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{{Short description|University in Sendai, Japan}}
{{for|the Chinese university with the identical name in Chinese and Japanese|Northeastern University (China)}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Tohoku University
| native_name = {{lang|ja|東北大学}}
| logo = 
| image = Aobayama New Campus, Tohoku University, 1st Nov 2025②.jpg
| image_size = 250
| motto = {{ubl|{{lang|ja| 研究第一主義}} (research first principle)|{{lang|ja| 門戸開放}} (open-door policy)|{{lang|ja|実学尊重}} (respect for practical studies)}}
| established = June 22, 1907
| type = [[National university|Public (National)]]
| president = [[Teiji Tominaga]]
| city = [[Sendai, Miyagi]]
| country = Japan
| undergrad = 11,094
| postgrad = 7,704
| other = 1,346 (international students)
| administrative_staff = 5,756
| campus = Urban, {{cvt|250|ha}}
| colors = {{Color box|#3E1485|border=darkgray}} Violet<br /> {{Color box|#000000|border=darkgray}} Black<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/logomark/logo_manual/020.html|publisher=Tohoku University|access-date=2024-07-12|title =東北大学ロゴマーク使用マニュアル-カラーパレット|language=Japanese}}</ref>
| academic_affiliations = [[APRU]], [[AEARU]], HeKKSaGOn, T.I.M.E., RENKEI
|athletics_affiliations = [[Tohoku Collegiate American Football Association|TCAA]], {{interlanguage link|SEN6|ja|仙台六大学野球連盟}}
| endowment = US$1.3 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]]<br />(JP¥120.138 billion)
| website = {{URL|https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/|tohoku.ac.jp}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Tohoku University'''|東北大学|Tōhoku daigaku}} is a public [[research university]] in [[Sendai, Miyagi]], Japan. It is colloquially referred to as '''{{nihongo|''Tohokudai''|東北大|Tōhokudai}}''' or '''{{nihongo|''Tonpei''|トンペイ|Tompei}}'''.

Established in 1907 as the third of the [[Imperial Universities]], after the [[University of Tokyo]] and [[Kyoto University]], it initially focused on science and medicine, later expanding to include humanities studies as well.

In 2016, Tohoku University had 10 faculties, 16 graduate schools and 6 research institutes, with a total enrollment of 17,885 students.<ref>[http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/images/tu_annualreview2016_e.pdf Tohoku University Annual Review] Tohoku University's official website accessed June 2018</ref> The university's three core values are "Research First ({{lang|ja|研究第一主義}})," "Open-Doors ({{lang|ja|門戸開放}})," and "Practice-Oriented Research and Education ({{lang|ja|実学尊重}})."

==History==
[[File:Kotaro_Honda_,Albert_Einstein,Keiichi_Aichi,Sirouta_Kusukabe.jpg|thumb|240px|[[Albert Einstein]] visiting Tohoku Imperial University in 1922]]
[[Image:Tohoku University(Katahira north gate).JPG|thumb|200px|Tohoku University (Katahira campus Main Gate)]]
On 22 June 1907 (Mēji 40), {{Nihongo|'''Tohoku Imperial University'''|東北帝國大學| Tōhoku teikoku daigaku}} was established by the [[Meiji government]] as the third [[Imperial Universities|Imperial University]] of Japan, after [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] (1877) and [[Kyoto University|Kyoto Imperial University]] (1897). From its inception, it advocated 'Open-door' policies, becoming the first university in Japan to accept both female students in 1913, and foreign students.<ref>[http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/history.html on castle grounds], Tokuku.ac.jp, Retrieved 17 August 2016</ref>

It was not until 1911 that teaching and research activities started in Sendai. When the university was founded in 1907 it only had one faculty (college), the College of Agriculture, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. This college, originally founded in 1875 as the {{nihongo|[[Sapporo Agricultural College]]|札幌農學校|Sapporo nō gakkō}}, precedes the establishment of the university, and in 1918, it became independent to form another imperial university, [[Hokkaido University|Hokkaido Imperial University]], in its own right. The School of Science was established in Sendai in 1911, followed by the School of Medicine (formerly Sendai Medical College) in 1915, the Faculty of Engineering in 1919, and the Faculty of Law and Literature in 1922.<ref name="timeline">
{{Cite web
|url=http://campus.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/en_tu_ayumi.html
|title=History of Tohoku University Campus
|work=tohoku.ac.jp
|publisher=Tohoku University
|access-date=7 April 2012
}}</ref>

