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Tohoku University

Sendai, JapanQS #129
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Tohoku University is a national research university located in Sendai, in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. It is one of Japan's most prominent national universities, with a wide range of faculties and graduate schools spanning the sciences, engineering, medicine, and the humanities and social sciences. It is broadly known for its strengths in scientific research and engineering and for an institutional culture that emphasises research and an open, practical approach to education.

Why international students choose it

  • International students may value Tohoku's established research environment and its growing number of English-taught degree programmes designed for students from abroad
  • Studying here offers the experience of living in Sendai, a green university city in northern Japan, alongside support services aimed at helping international students settle in and pursue their studies
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  • Future Global Leadership (FGL) - International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course Undergraduate (IMAC-U)

    Undergraduate

    LevelUndergraduate
    FieldEngineering
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  • Future Global Leadership (FGL) - Advanced Molecular Chemistry (AMC)

    Undergraduate

    LevelUndergraduate
    FieldSciences
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  • Future Global Leadership (FGL) - Applied Marine Biology (AMB)

    Undergraduate

    LevelUndergraduate
    FieldSciences
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  • Gateway College (launching April 2027)

    Undergraduate

    LevelUndergraduate
    FieldSocial Sciences
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  • International Graduate Program in Japanese Studies (GPJS) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldArts & Humanities
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  • International Graduate Program in Language Sciences (IGPLS) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldArts & Humanities
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  • International Graduate School of Arts and Letters (IGSAL)

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldArts & Humanities
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  • Global Program in Economics and Management (GPEM) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldBusiness
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  • AIQDS - Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Data Science Program

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldComputer Science
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  • NIFS (successor to AIQDS) - Special Graduate Program for International Students

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldComputer Science
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  • International Civil and Environmental Engineering Course (I-CEEC) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldEngineering
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  • International Materials Science and Engineering Course (IMSE) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldEngineering
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  • International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course - Graduate (IMAC-G) Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldEngineering
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  • International Course "Public Health Sciences for Human Security" (Master of Medical Sciences)

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldMedicine & Health
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  • Food and Agriculture for Human Security Program - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldSciences
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  • International Course of Life Sciences (ICLS) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldSciences
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  • International Graduate Program for Advanced Science (IGPAS) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldSciences
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  • Graduate Program in Global Governance and Sustainable Development (G2SD) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldSocial Sciences
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  • International Environmental Security Leadership Program (IESLP) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldSocial Sciences
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  • International Post-Graduate Program in Human Security (IPHS) - Master's

    Master's

    LevelMaster's
    FieldSocial Sciences
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