Tohoku University
Sendai, Miyagi
The ancient castle grounds of Sendai's famous feudal warlord Masamune Date, are home to the majority of Tohoku University's facilities. In addition to the five main campuses is the new Aobayama campus on Aobayama mountain surrounded by beautiful fir forests native to the region's hilly terrain which endures next door to the thriving metropolis of Sendai city, home to more than one million people.
For more than a century history from its establishment in 1907, Tohoku University has promoted excellence in education and research under its principles of Research First, Open Doors, and Practice-Oriented Research and Education. Since its establishment, Tohoku University has been consistently ranked amongst the top academic institutions in Japan.
Highlights
Tohoku University is the only recipient for the "University for International Research Excellence", a new program by MEXT starting from FY 2024 in Japan.
From 2020 to 2025, the university was ranked #1 in Times Higher Education‚ Japan University Rankings.
Undergraduate Programs
Gateway College is a new and innovative English-taught undergraduate program designed to nurture global leaders and creative thinkers and rovides what university calls the “Student Journey,” a flexible educational model that allows students to hape their own academic paths according to their interests and goals. Instead of immediately entering a
specialized field, students will first receive a broad liberal arts and interdisciplinary education
before declaring their major from the third year onwards.
Graduate Programs
◆Master
- CNMC: Cross-National Master’s （Law, Politics）
- BMC: Basic Medicine Course
- IMSE: International Materials Science and Engineering Course
◆Master/Doctor
- GPEM: Global Program in Economics and Management
- IGPAS: International Graduate Program for Advanced Science
- IOHS: Interface Oral Health Science Course
- IGSPS: International Graduate School of pharmaceutical Sciences
- IMAC-G: International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course-Graduate
- RictA: Robotics X ict X Architecture program
- I-CEEC: International Civil & Environmental Engineering Course
- IGPLS: International Graduate Program in Language Sciences
- G2SD: Graduate Program in Global Governance & Sustainable Development
- ICLS: International Course of Life Sciences
- ExIESLP: Extended International Environmental Security Leadership Program
- IPHS: International Post-Graduate Program in Human Security
- NIFS: Fostering Human Resources in new interdisciplinary Fields in Society 5.0
- SIM: Social Infrastructure Management Course
◆Doctor
- IGSAL: International Graduate School of Arts and Letters
- I-GES: International Graduate Program in Global Education Studies
- CNDC: Cross-National Doctoral Course （Law, Politics）
- NMC: Network Medicine Course
- CA⁺inD: CAMPUS Asia Plus in Dentistry.
For more information, please refer to the following URL. https://www.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/english/
Other Programs
Exchange Program
- Junior Year Program in English (JYPE)
- International Program in Liberal Arts(IPLA)
- Direct Enrollment Education Program For Natural Science Students(DEEP)
- Cooperative Laboratory Study Program(COLABS)
- Tohoku University Japanese Program(TUJP)
- Tohoku University STEM Summer Program(TSSP)
For more information, please refer to the following URL. https://www.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/english/
Scholarships and Financial Aids
Please refer to the following URL. https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/admissions/financial_aid.html