In 1947, during the [[Educational reform in occupied Japan|post-war educational reform]], the university dropped the word 'imperial' along with other imperial universities, and assumed its current name, Tohoku University. It was also this year that the university's academic scope came to cover agriculture again, with the establishment of a new Faculty of Agriculture in Sendai. In 1949, the Faculty of Law and Literature was split to form independent faculties of Law, Literature, and Economics. A Faculty of Education was added in 1949, Dentistry in 1965, and Pharmacy in 1972. Tohoku has been a [[National University Corporation]] since April 2004.<ref name="timeline" />

===2011 Tōhoku earthquake===
Subsequent to the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], the university was declared closed until further notice, but with a tentative re-opening date of the end of the following April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/english/|title=Important notices from Tohoku University (11:00 AM, March 14th, 2011)}}</ref> The Aobayama, Katahira, Amamiya, and Kawauchi campuses are all at least {{Convert|12|km|sp=us}} from the ocean, towards the mountains, and therefore suffered no damage resulting from the tsunami. No deaths or serious injuries within the faculty and student body were reported on campus grounds. However, earthquake damage lead to the closure of 27 buildings and caused millions of dollars of damage to equipment. Classes have resumed normally since early May 2011 and plans for restoring, reinforcing or replacing damaged buildings are underway.

== Campuses ==
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{{Image label begin|image=Sendai Map.jpg|width=350|float=none}}
{{Image label small|x=-130.0|y=-165.0|scale=-1|text=[[File:City locator 14.svg]]Kawauchi}}
{{Image label small|x=-70.0|y=-175.0|scale=-1|text=[[File:City locator 14.svg]]Aobayama}}
{{Image label small|x=-250.0|y=-230.0|scale=-1|text=[[File:City locator 14.svg]]Katahira}}
{{Image label small|x=-180.0|y=-80.0|scale=-1|text=[[File:City locator 14.svg]]Seiryo}}
{{Image label end}}
<div style="font-size: 85%;">[[File:City locator 14.svg]] Campus locations</div>
</div>
Principal four campuses are in the [[Sendai]] City, Japan;

*{{nihongo|Katahira|片平|Katahira}}
:Administration Unit. and Principal institutes
*{{nihongo|Kawauchi|川内|Kawauchi}}
:North-Kawauchi; The freshmen and sophomore of all undergraduates
:South-Kawauchi; Law, Education, Economics, Letters
*{{nihongo|Seiryo|星陵|Seiryō}}
:Medicine, Dentistry
*{{nihongo|Aobayama|青葉山|Aobayama}}
:Science, Engineering, Pharmacy, Agriculture

Amamiya campus and some institutes transferred to the new extension at Aobayama campus in April 2017 [http://campus.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/en_tu_campus.php].

<gallery>
旧東北帝国大学化学教室.jpg|Administration Unit of Tohoku university
Tohoku university - Kawanai campus entrance.JPG|Kawauchi north campus
Seiryo campus of Tohoku University in 2012.jpg|Seiryo campus
Science-Complex-C Building, Tohoku University School of Science, 2025.jpg|The building of the faculty of science in Aobayama north campus
Aobayama New Campus, Tohoku University, 1st Nov 2025①.jpg|Aobayama new campus
</gallery>

== Research institutes ==
Tohoku University has several research centers and institutes:
*{{nihongo|[[Institute for Materials Research]], IMR|金属材料研究所, 金研|Kinzoku Zairyō Kenkyūjo, [[Kinken]]}}<ref>[http://www.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/index.html Institute for Material Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817174851/http://www.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/index.html |date=2007-08-17 }} On Tohoku University's official website accessed at December 15, 2008</ref>
*{{nihongo|Research Institute of Electrical Communication|電気通信研究所, 通研|Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūsjo, [[Tsūken]]}}<ref>[http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.html Research Institute of Electrical Communication] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102104/http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.html |date=2012-02-08 }} On Tohoku University's official website accessed at December 15, 2008</ref>
*{{nihongo|Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer|加齢医学研究所|Karei Igaku Kenkyūjo}}<ref>[http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/index.en.php/ Institute of Development Aging and Cancer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725014338/http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/index.en.php |date=2016-07-25 }} On Tohoku University's official website accessed at December 15, 2008</ref>
*{{nihongo|Institute of Fluid Science|流体科学研究所|Ryūtai Kagaku Kenkyūsyo}}<ref>[http://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/index_e.html Institute of Fluid Science] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022144314/http://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/index_e.html |date=2016-10-22 }} On Tohoku University's official website accessed at December 15, 2008</ref>
*{{nihongo|International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, SRIS|国際放射光 イノベーション･スマート研究センター|Kokusai hōshakō inobēshon sumāto kenkyū sentā}}<ref>[https://www.sris.tohoku.ac.jp/ SRIS] Accessed at 2025-10-17</ref>

