#82 Tohoku University

by World Universities June. 10,2023
#82 Tohoku University

Basic Infomation:


World Position: No. 82

Nature of University: Public

Research Findings: Very High

Number of students: 17,717

Number of Teachers: 3,323

Number of international students: 1,872


The headquarters of Tohoku University is located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's top and world-class research-oriented comprehensive national universities and the highest university in Tohoku. Tohoku University is the first university in Japan to admit women and international students, and it is still recruiting the world's most talented scientists and researchers to carry the torch and carry out groundbreaking research.


As one of the former imperial universities in Japan, Tohoku University is a top-ranking university designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan as a national university and a super international university program. A member of the leading graduate school program, an important member of the International University Alliance Pacific Rim University Alliance, and the East Asian Research University Association, participating in Japanese and British RENKEI projects. The school now covers liberal arts, sciences, engineering, medicine, and agriculture.


The predecessor of Tohoku University was Tohoku Imperial University (founded in 1907, formerly known as Sendai Medical University), one of the old imperial universities. The school originated from the Sendai domain school "Meiren Yokendo" in 1736. Tohoku Imperial University is the third old imperial university after Tokyo Imperial University and Kyoto Imperial University. In October 1947, Tohoku Imperial University was restructured into Tohoku University, becoming the first university in Japan to accept female and foreign students. In 2007, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.


As of May 2014, Northeastern University covers an area of 22.26 million square meters, of which the construction area is about 1.11 million square meters; it has 10 departments and 18 colleges; 3174 full-time faculty members, including 886 professors and 737 associate professors; each There are 19,037 students in the class. According to the 2022QS World University Rankings, Northeastern University is ranked 82nd in the world and 23rd in Asia. The school ranks 35th in the world in the field of natural sciences. Its materials, engineering, physics, pharmacy, linguistics, sociology and other disciplines are among the world's top status. The university also ranked first in the 2020 Times Higher Education Japanese University Rankings.


About Undergraduate:

Tohoku University offers three undergraduate courses taught in English: 

Advanced molecular chemistry 

International mechanical and aerospace engineering 

Applied marine biology 


About Postgraduate:


Tohoku University offers 15 postgraduate courses taught in English, including: 

Global program in economics and management

International course in life sciences

Data science 

Basic medicine course 

International graduate program in language sciences