Future Global Leadership At Tohoku University e Search for Knowledge International Programs Taught in English Choose from 15 Future Global Leadership courses The Future Global Leadership (FGL) program offers courses taught Section entirely in English. Tohoku University is establishing 15 of these 1 courses (3 undergraduate, 12 graduate). In this booklet we would like Welcome to Tohoku University to share with you some reasons why you should choose Tohoku University, introduce the pleasant and rewarding student life waiting for you here in Sendai, and provide some information to help you choose the course that is right for you. Established as the third Japanese national university in 1907 Ranked top by In 1907 Tohoku University was founded on the principles of “research first”, “open doors” and “emphasis on Section 1 Welcome to Tohoku University ……………………………… 2 practical education”. It was the third Japanese national university, following Tokyo University (est. 1887) and Japanese high schools Kyoto University (est. 1897). Our university has been chosen Section 2 Reasons to choose Tohoku University ……………………… 4 as the best Japanese university Reason ① 18,000 students across 10 faculties, 16 graduate schools and 3 professional in both the “overall assessment” At the heart of the global network …………………………………… 4 graduate schools and “academic and personal Reason ② Tohoku University has 10 Faculties (Faculty of Arts and Letters, Faculty of Education, School of Law, Faculty development achieved by An international center for leading education and research ……… 6 of Economics, Faculty of Science, School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and students” sections of a survey Reason ③ Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Engineering and the Faculty of Agriculture) 16 Graduate Schools (the carried out among Japanese At the global intellectual forefront …………………………………… 8 Graduate Schools of Arts and Letters, Education, Law, Economics and Management, Science, Medicine, high schools by one of Japan’s Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Agricultural Science, International Cultural Studies, leading newspapers. Section 3 Tohoku University’s FGL15 courses ………………………… 10 Information Sciences, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Biomedical Engineering, and Educational (The Asahi Shimbun Company Future Global Leadership at Tohoku University …………………… 10 Informatics /Education Division) and 3 Professional Graduate Schools (the Law School, School of Public ‘eUniversity Ranking’ 2009) The five campuses of Tohoku University …………………………… 12 Policy and Accounting School). Advanced Molecular Chemistry Course …………………………… 14 As of May 2009 there were around 11,000 undergraduates and 6,900 graduates enrolled at the university Overall Ranking International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course with around 2,850 teaching staff providing instruction. In terms of size this places us among the top national Undergraduate Course IMAC-U …………………………………………… 15 universities, after the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University. Our student-teacher ratio of 6.5-1 ranks top Applied Marine Biology Course ……………………………………… 16 among Japanese universities, offering a very different learning environment to the larger private universities. 1. Tohoku International Program in Economics and Management ………… 17 Number one for research funding allocation per teaching staff member University International Graduate Program for Advanced Science …………… 18 Network Medicine Course and Basic Medicine Course …………… 19 There are 5 research institutes attached to the university (Institute for Materials Research, Institute of 2. Tokyo University Interface Oral Health Science Course………………………………… 20 Development, Aging and Cancer, Institute of Fluid Science, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials), committed to sharing the fruits of their 3. Keio University high-level studies with our undergraduate and graduate education and research programs. Furthermore, our Graduate Course IMAC-G …………………………………………………… 21 graduate schools and research institutes are well funded. The average research budget commanded per 4. Ritsumeikan University International Materials Science and Engineering Course ………… 22 teaching staff member is the highest of any national university (financial year 2006). 