:''National Collaborative Research Institute''

*{{nihongo|Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials|多元物質科学研究所|Tagen Busshitsu Kagaku Kenkyūjo}}<ref>[http://www.tagen.tohoku.ac.jp/ Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials] On Tohoku University's official website accessed at December 15, 2008</ref>
*{{nihongo|International Research Institute of Disaster Science|災害科学国際研究所|Saigai Kagaku Kokusai Kenkyūjo}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/|title=IRIDeS - International Research Institute of Disaster Science|access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>
*{{Nihongo|[[Tohoku Medical Megabank Project|Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization]]|東北メディカル・メガバンク機構|Tōhoku Medikaru Megabanku kikō}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-10|title=ToMMo ｜ Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization|url=https://www.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/english/|access-date=2021-12-24|website=ToMMo ｜ Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization|language=ja}}</ref>

:''World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)''
*{{nihongo|Advanced Institutes for Materials Research, AIMR|材料科学高等研究所|Zairyo Kagaku Koutou Kenkyujo}}<ref>[https://www.wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp/jp/index.html AIMR] Accessed at 2025-10-17</ref>
*{{nihongo|Advanced Institutes for Marine Ecosysttem Change, AIMEC|変動海洋エコシステム高等研究所|Hendou Kaiyou Ekoshisutemu Koutou Kenkyujo}}<ref>[https://wpi-aimec.jp/ AIMEC] Accessed at 2025-10-17</ref>

== Centers and facilities ==
{|
|valign="top"|

===University library===
*Tohoku University library
*Medical Library
*Kita-Aobayama Library
*Engineering Library
*Agricultural Library

===University hospital===
*Tohoku University Hospital Seiryo

===Inter-department institutes for education and research===
*Center for Northeast Asian Studies
*Center for the Advancement of Higher Education
**Health Administration Center
**University Counseling Center
**Admission Center
**Center for Career Support
**Center for Culture and Language Education
*The Center for Academic Resources and Archives
**Tohoku University Museum
**Tohoku University Archives
**[[Tohoku University Botanical Gardens]]
*Institute for International Advanced Research and Education Organization
*Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center
*New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe)
*Center for Interdisciplinary Research
*Technology Center for Research and Education Activities
**Center for Low-Temperature Science
**High-Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory
*Information Synergy Organization
**Information Synergy Center (National Collaboration Institution)
|valign="top"|

===Collaborating institutions===
*Office of Cooperative Research and Development
*Office for Strategic Promotion of Basic Research
*Center for Research Strategy and Support(CRESS)
*Environment Conservation Research Institute
*Center for International Exchange
*Archaeological Research office on the Campus
*Global Operations center
*Campus Planning office

===Administration unit===
===Tohoku University Overseas Office===
:Tohoku University US Office
:Tohoku University China Office

===Biomedical Engineering Research Organization===
===e-learning system===
*Internet School of Tohoku University (ISTU)

== Dormitories ==
*{{nihongo|Ibun-ryo|以文寮|Ibun ryō}}
*{{nihongo|Josyun-ryo|如春寮|Josyun ryō}}
*{{nihongo|Seifu-ryo|霽風寮|Seifū ryō}}
*{{nihongo|Nissyu-ryo|日就寮|Nissyū ryō}}
*{{nihongo|Meizen-ryo|明善寮|Meizen ryō}}
*{{nihongo|Matsukaze-ryo|松風寮|Matsukaze ryō}}
*{{nihongo|University House Sanjo|ユニバーシティ・ハウス三条|University House Sanjo}}
*{{nihongo|University House Aobayama|ユニバーシティ・ハウス青葉山|University House Aobayama}}
*{{nihongo|International House|国際交流会館|Kokusai kōryū kaikan}}
|}

==Academic rankings==
{{Infobox Japanese university ranking
| JPU_N = 1
| TR_N = 4P
| NikkeiBP_G = 
| NikkeiBP_H = 
| NikkeiBP_K = 
| NikkeiBP_C = 
| NikkeiBP_KOY = 
| GBUDU_N = SA
| LINE_1 = 0
| QS_A = 25
| THE_A = 21
| ARWU_A = 8
| LINE_2 = 0
| THE_W = 103=
| QS_W = 109
| ARWU_W = 201–300
| TR_W = 
| ENSMP_W = 13
|THE_W_Reputation=87|NI_A=104}}

Tohoku University has a high reputation, and this is recognised as shown in the rankings below.

