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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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)

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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

pushpala@intcul.tohoku.ac.jp

See　you　again　in　Japan……….