1. Tohoku University: Today and The Future Focusing on International Post- Graduate Program in Human Security

2. Location of the City of Sendai Location of the City of Sendai - In North-East Japan - Distance from Tokyo 350 km - Travel time from Tokyo (by bullet train) 1hr 35m Population of Sendai City Population of Sendai City 1,027,909 1 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, JapanTokyo Osaka Fukuoka Sapporo Sendai Nagoya Founded in 1907 as the 3 rd Imperial University of Japan

3. Number of Board Staff and Members President 1 Executive Vice Presidents 7 Auditor 2 Faculty Members (Prof. 821, Assioc. Prof 638 etc)2,675 Administrative and Technical Staff 2,691 Total 5,376 (As of May 1, 2007) 13 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Number of Students （ International Students) Undergraduate10,913(124) Graduate6,895(749) Research and others(306) Total17,808(1,179)

4. Founder of the modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun (“Rojin”), entered Tohoku U. in 1904. Dr. Albert Einstein visited Tohoku University on Dec. 3, 1922. on Dec. 3, 1922. Chika Kuroda, the first woman scholar. Tohoku U. admitteda female student for the first time among all the national universities in Japan in 1913. Chika Kuroda, the first woman scholar. Tohoku U. admitted a female student for the first time among all the national universities in Japan in 1913. Dr. Niels Bohr and Mrs. Bohr visited Tohoku University on May 2, 1937. 9 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan

5. Mr. Koichi TANAKA, Nobel Laureate Koichi Tanaka – Prize Award Photo by Hans Mehlin, Nobel e-Museum 1959 ・ Born in Toyama, Japan 1983 ・ Graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tohoku University ・ Researcher in Shimadzu Corporation 2002 ・ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 “The development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules” ・ Honorary Doctor of Tohoku University 30 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan

6. Yagi-Uda Antenna(1929) Magnetoron(1927) Magnetic recording system (1932) 33 Major Research institutes with our tradition of “Practical Science” ・ Institutes for Materials Research – KS steel by Dr. Kotaro Honda ・ Research Institute of Electrical Communication – Yagi Antenna by Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi ・ Semiconductor Research Institute, Semiconductor Research Foundation ・ Research Institute for Electric and Magnetic Materials Forerunner of University Ventures before the Second World War ・ Tohoku Metal Industries Co., Ltd. (present: NEC TOKIN Corporation) ・ Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd (present: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.) A congratulatory message on the establishment of “Tohoku Metal Industries Co., Ltd” by Dr. Kotaro Honda The Tradition of Industry-University Cooperation in Sendai The Tradition of Industry-University Cooperation in Sendai

7. Cooperation with Industry 19 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan

8. Liaison and Overseas Offices Institute of Physics, CAS Harvard University The University of New South Wales Syracuse University KAIST Stanford University Moscow State University Institute National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon Russian Academy of Sciences Royal Institute of Technology University of Cambridge (As of July 2007) 21 Tohoku University US Office Tohoku University China Office Liaison Office: 11 Overseas Office: 2 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan

9. 22 1,20 7 360 3922 12 36 1,21 9 56 0 12 7 32 18 5 1,35 7 4337 48 Academic Exchange FY2006 Academic Studies Overseas 4,032 Visiting Research Fellows from Overseas 1,216 Teaching and Academic Staff from Overseas 103 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan Number of International Students: Breakdown by Country and Region

10. International Post-Graduate Program in Human Security Started in April 2005 It is a joint educational project that 4 Graduate Schools of the University put into practice4 Graduate Schools Taught totally in English medium (very rear in Japan) The main purpose of this project is to construct an international society where people could be blessed a stable life, with human security.human security

11. Tohoku University Research and Education Organization Research and Education Organization University Library (4) Arts and Letters Education Law Economics Science Medicine Dentistry Pharmaceutical Sciences Engineering Agriculture Graduate Schools Research Institutes Undergraduate Schools Arts and Letters Education Law Economics and Management Science Medicine Dentistry Pharmaceutical Sciences Agricultural Science Engineering International Cultural Studies Information Sciences Life Sciences Environmental Studies Educational Informatics Research Division, Education Division ISTU Institute for Materials Research Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer Institute of Fluid Science Research Institute of Electrical Communication Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (10) (15) (5) Professional Graduate Schools Law School School of Public Policy Accounting School (3) 10 University Hospital Inter-Department Institute for Education and Research University Collaborating Institutions Biomedical Engineering Research Organization (TUBERO) (9) (8) (1) Administration Bureau TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Sendai, Japan

12. 12 Freedom from want Freedom from fear Adapted from: Corinna Konrad’s daimokuhappyoukai What is Human Security?

13. Dinil Pushpalal Graduate School of International Cultural Studies pushpala@intcul.tohoku.ac.jp See you again in Japan……….