===General rankings===
In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] 2026, it is ranked 103rd globally, making it the third-highest-ranking university in Japan, after the [[University of Tokyo]] (26th) and [[Kyoto University]] (61st).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-17 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref> The Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, which is entirely based on teaching, resources, educational outcome, environment, and engagement, unlike the world university rankings, placed Tohoku University 1st in Japan in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025 (no ranking in 2024).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Japan University Rankings 2022 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/japan-university/2022 |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Rankings_ENSMP_W">{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/japan-university/2025 |title=Japan University Rankings 2025 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |date=2024-03-21 |access-date=2025-10-17 |language=en}}</ref>

In the [[QS World University Rankings]] 2026, Tohoku University is ranked 109th globally and fifth in Japan, after UTokyo, KyotoU, [[Osaka University|OsakaU]], and [[Tokyo Institute of Technology|Tokyo Tech]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2026 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

=== Subject rankings ===
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|+ [[QS World University Rankings|QS]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="QSSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
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|-
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! data-sort-value="268" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=268
! data-sort-value="7" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;7
|-
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|-
| Archaeology
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Architecture and Built Environment
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="5–7" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5–7}}
|-
| History
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–6" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4–6}}
|-
| Modern Languages
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;6}}
|-
! {{Left|Engineering and Technology}}
! data-sort-value="89" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;89
! data-sort-value="4" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4
|-
| Engineering – Chemical
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–7}}
|-
| Engineering – Civil and Structural
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| data-sort-value="4–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–5}}
|-
| Computer Science and Information Systems
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="7" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;7}}
|-
| Engineering – Electrical and Electronic
| data-sort-value="111" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=111}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Engineering – Mechanical
| data-sort-value="85" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=85}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
! {{Left|Life Sciences & Medicine}}
! data-sort-value="155" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=155
! data-sort-value="4" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4
|-
| Agriculture and Forestry
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| Anatomy and Physiology
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="3–4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–4}}
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="4–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–7}}
|-
| Dentistry
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="2–4" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;2–4}}
|-
| Medicine
| data-sort-value="167" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=167}}
| data-sort-value="6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;6}}
|-
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
|-
! {{Left|Natural Sciences}}
! data-sort-value="97" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=97
! data-sort-value="5" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5
|-
| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="101" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=101}}
| data-sort-value="6–7" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;6–7}}
|-
| Earth and Marine Sciences
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
|-
| Environmental Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Geology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
|-
| Geophysics
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| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
|-
| Materials Sciences
| data-sort-value="50" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=50}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Mathematics
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| data-sort-value="4–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–7}}
|-
| Physics and Astronomy
| data-sort-value="50" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;50}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
! {{Left|Social Sciences & Management}}
! data-sort-value="295" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=295
! data-sort-value="8" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;8
|-
| Economics and Econometrics
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| data-sort-value="11" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;11}}
|-
| Law and Legal Studies
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| data-sort-value="7–8" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;7–8}}
|-
| Sociology
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| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| Statistics and Operational Research
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
|}
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|+ [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="THESubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=World University Rankings by subject|website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
! Subject !! Global !! National
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| Arts & humanities
| data-sort-value="251–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;251–300}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Clinical & health
| data-sort-value="126–150" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;126–150}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
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| Computer science
| data-sort-value="126–150" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;126–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–5}}
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| Engineering
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| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
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| Life sciences
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| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
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| Physical sciences
| data-sort-value="101–125" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;101–125}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Social sciences
| data-sort-value="251–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;251–300}}
| data-sort-value="3–4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–4}}
|-
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|+ [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]] Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023<ref name="ARWUSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2023|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023|website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]}}</ref>
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|-
! colspan="3" | Natural Sciences
|-
| Mathematics
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="3–5" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3–5}}
|-
| Physics
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="4–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–5}}
|-
| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="7–8" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;7–8}}
|-
| Earth Sciences
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="2–4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2–4}}
|-
| Ecology
| data-sort-value="401–500" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;401–500}}
| data-sort-value="4–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–5}}
|-
| Atmospheric Science
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="7–9" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;7–9}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Engineering
|-
| Mechanical Engineering
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Electrical & Electronic Engineering
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="4–8" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4–8}}
|-
| Telecommunication Engineering
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Computer Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="3–4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;3–4}}
|-
| Civil Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="2–6" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;2–6}}
|-
| Chemical Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="2–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2–5}}
|-
| Materials Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="3–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–5}}
|-
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="2–4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;2–4}}
|-
| Energy Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="2–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2–5}}
|-
| Environmental Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="401–500" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;401–500}}
| data-sort-value="6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;6}}
|-
| Biotechnology
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Metallurgical Engineering
| data-sort-value="25" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;25}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Life Sciences
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="6–10" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;6–10}}
|-
| Human Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="401–500" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;401–500}}
| data-sort-value="9–11" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;9–11}}
|-
| Veterinary Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1–6" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1–6}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Medical Sciences
|-
| Dentistry & Oral Sciences
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| Medical Technology
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="1–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–6}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Social Sciences
|-
|}
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===Research performance===
Tohoku University is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to [[Thomson Reuters]], Tohoku University is the ninth most innovative university in the Asia-Pacific area.<ref> [https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/asia-pacifics-most-innovative-universities-2018-idUSKCN1J02SP/ Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities – 2018] </ref>Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Materials Science (1st in Japan, third in the world), Physics (2nd in Japan, tenth in the world), Pharmacology & Toxicology (3rd in Japan, 64th in the world) and Chemistry (6th in Japan, 20th in the world).<ref name=executive>{{cite web |title=Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan |publisher=Thomson Reuters |url=http://science.thomsonreuters.jp/press/release/2011/esi2011/ranking/ |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613213519/http://science.thomsonreuters.jp/press/release/2011/esi2011/ranking/ |archive-date=2011-06-13 }} (this ranking includes non-educational institutions)</ref>

