers, including Nobel Laureates and Fields Medallists, junior researchers will bestimulated to develop their own original ideas and to eventually become pioneers in new researchareas.

Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic System (CIES)
The Center aims to contribute to the enhancement of global competitiveness in the field ofnextgeneration integrated electronics systems, and further, work toward the creation of practicalapplications and new industries, through the research and development of innovative devices andintegrated electronic systems and through constructing a consortium for this field withinternational collaboration among industries, universities and government.

Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo)
To contribute to the reconstruction of the Tohoku Region through :- The building of a new type of biobank based on long-term follow-up studies of medical andhealth information using large-scale cohort studies and genome information collected from theGreat East Japan Earthquake disaster area
- The establishment of an advanced medical system and a research center through thedevelopment of highly talented individuals- The alleviation of the shortage of medical practitioners by the effective utilization of medical
resources and the implementation of advanced genome medicine

International Institute Research Institute for Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
Having experienced the catastrophic disaster in 2011, Tohoku University has founded theInternational Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS). Together with collaboratingorganizations from many countries and with broad areas of specializations, the IRIDeS conducts
world-leading research on natural disaster science and disaster mitigation. Based on the lessons
from the 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) earthquake and tsunami disaster, IRIDeS aims tobecome a world centre for the study of the disasters and disaster mitigation, learning from andbuilding upon past lessons in disaster management from Japan and around the world. Throughout,the IRIDeS will contribute to on-going recovery/reconstruction efforts in the affected areas,
conducting action-oriented research, and pursuing effective disaster management to build
sustainable and resilient societies, the IRIDeS innovates the past paradigm of Japan’s and world’s disaster management to catastrophic natural disasters, hence to become a foundation stone ofdisaster mitigation management and sciences.