Orientation for New Students（Facilities and Safety at GSIS）
April 2024

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Buildings and Surroundings■ GSIS Building
情報科学研究科研究実験棟
or 研究科棟• Built in 2001
• 8 floors• 21 labs arein this building.

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Buildings and Surroundings■ 18 labs are in other areas• 機械・知能系：5 labs
• 電気・情報系：10 labs
• 人間・環境系：3 labs

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On Barrier-free■ Barrier-free Map of Aobayama Campus
https://www.ccds.ihe.tohoku.ac.jp/wpcontent/uploads/2022/05/8cfdf508369e
9db4a6ef5d66754eecb4.pdf• Sorry, only Japanese version is available.

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Commuting■ Aobayama Station of Sendai Subway• 青葉山駅 is right next to theGSIS building．
• Using the subway is recommended.
■ Parking Permit• Only students in the doctoral course who live
more than 2km away from the campus areallowed to park.
• Process of application and permission isrequired, and there is a charge.
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Inspection and Conference■ Regular Inspection 場内巡視

• An industrial doctor and safety andhealth manager make monthly visits andpoint out any safety and health issues.
• The laboratory must improve on the problems.
■ Safety Conference

安全会議• The laboratory holds monthly safety meetings,and discusses the prescribed common theme of
the month, and issues for each floor/field.
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Counseling andDisability Services■ Counseling Office 学生相談所
https://www.ccds.ihe.tohoku.ac.jp/front2-2/counseling_office/sso_english/■ Disability Service Office

特別支援室
https://www.ccds.ihe.tohoku.ac.jp/front2-2/disability_services_office/ssr_english/

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The Evacuation Drill■ An Evacuation Drill or 避難訓練

• Held every fall to check the route andsite of evacuation, and practice theconfirmation of safety of members.
• It includes some lifesaving training（using AED, etc.）• Helmets are distributed to all members.
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Tohoku University
Safety Confirmation System■ Safety Confirmation System 安否確認システム• In a major disaster, the University sends
an e-mail to the address you registered.
• Follow the instructions in the message andanswer whether you are safe or not.
• For the system and the processof registration, please see

https://www.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/somu/saigaitaisaku/index3.html
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Emergency measures■ Stockpiling• Food, water, etc. for one day (3 meals)• In a disaster, it may be dangerous to try toreturn home immediately.
■ Emergency response• In the event of an earthquake with a seismic
intensity of 6 or higher, or if theDean deems it necessary, a disaster response
headquarters will be established.
• The safety and relief team will confirm thesafety of the members within three days．
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Safety Confirmation in the Lab
A faculty member in the laboratory
will try to confirm the safety of those
whose safety cannot be confirmed by thesafety confirmation system and report tothe safety/relief team.
• We will build a communication network
during normal times to make this possible.
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Safety Handbook■ Safety Handbook is aguidebook for the response
in an earthquake, fire,other accidents, andinjuries.

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On Smoking■ Smoking is prohibited on campus

to prevent health damage of the smoker,passive smoking of the people around,and fire.
• "Campus" here refers to not only theinside of the building, but also the green
spaces outside of the building, parking lots,
common walkways, and public sidewalks facing
the site.
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Research Ethics■ Preliminary ethics review• Human subject research related to medicine,
psychology, physiology, and genomics
requires application and review in advance.
• See below for instructions
https://www.is.tohoku.ac.jp/jp/activity/ethics/■ Research that involves personal

information also requires careful handling.
Please follow the guidance in each area.

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