[[Times Higher Education]] also reported that Tohoku University was ranked 3rd in Japan (201st - 250th in the world) for the World University Rankings 2022 by Subject: [[social sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-28 |title=World University Rankings 2022 by subject: social sciences |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2022/subject-ranking/social-sciences |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref> The social sciences ranking includes the weightings such as Research: volume, income and reputation (accounts for 32.6 per cent) and Citations: research influence (accounts for 25 per cent).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-06 |title=World University Rankings 2022 by subject: social sciences methodology |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings-2022-subject-social-sciences-methodology |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref>

In addition, [[Nature Index]] ranked Tohoku University as 4th in Japan (90th in the world, 38th in Asia Pacific) on 2023 tables: Institutions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 tables: Institutions {{!}} Annual tables {{!}} Nature Index |url=https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2023/institution/all/all/countries-Japan |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.natureindex.com}}</ref>  The 2022 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. Before the 2022 edition, Nature Index also ranked Tohoku University as 5th in Japan (77th in the world, 28th in Asia Pacific) on 2021 tables: Institutions, that are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 tables: Institutions {{!}} Annual tables {{!}} Nature Index |url=https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2021/institution/all/all/countries-Japan |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.natureindex.com}}</ref>

According to the [[Quacquarelli Symonds|Qs World university rankings]] on 2012/9 surveyed about the general standards in Engineering&Technology field, Tohoku university was placed 56th (world), fifth (national).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/tohoku-university |title=QS world university ranking（2012） |publisher=topuniversities.com|access-date=September 18, 2012}}</ref>

As Tohoku University has been emphasizing 'practical' research, Tohoku received the top place for its number of patents accepted (324) during 2009 among Japanese Universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=13.2009年国内大学別特許公開件数 {{!}} 特許庁 アーカイブ |url=https://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/nenji/nenpou2010/toukei/2-13.pdf |access-date=2022-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324030841/https://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/nenji/nenpou2010/toukei/2-13.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-24 }}</ref>

===Graduate school rankings===
Tohoku University Law School is one of the most famous Law schools in Japan, as it was ranked fifth in the passing rate of Japanese [[Bar Examination]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20210201-mxt_senmon02-000012351_4.pdf |title=令和２年司法試験法科大学院等別合格者数等（合格率順） |access-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706085812/https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20210201-mxt_senmon02-000012351_4.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Alumni rankings===

[[Mines ParisTech : Professional Ranking World Universities]] ranks Tohoku University as 13th in the world (5th in Japan) in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL RANKING OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS 2011 SURVEY {{!}} MINES ParisTech |url=http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2011EN-Fortune2010.pdf |access-date=2022-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720162234/http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2011EN-Fortune2010.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>