5. Tsukuba University International Doctoral Program in Engineering, Information Sciences and Environmental Studies …………………………………………… 23 We are competitive at the cutting edge of international research International Graduate Program in Language Sciences …………… 24 Academic and Personal Development In this section we would like to introduce some objective evaluations of Tohoku University’s research Information Technology Course ……………………………………… 25 performance. Thomson Reuters ISI Essential Science Indicators (ESI) represents one of the major recognised International Program for Environmental Sustainability Science … 26 international standards in the evaluation of academic research contributions. In the annual ranking provided 1. Tohoku International Post-Graduate Program in Human Security ………… 27 by this organisation, Tohoku University has achieved the following results in 2009. University (Japanese Research Institute Ranking: Trends in Research Citations in Japan) Section 4 Reasons to choose Tohoku University ……………………… 28 2. Keio University A rewarding and fulfilling student life ……………………………… 28 A wide range of extra-curricular activities ………………………… 30 Materials Science Physics Chemistry Engineering 3. Tokyo University Section Life in Sendai …………………………………………………… 32 World rd World th World th World st Waseda University 5 3 10 17 51 Sendai, the ‘city of trees’ ……………………………………………… 32 （National 1st） （National 2nd） （National 5th） （National 3rd） 5. Tsukuba University The four seasons, natural beauty, serene surroundings …………… 34 2 3 Section2 Reasons to choose Tohoku University Reason 1 At the heart of the global network University Network Across the Globe ■ Tohoku University’s Global Network（as of May 2009） Tohoku University, as a member of the APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities, involving 42 United Kingdom Belgium Sweden Poland Canada Imperial College London Belgian Nuclear Research Centre ＊Chalmers University of Technology Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, ＊University of Waterloo London School of Economics and （SCK・CEN） ＊Royal Institute of Technology Polish Academy of Sciences universities across 16 countries), TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) and AEARU (The United States of America Political Science, University of London ＊Umeå University School of Oriental and Switzerland ＊Uppsala University Russia ＊Colorado School of Mines Association of East Asian Research Universities) academic networks, is actively involved in building African Studies, University of London ＊Pennsylvania State University ＊Stockholm University ＊Moscow State University ＊University of Nottingham ＊Swiss Federal Institute of ＊Purdue University Technology, Lausanne ＊Novosibirsk State University links and international cooperative working practices with universities all over the world. Furthermore, University of York ＊University of Alaska Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences ＊University of California, Berkeley we have cooperation agreements for academic collaboration and exchange involving both France Germany ＊University of California, Davis Finland Mongolia ＊Ecole Centrale de Lille ＊Darmstadt University of Technology ＊University of California, Irvine ＊Helsinki University of Technology ＊University of California, Los Angeles students and research staff with 134 institutions in 26 countries and regions at university level and ＊Ecole Centrale de Lyon ＊Technische Universität Dresden ＊Mongolian Academy of Sciences ＊University of Oulu ＊University of California, Merced ＊Ecole Centrale de Marseille（EGIM） ＊Saarland University ＊Mongolian University of Science and Technology ＊Tampere University of Technology ＊University of California, Riverside a further 307 institutions across 41 countries and regions at the departmental level. ＊University of Dortmund ＊Ecole Centrale de Nantes ＊University of California, San Diego ＊University of Göttingen ＊Ecole Centrale de Paris ＊University of California, San Francisco ＊Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux ＊University of Technology Aachen ＊University of California, Santa Barbara ＊Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lyon ＊University of California, Santa Cruz ＊Institut National des Sciences ＊University of Washington Overseas Research and Education Centers Appliquées de Lyon ＊Syracuse University ＊Institute National Polytechnique ＊Institute of International Education Tohoku University has 15 overseas offices around the world. They support the development of academic networks and work for the encouragement de Grenoble ＊Global Education for European China and invigoration of international exchange. Engineers and Entrepreneurs（GE4） ＊Beihang University ＊Université Bordeaux 1 ＊Chongquing University ＊Université Joseph Fourier ＊Dalian University of Technology ＊Université Louis Pasteur ＊East China Normal University ① Tohoku University China Office, Beijing, China ＊Université Marc Bloch ⑧ ③ ＊Fudan University ＊Université Pierre et Marie Curie ⑦ ＊Huazhong University of Science and Technology ② Tohoku University US Office, Los Altos, USA （PARIS VI） ④ ＊Jilin University ＊Université Pierre Mendés France ＊Lanzhou University ③ Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences