Tohoku University:
Today and The Future
Focusing on International PostGraduate Program in Human Security
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Location of the City of Sendai
- In North-East Japan
- Distance from Tokyo
Sendai, Japan
Sendai
Sapporo
350 km
- Travel time from Tokyo
(by bullet train)
1hr 35m
Population of Sendai City
1,027,909
Fukuoka
Osaka
Tokyo
Nagoya
Founded in 1907 as the 3rd Imperial University of Japan
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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Sendai, Japan
Number of Board Staff and Members
(As of May 1, 2007)
President
1
Executive Vice Presidents
7
Auditor
2
Faculty Members (Prof. 821, Assioc. Prof 638 etc)
Administrative and Technical Staff
Total
2,675
2,691
5,376
Number of Students（International Students)
Undergraduate
10,913(124)
Graduate
6,895(749)
Research and others
(306)
Total
17,808(1,179)
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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Sendai, Japan
Founder of the modern Chinese literature,
Lu Xun (“Rojin”), entered Tohoku U. in 1904.
Chika Kuroda, the first woman scholar.
Tohoku U. admitted a female student
for the first time among all the national
universities in Japan in 1913.
Dr. Albert Einstein visited Tohoku University
Dr. Niels Bohr and Mrs. Bohr visited
on Dec. 3, 1922.
Tohoku University on May 2, 1937.
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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Sendai, Japan
Mr. Koichi TANAKA, Nobel Laureate
1959
・Born in Toyama, Japan
1983
・Graduated from Department of Electrical
Engineering, School of Engineering,
Tohoku University
・Researcher in Shimadzu Corporation
2002
・The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002
“The development of methods for
identification and structure analyses
of biological macromolecules”
・Honorary Doctor of Tohoku University
Koichi Tanaka – Prize Award
Photo by Hans Mehlin, Nobel e-Museum
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The Tradition of Industry-University Cooperation
in Sendai
Major Research institutes with
our tradition of “Practical Science”
・Institutes for Materials Research
– KS steel by Dr. Kotaro Honda
・Research Institute of Electrical Communication
– Yagi Antenna by Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi
・Semiconductor Research Institute,
Semiconductor Research Foundation
・Research Institute for Electric and Magnetic Materials
A congratulatory message on
the establishment of “Tohoku
Metal Industries Co., Ltd” by Dr.
Kotaro Honda
Forerunner of University Ventures
before the Second World War
Yagi-Uda Antenna(1929)
Magnetoron(1927)
・Tohoku Metal Industries Co., Ltd.
(present: NEC TOKIN Corporation)
・Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd
(present: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.)
Magnetic recording system
(1932)
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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Sendai, Japan
Cooperation with Industry
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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Sendai, Japan
Liaison and Overseas Offices
University of Cambridge
Russian Academy of
Sciences
(As of July 2007)
Harvard University
Moscow State University
Syracuse University
KAIST
Institute of
Physics, CAS
Royal Institute
of Technology
Institute National des
Sciences Appliquees
de Lyon
Tohoku University
China Office
Tohoku University
US Office
Stanford University
The University of
New South Wales
Liaison Office: 11
Overseas Office: 2
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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Sendai, Japan
Number of International Students:
Academic Exchange
Breakdown by Country
and Region
Academic Studies
4,032
Overseas
FY2006
1,207
360
1,357
36 12
185
1,219
Visiting Research
Fellows from Overseas
560
1,216
39 22
43 37
127 32
Teaching and Academic
Staff from Overseas
4
8
103
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International
Post-Graduate Program
in Human Security
• Started in April 2005
• It is a joint educational project that 4 Graduate
Schools of the University put into practice
• Taught totally in English medium (very rear in
Japan)
• The main purpose of this project is to construct
an international society where people could be
blessed a stable life, with human security.
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Sendai, Japan
Research and Education Organization
Administration Bureau
Undergraduate Schools
(10)
Tohoku University
University Library (4)
University Hospital
Arts and Letters
Education
Law
Economics
Science
Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Engineering
Agriculture
(15)
Graduate Schools
Arts and Letters
Education
Law
Economics and Management
Science
Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Agricultural Science
Engineering
International Cultural Studies
Information Sciences
Life Sciences
Environmental Studies
Educational Informatics
Research Division, Education Division
ISTU
Professional Graduate Schools
Law School
(3)
Research Institutes
(5)
School of Public Policy
Institute for Materials Research
Accounting School
Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer
Institute of Fluid Science
Research Institute of Electrical Communication
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
Inter-Department Institute for Education and Research
(9)
University Collaborating Institutions
(8)
Biomedical Engineering Research Organization (TUBERO)
(1)
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What is Human Security?
Adapted from: Corinna Konrad’s daimokuhappyoukai
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Dinil Pushpalal
Graduate School of International
Cultural Studies
pushpala@intcul.tohoku.ac.jp
See you again in Japan……….