===Popularity and selectivity===
Tohoku University is regarded as a selective university, with its faculty of medicine being particularly noted for its selectivity. It is usually ranked amongst the most selective [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] degrees in the country, alongside the medicine, engineering and science degrees at the [[University of Tokyo]] and the faculties of medicine of [[Tokyo Medical and Dental University|TMDU]], [[Kyoto University|Kyoto]], [[Osaka University|Osaka]], [[Nagoya University|Nagoya]], and [[Keio University|Keio]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=入試難易予想ランキング表 {{!}} 志望校をさがす {{!}} 河合塾 Kei-Net |url=https://www.keinet.ne.jp/university/ranking/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.keinet.ne.jp}}</ref>

=== Evaluation from business world ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ The university ranking according to the order of the '''evaluation by Personnel Departments of Leading Companies in Japan'''
!  !! Ranking 
|-
! Japan
| 3rd<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210602073856/https://www.nikkeihr.co.jp/news/2021/0602435.html Survey on the image  seen from human resources personnel：Ranking of the ability to get jobs｜Nikkei HR 2021.06.02　release]</ref> (out of 788<ref name="jpu">[http://eic.obunsha.co.jp/resource/viewpoint-pdf/202104.pdf The number of universities in Japan is 788 as of April 1, 2021.｜Ōbun Sha]</ref> universities in Japan as of 2021)
|-
! Source
| 2021 [[The Nikkei|Nikkei]] Survey<ref name="r.nikkei">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210602073856/https://www.nikkeihr.co.jp/news/2021/0602435.html Image held by human resources personnel of companies of Japan / Valuation from the ex-students already employed / The Nikkei・Nikkei HR Survey　2021-06-02]</ref> to all listed (3,714<ref name="jpx">[https://www.jpx.co.jp/listing/co/index.html Number of listed companies & listed shares of stock｜JPX]</ref>) and leading unlisted (1,100), totally 4,850 companies<ref name="r.nikkei" />
|}

== Presidents ==
[[File:Akihisa Inoue James Zumwalt and Ann Kambara 2009.jpg|thumb|200px|Akihisa Inoue (left) talked with [[James P. Zumwalt]] ([[chargé d'affaires]]) and Ann Kambara at Tohoku University in 2009.]]

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# [[Masataro Sawayanagi]]
# kiyuki Ho ({{lang|ja|北条 時敬}})
# Ryojiro Hukuhara ({{lang|ja|福原 鐐二郎}})
# [[Masataka Ogawa]]
# Nikichi Inoue ({{lang|ja|井上 仁吉}})
# [[Kotaro Honda]]
# Taizo Kumagai ({{lang|ja|熊谷 岱蔵}})
# Yasutaro Satake ({{lang|ja|佐武 安太郎}})
# Satomi Takahashi ({{lang|ja|高橋 里美}})
# Toshio Kurokawa ({{lang|ja|黒川 利雄}})
# Teruji Ishizu ({{lang|ja|石津 照璽}})
# Koichi Motokawa ({{lang|ja|本川 弘一}})
# Mutsuo Kato ({{lang|ja|加藤 陸奥雄}})
# Shiro Maeda ({{lang|ja|前田 四郎}})
# Nakao Ishida ({{lang|ja|石田 名香雄}})
# Shigemori Ohtani ({{lang|ja|大谷 茂盛}})
# [[Jun-ichi Nishizawa]]
# Hiroyuki Abe ({{lang|ja|阿部 博之}})
# Takashi Yoshimoto ({{lang|ja|吉本 高志}})
# Akihisa Inoue ({{lang|ja|井上 明久}})
# [[Susumu Satomi]]
# [[Hideo Ohno]] 
# Teiji Tominaga ({{lang|ja|冨永 悌二}})
}}

