Tohoku University: Today and The Future Focusing on International Post- Graduate Program in Human Security
Dec 23, 2015
Tohoku University:
Today and The Future
Focusing on International Post-Graduate Program in Human Security
Location of the City of SendaiLocation of the City of Sendai - In North-East Japan
- Distance from Tokyo 350 km - Travel time from Tokyo
(by bullet train) 1hr
35m
Population of Sendai CityPopulation of Sendai City
1,027,909
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TOHOKUTOHOKU UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Sendai, Japan
TokyoTokyoOsakaOsakaFukuokaFukuoka
SapporoSapporo
SendaiSendai
NagoyaNagoya
Founded in 1907 as the 3Founded in 1907 as the 3rdrd Imperial University of Japan Imperial University of Japan
Number of Board Staff and MembersNumber of Board Staff and MembersPresident 1
Executive Vice Presidents 7
Auditor 2
Faculty Members (Prof. 821, Assioc. Prof 638 etc) 2,675
Administrative and Technical Staff 2,691
Total 5,376
(As of May 1, 2007)
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TOHOKUTOHOKU UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Sendai, Japan
Number of StudentsNumber of Students (( International Students)International Students)
Undergraduate 10,913(124)
Graduate 6,895(749)
Research and others (306)
Total 17,808(1,179)
Founder of the modern Chinese literature, Founder of the modern Chinese literature,
Lu Xun (“Rojin”), entered Tohoku U. in 1904.Lu Xun (“Rojin”), entered Tohoku U. in 1904.
Dr. Albert Einstein visited Tohoku UniversityDr. Albert Einstein visited Tohoku University
on Dec. 3, 1922.on Dec. 3, 1922.
Chika Kuroda, the first woman scholar. Chika Kuroda, the first woman scholar. Tohoku U. admittedTohoku U. admitted a female student a female student
for the first time among all the national for the first time among all the national universities in Japan in 1913.universities in Japan in 1913.
Dr. Niels Bohr and Mrs. Bohr visitedDr. Niels Bohr and Mrs. Bohr visited
Tohoku University on May 2, 1937.Tohoku University on May 2, 1937. 9
TOHOKUTOHOKU UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Sendai, Japan
Mr. Koichi TANAKA, Nobel LaureateMr. Koichi TANAKA, Nobel Laureate
Koichi Tanaka – Prize Award
Photo by Hans Mehlin, Nobel e-Museum
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
University30
TOHOKUTOHOKU UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Sendai, Japan
Yagi-Uda Antenna(1929)
Magnetoron(1927)Magnetic recording system
(1932)
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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
Forerunner of University Ventures before the Second World War
・ Tohoku Metal Industries Co., Ltd. (present: NEC TOKIN Corporation) ・ Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd (present: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.)
A congratulatory message on the establishment of “Tohoku Metal Industries Co., Ltd” by Dr. Kotaro Honda
The Tradition of Industry-University CooperationThe Tradition of Industry-University Cooperationin Sendaiin Sendai
Cooperation with IndustryCooperation with Industry
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TOHOKUTOHOKU UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Sendai, Japan
Liaison and Overseas OfficesLiaison and Overseas Offices
Institute of Physics, CAS
Harvard University
The University of New South Wales
Syracuse University
KAIST
Stanford University
Moscow State University
Institute National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon
Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Institute of Technology
University of Cambridge
(As of July 2007)
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Tohoku University US Office
Tohoku University China Office
Liaison Office: 11 Overseas Office: 2
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1,207
360
39 22
12 36
1,219
560
127
32
185
1,357
43 37
4 8
Academic ExchangeAcademic Exchange
FY2006
Academic Studies Overseas
4,032
Visiting Research Fellows from Overseas
1,216
Teaching and Academic Staff from Overseas
103
TOHOKUTOHOKU UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Sendai, Japan
Number of International Students: Number of International Students:
Breakdown by Country and Breakdown by Country and RegionRegion
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
Research and Education OrganizationResearch and Education Organization University Library (4)
Arts and Letters
Education
Law
Economics
Science
Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Engineering
Agriculture
Graduate Schools
Research Institutes
Undergraduate 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
Institute for Materials Research
Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer
Institute of Fluid Science
Research Institute of Electrical Communication
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
(10)
(15)
(5)
Professional Graduate Schools Law School
School of Public Policy
Accounting School
(3)
10
University Hospital
Inter-Department Institute for Education and Research
University Collaborating Institutions
Biomedical Engineering Research Organization (TUBERO)
(9)
(8)
(1)
Administration Bureau
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Freedom from want
Freedom from fear
Adapted from: Corinna Konrad’s daimokuhappyoukai
What is Human Security?What is Human Security?
Dinil Pushpalal
Graduate School of International
Cultural Studies
See you again in Japan……….