Tohoku University

Continente:: Asia
Country:: Japan
Address:: Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
Web Site:: www.tohoku.ac.jp

About Tohoku University:

Tohoku University, located in Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It was the third Imperial University in Japan and is one of the National Seven Universities. In 2016, Tohoku University had 10 faculties, 16 graduate schools and 6 research institutes. The university's three core values are "Research First," "Open-Doors," and "Practice-Oriented Research and Education." The origin of the university was Meirin-yokendo, which was founded as a medical school in Sendai in 1736. It was reorganized a few times. Later it became Sendai Medical College (Sendai igaku senmon gakkō); this was the forerunner of the medical department of the university. It is comprised of 10 faculties.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
World University Rankings	70	51	52	64	87	81	81	102	101	125	135	139	153	190	195	198

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Agriculture	204	197	177	213	193	180	215	225	261	227	261	248	269	301-350	267
Engineering	9	11	15	21	21	20	26	30	45	59	68	82	98	106	128
Life Sciences	129	119	128	158	145	132	148	152	171	199	201	188	232	218	240
Medicine	182	189	216	206	213	191	221	214	231	240	257	252	299	301-350	351-400
Natural Sciences	14	17	25	25	28	32	36	39	48	56	63	87	97	106	121
Social Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Agricultural Sciences	188	193	209	185	258	290	232	289	287	217	301-350	295
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	189	207	-	224
Chemistry	20	25	28	31	32	43	51	59	82	97	109	112
Chemical Engineering	67	69	80	75	83	90	108	119	136	133	143	166
Civil Engineering	197	177	125	148	184	179	185	163	163	173	235	255
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	244	281	296	301-350
Computer Science	287	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	301-350	267	181	197	185
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical Engineering	54	65	54	77	67	103	121	106	131	130	135	130
Environment / Ecology	-	242	234	291	296	-	-	-	-	-	-	264
Geosciences	82	107	90	98	92	133	130	127	138	177	-	219
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	219	283	-	-
Materials Science	4	5	7	10	12	17	29	34	44	66	73	86
Mathematics	248	233	290	250	249	259	295	281	301-350	282	351-400	351-400
Mechanical Engineering	28	46	22	63	41	71	129	126	141	161	191	180
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	245	227	-	-
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151	191	-	173
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	164	189	-	233
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	115	125	135	161	183	222	235	277	259	288	301-350
Physics	14	17	26	28	27	44	46	54	47	60	56	65
Plant & Animal Science	151	148	143	156	158	168	177	200	153	160	264	210
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	174	106	-	177
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	109	108
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	259	279
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-