==Notable people==

=== Sciences ===
<gallery>
File:Masataka_Ogawa.jpg|[[Masataka Ogawa]], chemist, former president, known for the discovery of [[rhenium]]
File:Koichi_Tanaka_2003.jpg|[[Koichi Tanaka]], chemist, 2002 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] winner
File:Akira_Endo_cropped_3_Akira_Endo_201111.jpg|[[Akira Endo (biochemist)|Akira Endo]], biochemist, known for the discovery of first [[statin]], 2008 [[Lasker Award]] and 2017 [[Canada Gairdner International Award|Gairdner Award]] winner
File:Atsuto_Suzuki_cropped_2_Atsuto_Suzuki_20211103.jpg|[[Atsuto Suzuki]], physicist, 2016 [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]] winner
File:Hideo_Ohno.jpg|[[Hideo Ohno]], physicist, the 22nd president of Tohoku University
</gallery>
*[[Hitoshi Oshitani]], scientist, virologist and public health expert
*[[Tetsuo Nozoe]], chemist, known for [[hinokitiol]]
*[[Tsutomu Ōhashi]], artist and scientist, Doctor of Agriculture
*[[Syun-Ichi Akasofu]], geophysicist, the founding director of the [[International Arctic Research Center]] of UAF
*[[Hiroshi Maeda (chemist)|Hiroshi Maeda]], pharmacologist and chemist, known for discovery of [[EPR effect]]
*[[Chen Wei-jao]], a surgeon and president of [[National Taiwan University]]
*[[Lo Tung-bin]], biochemist, pioneer in the research on proteins in Taiwan
*[[Susumu Satomi]], a surgeon and president of Tohoku University
*[[Ryuta Kawashima]], neuroscientist, currently resident professor, the supervisor of [[Nintendo DS]] gamesofts; ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!]]'' and ''[[Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?]]''
*[[Noriko Osumi]], neuroscientist, the vice president of Tohoku University (2018&ndash;)
*[[Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi]], president of [[University of Tehran]]

===Engineering===
<gallery>
File:Kotaro_Honda.jpg|[[Kotaro Honda]], inventor, former president, 1932 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] nominee
File:Hidetsugu_Yagi.jpg|[[Hidetsugu Yagi]], engineer, mentor of [[Yagi–Uda antenna]]
File:Shunichi_Iwasaki_201311.jpg|[[Shun-ichi Iwasaki]], engineer, pioneer of [[perpendicular recording]] and modern [[hard disk drives]]
File:Junichi_Nishizawa.jpg|[[Jun-ichi Nishizawa]], engineer, known for inventing [[optical communication]] systems including [[optical fiber]], [[laser diode]] and so forth, [[PIN diode]] and [[SIT/SITh (Static Induction Transistor/Thyristor)|SIT/SITh]]
File:舛岡富士雄.jpg|[[Fujio Masuoka]], engineer, the developer of [[flash memory]]
File:名城2010Fとともに.jpg|[[Sumio Iijima]], physicist, inventor of [[carbon nanotubes]]
File:Masatoshi_Shima.jpg|[[Masatoshi Shima]], inventor of [[CPU]] [[Intel 4004]]
File:Masato Sagawa March 3, 2014-.png|alt=Masato Sagawa (佐川眞人), inventor of sintered NdFeB magnets, the winner of 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.|[[Masato Sagawa]], inventor of sintered NdFeB magnets, the winner of 2022 [[Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering]]<ref>"Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering honours magnet pioneer". BBC News. 1 February 2022.</ref>
</gallery>
*[[Shintaro Uda]], an inventor of the Yagi-Uda antenna 1926, the ubiquitous television antenna
*[[Masayoshi Esashi]], engineer, the global authority of [[Microelectromechanical systems]]
*[[Toshitada Doi]], a pioneer in digital audio, originated [[Aibo]] the pet [[robot]]
*[[Fumihiko Imamura]], [[civil engineer]], the natural disaster expert for [[NHK]] after [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]<ref>CNN rebroadcasting NHK, 13 March 2011.</ref>
*[[Masataka Nakazawa]], pioneer of optical solitons in high-speed optical communication in fiber optic networks and rare earth-doped optical amplifiers (such as EDFA)

