Tohoku University
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| Motto | None |
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| Established | June, 1907 |
| Type | Public (National) |
| Endowment | US$-- billion (JP¥-- billion) |
| President | Takashi Yoshimoto |
| Staff | 2,634 |
| Undergraduates | 10,692 |
| Postgraduates | 7,002 |
| Location | Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
| Campus | Urban, 2.5 km² |
| Athletics | -- varsity teams |
| Mascot | None |
| Website | www.tohoku.ac.jp |
Tohoku University (東北大学 Tōhoku daigaku?), or Tohokudai (東北大 Tōhokudai?), located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, is one of Japan's most prestigious national universities. Tohoku has ten faculties with a total of around 15,000 students (2003); in 1998 it was ranked no. 2 in Asiaweek Magazine's Best Universities Ranking list. [1]
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The university was founded under the name Tohoku Imperial University (東北帝國大學 Tōhoku Teikoku Daigaku?) in 1907. Established with Faculties of Agriculture (1907), Science (1911), and Medicine (1915), in 1918 it ceded the Faculty of Agriculture to Hokkaido University. It subsequently launched Faculties of Engineering (1919), and Law and Literature (1922). After World War II the university assumed its current name (1947) and acquired new faculties 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.
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| Hokkaido • Kyoto • Kyushu • Nagoya • Osaka • Tohoku • Tokyo |
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