■ Chronological Chart of Tohoku University’s History
Aug. 1876

1907

Sep. 1907

Apr. 1918

Foundation ofCollege of Agriculture
Hokkaido Imperial University
University Jun. 1907
Oct. 1947
Apr. 1919
Tohoku Imperial University
Tohoku University
Imperial University Law

Sapporo Agricultural College

enactedJan. 1911

College of Medicine
Medical Department ofthe Second Tertiary School

Apr. 1912

Sendai Medical College

MedicalDepartment

Graduate Schools
established under the
new educational system

Faculty of Science
Jul. 1915

Apr. 1901

Apr. 1953

Apr. 1919

College of Science

Aug. 1887

May 1949

Reorganized underthe National School
Establishment Law

Apr. 1919

Faculty of Medicine

Apr. 1918

May 1939

ClosedMar. 1944

Temporary Medical College

Medical CollegeMay 1919

Faculty of Engineering
Apr. 1906

Sendai College of Engineering（Sendai Koto Kogyo Gakko）

Apr. 1912

Apr. 1921

Engineering Department

Apr. 1944

Sendai College of Engineering（Sendai Koto Kogyo Gakko）

Sendai College of Engineering（Sendai Kogyo Senmon Gakko）
Apr. 1947

Faculty of Agriculture

Aug. 1922

Apr. 1949

Faculty of Lawand LettersDivided into
three Faculties

 University Archives （Old Library in the early Showa Period）

Main Gate in the early Showa Period

May 1949

Faculty of Education
Apr. 1887

The Second
Tertiary SchoolJun. 1894

The Second Higher School,Preparatory Course for University

Apr. 1919

May 1949

The Second Higher School

Attached to the University

Mar. 1950

ClosedJun. 1949

First College of Arts and Sciences
Jun. 1949

Second College of Arts and Sciences
Jun. 1949

Third College of Arts and Sciences
Apr. 1926

Miyagi PrefecturalNormal School forPrimary Education

Apr. 1898

Miyagi Prefectural
Normal School

Apr. 1943

Jun. 1949

Miyagi Prefectural Women’s Normal School
Apr. 1945

Education College ofArts and Sciences

Miyagi Normal Schoolfor YouthMay 1949

Mar. 1951

Attached to the University

Miyagi Normal School
Apr. 1913

Mar. 1951

Incorporated into the University

Miyagi Prefectural College for Women
Apr. 1886

May 1949

Renamed North Collegeof Arts and Sciences

Relocated to Kawauchi

Mar. 1951

ClosedAttached to the University

Iron and Steel
Research Institute

ClosedOct. 1958

Apr. 1957

Jun. 1949

May 1919

ClosedAug. 1922

Research Institute for Iron, Steel and Other Metals
Dec. 1941

Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy
Oct. 1943

Institute of High Speed Mechanics
Sep. 1935

Research Institute of ElectricalCommunication affiliatedwith Tohoku University

Jan. 1944
Aug. 1939

Research Institute ofElectrical Communication

Institute for Agricultural Research

Mar. 1941

Research Institute for Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy
Jan. 1943

Research Institute for Scientific Measurements
Oct. 1943

Institute of Aero-Medicine

Jan. 1946

ClosedJan. 1944

Research Institute for Non-Aqueous Solutions
Jan. 1945

Research Institute for Glass

Katahira Campus Main Gate
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The 50th Anniversaryof the Foundation

1982

The 75th Anniversaryof the Foundation

1987

Apr. 2004

The 80th Anniversaryof the Foundation

National UniversityCorporation

2007

The 100th Anniversaryof the Foundation

2022

Tohoku University

The 115th Anniversaryof the Foundation＊Jun. 1994

Apr. 1953

Graduate School of Science＊Apr. 1997

Apr. 1994

Jul. 1955

Graduate Schoolof Medicine

Graduate School, Division of Medicine＊Apr. 2000

Apr. 1972

Mar. 1952

Graduate School of Dentistry

ClosedApr. 1965

Faculty of Dentistry＊Apr. 1999

Apr. 1961

Graduate School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences

May 1972

Apr. 2006

Faculty of Pharmacy andPharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Apr. 1953

Graduate School of Engineering＊Jun. 1994

Jun. 1994
Mar. 1951

Attached to the University

May 1961

ClosedTraining School ofEngineering Teachers

Apr. 1953

Graduate School of Agricultural Science

Closed＊Apr. 1997

Apr. 1953＊Apr. 1999

Apr. 1953＊Apr. 2000

Faculty of Artsand Letters
Graduate School of Law
Apr. 2000

Apr. 1949

School of Law

Faculty of Law＊Apr. 1998

Apr. 1953

Graduate School of Economics and Management
Apr. 1949

Faculty of Economics＊Apr. 2000

Apr. 1953

Graduate School of Education

Apr. 2002

Apr. 2018
MergedGraduate School of Educational Informatics Education Division
Apr. 2002

Graduate School of Educational Informatics Research Division

Apr. 1957

Sep. 1958

Renamed Tomizawa College of Arts and Sciences

Apr. 1964

Relocated to Kawauchi and Renamed
Kawauchi College of Arts and Sciences

Apr. 1957

Closed（Incorporated into the First College ofArts and Sciences）
Closed（Incorporated into the First College ofArts and Sciences）

College ofGeneral Education

East College ofArts and Sciences

Branch School of
Faculty of Education

Apr. 1993

Graduate School of Information Sciences

ClosedApr. 1965

Miyagi University ofEducation

Faculty of Agriculture
Graduate School of Arts and Letters
Faculty of Arts and Letters
Graduate School of Law
School of Law
Graduate School of Economics
and Management
Faculty of Economics
Graduate School of Education

Graduate School of International CulturalStudies
Graduate School of Information Sciences

Graduate School of International Cultural Studies

Mar. 1968

Graduate School of Agricultural Science

ClosedGraduate School of Life Sciences
Graduate School of EnvironmentalStudies
Graduate School of Biomedical
Engineering

Graduate School of Life Sciences
Apr. 1964

Graduate School of Engineering

Mar. 1993

Apr. 2001
Oct. 1958

School of Dentistry
Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Education

Apr. 1993

Apr. 1952

Graduate School of DentistryMar. 1969

Graduate School of Arts and Letters

Apr. 1949

Faculty of Science
Graduate School of Medicine
School of Medicine

School of Engineering

School of Engineering
May 1949

Graduate School of Science

Introduction

1957

Apr. 2003

Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Apr. 2008

Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
May 1987

Institute for Materials Research
Apr. 1993

Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Cancer
May 1989

Institute of Fluid Science
Jun. 1994

Reorganized
Apr. 1988

Institute for Materials ResearchInstitute of Development, Aging andCancer
Institute of Fluid Science
Research Institute of ElectricalCommunication

Closed and Institute of Genetic Ecology established in its stead
Apr. 1992

Institute for Advanced Materials Processing

Apr. 2001

ClosedApr. 2001

ClosedApr. 1952

MergedApr. 1991

Institute for Chemical Reaction Science

Apr. 2012

International Research Institute ofDisaster Science

Apr. 2001

ClosedApr. 2001

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for
Advanced Materials
International Research Institute ofDisaster Science＊Programs for expansion of Graduate Schools08