Tohoku University

For the university in China which is written 東北大学 in Japanese and 東北大學 in Chinese, see Northeastern University (Shenyang, China). Tohoku University 東北大学 Motto: 実学尊重の精神 (Value the Practical Study) Established: June, 1907Type: Public (National)Endowment: US$-- billion
(JP¥-- billion) President: Akihisa Inoue Staff: 2,634 Undergraduates: 10,692 Postgraduates: 7,002 Location: Sendai, Miyagi, JapanCampus: Urban,
2.5 km²Athletics: -- varsity teams Mascot: None Website: www.tohoku.ac.jp

Tohoku University (東北大学 (東北大學 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 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)[1]. The spirits of its foundation are "Research First(研究第一主義)" and "Open-door(門戸開放)" politics. In 2000 it was ranked no. 2 in Asiaweek Magazine's Best Universities Ranking list.[2]

1 History
2 Address
3 Campuses
4 Organization
5 Research Institutes
6 Centers and Facilities
7 Dormitories
8 The 21st Century COE Programs
9 People
- 9.1 Successive Presidents
- 9.2 Notable alumni
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

History

The administrative office

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.

In June 22, 1907, the university was established under the name Tohoku Imperial University (東北帝國大學, Tōhoku teikoku daigaku?) by 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" policy. 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 Aguliculture 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 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

Tohoku University (Katahira campus north gate)

Principal five campuses are in the Sendai City, Japan;

Katahira (片平, Katahira?)

Administration Unit. and Principal institutes

Kawauci (川内, Kawauchi?)

North-Kawauchi; The freshmen and sophomore of all undergraduates

South-Kawauchi; Law, Education, Economics, Letters

Seiryo (星陵, Seiryō?)

Medicine, Dentistry

Aobayama (青葉山, Aobayama?)

Science, Engineering, Pharmacy

Amamiya (雨宮, Amamiya?)

Agriculture

Amamiya campus and some institutes are planned to transfer from the present place to the New-Aobayama campus[1].

Organization

Faculties (10)

Arts and Letters
Education
Law
Economics
Science
Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Information and Intelligent Systems
- Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biomolecular Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Civil Engineering and Architecture
Agriculture

Graduate Schools (15)

Arts and Letters
Education
Law
Economics and Management
Science
Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Engineering
Agricultural Sciences
International Cultural Studies
Information Sciences
Life Sciences
Environmental Studies
Educational Informatics Research Division / Educaion Division

Professional graduate schools (3)

Law School
School of Public Policy
Accounting School

Research Institutes

Institute for Materials Research,IMR (金属材料研究所,金研, Kinzoku Zairyō Kenkyūsyo, Kinken?)[3]

National Collaborative Research Institute

Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (加齢医学研究所, Karei Igaku Kenkyūsyo?)[4]
Institute of Fluid Science (流体科学研究所, Ryūtai Kagaku Kenkyūsyo?)[5]
Research Institute of Electoric Communication (電気通信研究所, Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūsyo?)[6]

National Collaborative Research Institute

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (多元物質科学研究所, Tagen Busshitsu Kagaku Kenkyūsyo?)[7]

Centers and Facilities

University Library

Tohoku University Library
Medical Library
Kita-Aobayama Library
Engineering Library
Agricultural Library

University Hospital

Japanese only

Inter-Department Institutes for Education and Research (9)

Center for Northeast Asian Studies
Center for the Advancement of Higher Education
- Health Administration Center
- University Counseling Center
- Admission Center
- Center for Career Support
The Center for Academic Resources and Archives
- Tohoku University Museum
- Tohoku University Archives
- Tohoku University Botanical Gardens
Institute for International Advanced Research and Education Organization
Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center
New Industry Creation Hatchery Center（NICHe）
Center for Interdisciplinary Research
Technology Center for Research and Education Activities
- Center for Low Temperature Science
- High-Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory
Information Synergy Organization
- Information Synergy Center (National Collaboration Institution)

University Collabolating Institutions (8)

Office of Cooperative Research and Development
Office for Strategic Promotion of Basic Research
Center for Research Strategy and Support(CRESS)
Environment Conservation Research Institute
Center for International Exchange
Archaeological Research office on the Campus
Global Operations center
Campus Planning office

Administlation Unit

Tohoku University US Office

4410 El Camino Real, Suite 111, Los Altos, CA 94022, USA

Biomedical Engineering Research Organization

e-learning system

Internet School of Tohoku University (ISTU)

ISTU official website

Dormitories

Ibun-ryo (以文寮, Ibun ryō?)
Josyun-ryo (如春寮, Josyun ryō?)
Seifu-ryo (霽風寮, Seifū ryō?)
Nissyu-ryo (日就寮, Nissyū ryō?)
Meizen-ryo (明善寮, Meizen ryō?)
Matsukaze (松風寮, Matsukaze ryō?)