===Literature and arts===
<gallery>
File:LuXun1930.jpg|[[Lu Xun]], the greatest writer in modern China
File:Tanabe_Hajime.jpg|[[Hajime Tanabe]], philosopher of science, member of [[Kyoto School]]
File:井土霊山_Ido_Reizan.jpg|[[Ido Reizan]], a journalist, writer, poet, and involved in [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]]
File:Kita_Morio.jpg|[[Morio Kita]], novelist, 1960 [[Akutagawa Prize]] winner
File:Terumi_Tanaka_at_the_Nobel_Peace_Prize_Ceremony_Oslo_2024-61445_(cropped).jpg|[[Terumi Tanaka]] former professor, Representative of [[Nihon Hidankyo]], 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo, Norway
</gallery>
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*[[Ben Goto]], a Japanese writer
*{{ill|Hayao Hamada|ja|浜田隼雄}}, a Taiwanese author
*{{ill|Tadao Ooike|ja|大池唯雄}}, novelist, 1938 [[Naoki Prize]] winner
*{{ill|Yō Tsumoto|ja|津本陽}}, novelist, 1978 [[Naoki Prize]] winner
*{{ill|Akihiko Nakamura (novelist)|lt=Akihiko Nakamura|ja|中村彰彦}}, novelist, 1994 [[Naoki Prize]] winner
*{{ill|Kenichi Satō|ja|佐藤賢一}}, novelist, 1999 [[Naoki Prize]] winner
*[[Toh EnJoe]], author, 2012 [[Akutagawa Prize]], [[Nihon SF Taisho Award]], and 2013 [[Seiun Award]] winner
*[[Yuichi Kodama]], a Japanese video director
*[[Kazumasa Oda]], one of the most famous musicians in pop music in Japan since the 1970s
*[[Kōtarō Isaka]], a [[mystery fiction]] writer, [[Japan Booksellers Award]] and [[Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize]] winner
*[[Hideaki Sena]], a [[science fiction]] writer and [[Nihon SF Taisho Award]] winner
*[[Chūsei Sone]], a Japanese film director and screenwriter
*[[Kenji Suzuki (announcer)|Kenji Suzuki]], an announcer of the [[NHK]]
*[[Chinggeltei]] (1924&ndash;2013), a Mongolist, the former vice-rector of [[Inner Mongolia University]]<ref name="PD">{{cite web|url= http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/85845/85850/88530/6006814.html|work= People's Daily|date= 2007-07-19|access-date= 2010-06-02|title= 草原名人：开创蒙古语言研究黄金时期的清格尔泰 (zh) ''Cǎoyuán míngrén: Kāichuàng ménggǔ yǔyán yánjiū huángjīn shíqí de qīng gé ěr tài'' {{bracket|Famous man of the steppe: Chinggaltai, who pioneered the golden age of Mongolian language research}}|archive-date= 2016-03-03|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201631/http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/85845/85850/88530/6006814.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>
{{Div col end}}

===Mathematics, economics and business===
<gallery>
File:Hirofumi_Uzawa.jpg|[[Hirofumi Uzawa]], an economist, the father of [[Theoretical Economics]] in Japan
File:Shizuo_Kakutani.jpg|[[Shizuo Kakutani]], mathematician, professor at [[Yale]], known for [[Kakutani fixed-point theorem]]
File:SonyFair2008_Opening_Ryoji_Chubachi.jpg|[[Ryōji Chūbachi]], a Japanese businessman, former vice chairman and president of Sony Corporation
</gallery>
*[[Nobuhiko Kawamoto]], [[CEO]] of [[Honda Motor]] until 1995
*[[Su Buqing]], a Chinese mathematician and former president of [[Fudan University]]
*[[Chen Jiangong]], pioneer of modern Chinese mathematics
*[[Yasumasa Kanada]], a mathematician most known for his numerous world records over the past two decades for calculating digits of [[Pi|π]]
*[[Shigeo Sasaki]], a professor emeritus and mathematician who introduced the [[Sasaki manifold]]

===Politics===
<gallery>
File:Matsumae_Shigeyoshi.JPG|[[Shigeyoshi Matsumae]], a Japanese politician, electrical engineer, and founder of [[Tokai University]]
File:Yukio Edano in SL Square on 2017 - 4 (cropped).jpg|[[Yukio Edano]], a Japanese politician and a member of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] in the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]]
File:Eisuke_Mori.jpg|[[Eisuke Mori]], a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
File:Masako Mori 20170510.jpg|[[Masako Mori (politician)|Masako Mori]], a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
</gallery>
*[[Kenya Akiba]], a Japanese politician of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]
*[[Masayuki Aoyama]], Japanese politician in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]
*[[Yoshihisa Inoue]], Japanese politician of the [[New Komeito Party]]
*[[Akira Koike]], a Japanese politician of [[Japanese Communist Party]]
*[[Sōichirō Miyashita]], governor of [[Aomori Prefecture]]
*[[Mitsuru Sakurai]], Japanese politician of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]]
*{{ill|Nori Sasaki|ja|佐々木紀}}, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
*[[Emiko Okuyama]], Mayor of [[Sendai]], 2009&ndash;2017

==See also==
* [[Tohoku Mathematical Journal]]
* [[Institute for Materials Research]]
* [[Sendai]]
* [[List of National Treasures of Japan (writings)]]
* [[Tegula kusairo]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070824231438/http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/english/contact/contact.html Links]

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