Tohoku University

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Tohoku University 東北大学


Motto	None
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]

1 History
2 Notable alumni
- 2.1 Others
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] History

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.