The 21st Century COE Programs

Fiscal Year Field Program Title 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

The 21st COE Program

People

Successive Presidents

1st Masataro Sawayanagi(澤柳政太郎)
2nd Tokiyuki Hojo(北条時敬)
3rd Ryojiro Hukuhara(福原鐐二郎)
4th Masataka Ogawa(小川正孝)
5th Nikichi Inoue(井上仁吉)
6th Kotaro Honda(本多光太郎)
7th Taizo Kumagai(熊谷岱蔵)
8th Yasutaro Satake(佐武安太郎)
9th Satomi Takahashi(高橋里美)
10th Toshio Kurokawa(黒川利雄)

11th Teruji Ishizu(石津照璽)
12th Koichi Motokawa(本川弘一)
13th Mutsuo Kato(加藤陸奥雄)
14th Shiro Maeda(前田四郎)
15th Nakao Ishida(石田名香雄)
16th Shigemori Ohtani(大谷茂盛)
17th Jun-Ichi Nishizawa(西澤潤一)
18th Hiroyuki Abe(阿部博之)
19th Takashi Yoshimoto(吉本高志)
20th Akihisa Inoue(井上明久)

Notable alumni

Koji Azuma, an educationist (Economics 2005)
Masayoshi Esashi (江刺正喜), an engineer. He is the global authority of MEMS.
Toshifumi Futamase (二間瀬敏史), astrophisician
Ben Goto (五島勉), a writer
Kotaro Honda (本多光太郎), material scientist, famous due to KS steel
Reizan Ido (井土霊山), a journalist, writer, poet, and liberal activist. He was involved in Freedom and People's Rights Movement
Sumio Iijima (飯島澄男), discovered Carbon nanotube
Akihisa Inoue (井上明久), a material scientist, who invented bulk metallic glasses
Shizuo Kakutani (角谷静夫), mathematician and creator of the Kakutani fixed-point theorem
Yasumasa Kanada (金田康正), a mathematician most known for his numerous world records over the past two decades for calculating digits of π.
Nobuhiko Kawamoto (川本信彦), was the CEO of Honda Motor until 1995.
Ryuta Kawashima (川島隆太), neuroscientist, currently resident professor, the supervisor of Nintendo DS gamesofts; "Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!" and "Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?"
Morio Kita (北杜夫), a novelist
Fujio Masuoka (舛岡富士雄), developer of Flash Memory
Katsuhiko Nishimori (西森克彦), a researcher of Oxytocin
Jun-Ichi Nishizawa (西澤潤一), engineer known for his invention of optical communication systems (including optical fiber,laser diode etc.), PIN diode and SIT/SITh.
Kazumasa Oda (小田和正), one of the most famous musicians in Japan.
Tsutomu Oohashi (大橋力), a Japanese artist and scientist
Hideaki Sena (瀬名秀樹), a SF writer
Masatoshi Shima (嶋正利), invented CPU Intel 4004
Kensaku Shimaki (島木健作), a writer in Showa period in Japan.
Chusei Sone, film director
Su Buqing (蘇歩青), Chinese mathematician and former president of Fudan University
Kenji Suzuki (鈴木健二), an announcer of the NHK
Koichi Tanaka (田中耕一), The Nobel chemistry prize winner.
Hirofumi Uzawa (宇沢弘文), an economist
Lu Xun (魯迅), one of the most famous writers in China
Shintaro Uda (),inventor of the Yagi-Uda antenna 1926, The ubiquitous television antenna.
Hidetsugu Yagi (), Professor of Shintaro Uda and collaborator in the invention of the Yagi-Uda antenna 1926.