::: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY OUTLINE 2005 - 2006 /// Chronology /// :::

Jun.	1907	Tohoku Imperial University founded.
Sep.	1907	College of Agriculture established.
Jan.	1911	College of Science established.
Jul.	1915	College of Medicine established.
Apr.	1918	College of Agriculture detached from Tohoku Imperial University and incorporated into Hokkaido Imperial University as its College of Agriculture.
Apr.	1919	College of Science reorganized as the Faculty of Science. College of Medicine reorganized as the Faculty of Medicine.
May.	1919	Iron and Steel Research Institute established. Faculty of Engineering established.
Aug.	1922	Iron and Steel Research Institute closed and Research Institute for Iron, Steel and other Materials established in its stead. Faculty of Law and Literature established.
Sep.	1935	Research Institute of Electrical Communication established.
Aug.	1939	Institute for Agricultural Research established.
Mar.	1941	Research Institute of Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy established.
Dec.	1941	Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy established.
Jan.	1943	Research Institute for Scientific Measurements established.
Oct.	1943	Institute of Aero-Medicine established. Institute of High Speed Mechanics established.
Jan.	1944	Research Institute of Electrical Communication affiliated with Tohoku University closed and Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC) established in its stead. Chemical Research Institute of Non-Aqueous Solutions established.
Jan.	1945	Research Institute for Glass established.
Jan.	1946	Institute of Aero-Medicine closed.
Apr.	1947	Faculty of Agriculture newly established.
Oct.	1947	Name of the university changed from Tohoku Imperial University to Tohoku University in accordance with Japanese educational reforms.
Apr.	1949	Faculty of Law and Literature divided into the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics, and Faculty of Arts and Letters.
May.	1949	Reorganization under the New School Education Law into a national university with eight faculties: Arts and Letters, Education, Law, Economics, Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture; and nine research institutes: Institute for Materials Research, Institute for Agricultural Research, Research Institute of Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy, Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy, Research Institute for Scientific Measurements, Institute of High Speed Mechanics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Chemical Research Institute of Non-Aqueous Solutions, and Research Institute for Glass. The Second Higher School, Sendai College of Engineering, Miyagi Normal School, Miyagi Normal School for Youth, and Miyagi Prefectural College for Women incorporated into Tohoku University.
Jun.	1949	Four colleges of arts and sciences founded.
Apr.	1952	Research Institute for Glass incorporated into Chemical Research Institute of Non-Aqueous Solutions.
Apr.	1953	Graduate School established comprising seven divisions: Arts and Letters, Education, Law, Economics, Science, Engineering, and Agriculture.
Jul.	1955	Graduate School of Medicine established.
Sep.	1958	Colleges of arts and sciences moved to Kawauchi and renamed Kawauchi College of Arts and Sciences and East College of Arts and Sciences.
Apr.	1961	Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences established.
May.	1961	Training School of Engineering Teachers established.
Dec.	1961	Data Processing Center established.
Jul.	1963	Archives established.
Mar.	1964	Kawauchi College of Arts and Sciences and East College of Arts and Sciences closed.
Apr.	1964	College of General Education and Branch School of Faculty of Education established.
Jun.	1964	Student Counseling Office established.
Apr.	1965	Faculty of Dentistry established.
Mar.	1968	Branch School of Faculty of Education closed.
Mar.	1969	Training School of Engineering Teachers closed.
Jun.	1969	Computer Center established. Health Administration Center established.
Mar.	1971	Cryogenics Center established.
Apr.	1972	Graduate School of Dentistry established.
May.	1972	Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences established. Research Center for Applied Information Science established.
Sep.	1973	College of Medical Sciences established as an affiliated college.
Dec.	1973	Kawatabi Seminar Center established.
Apr.	1974	One Million Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory established.
Apr.	1977	Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center established.
May.	1979	Environment Conservation Center established.
Apr.	1981	Education Center for Information Processing established.
Apr.	1986	Gene Research Center established.
May.	1987	Institute for Materials Research reorganized as a national collaborative research institute.
Apr.	1988	Institute for Agricultural Research closed and Institute of Genetic Ecology established.
May.	1989	Institute of High Speed Mechanics reorganized as Institute of Fluid Science.
Apr.	1991	Chemical Research Institute of Non-Aqueous Solutions reorganized as Institute for Chemical Reaction Science.
Apr.	1992	Research Institute of Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy reorganized as Institute for Advanced Materials Processing.
Mar.	1993	College of General Education closed.
Apr.	1993	Graduate School of International Cultural Studies established. Graduate School of Information Sciences established. Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy reorganized as Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer. Faculty of Language and Culture established. Research Center for Higher Education established. Research Center for Applied Information Science closed. International Student Center established.
May.	1994	Archaeological Research Center on the Campus established.
Jun.	1994	Program for expansion of Graduate School of Science commenced. (Completed in April 1995.) Program for expansion of Graduate School of Engineering commenced. (Completed in April 1997.) Research Institute of Electrical Communication reorganized as a national collaborative research institute.
Apr.	1995	Center for Interdisciplinary Research established.
Apr.	1996	Center for Advanced Information Network established. Data Processing Center closed.
May.	1996	Center for Northeast Asian Studies established. Cryogenic Center reorganized as Center for Low Temperature Science. Venture Business Laboratory established.
Apr.	1997	Program for expansion of Graduate School of Medicine commenced. (Completed in April 1999.) Program for expansion of Graduate School of Agricultural Science commenced. (Completed in April 1999.)
Apr.	1998	Program for expansion of Graduate School of Economics and Management commenced. (Completed in April 1999.) Tohoku University Museum established. New Industry Creation Hatchery Center established.
Apr.	1999	Program for expansion of Graduate School of Arts and Letters commenced. (Completed in April 2000.) Program for expansion of Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences commenced. Admission Research Center established. Magnetic Observatory and the Upper Atmosphere and Space Research Laboratory of the Graduate School of Science reorganized as the Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center. Research Institute for Fracture Technology reorganized as Fracture Research Institute.
Apr.	2000	Institute Hospital of Development, Aging and Cancer reorganized as University Hospital of School of Medicine. Program for expansion of Graduate School of Education commenced. Program for expansion of Graduate School of Law commenced. Program for expansion of Graduate School of Dentistry commenced.
Dec.	2000	University Archives opened. (Archives closed.)
Mar.	2001	Faculty of Language and Culture closed. Institute of Genetic Ecology closed.
Apr.	2001	Graduate School of Life Sciences established. Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials established by merger and reorganization of Research Institute for Advanced Materials Processing, Research Institute for Scientific Measurements, and Institute for Chemical Reaction Science. Information Synergy Center established by merger and reorganization of Computer Center, Education Center for Information Processing, and Center for Advanced Information Network.
Apr.	2002	Research and Education Divisions of the Graduate School of Educational Informatics established. Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology established. Internet School of Tohoku University (ISTU) established. Environment Conservation Center closed and Environment Conservation Research Institute established.
Apr.	2003	Graduate School of Environmental Studies established.
Oct.	2003	University Hospital of School of Medicine and Dental Hospital integrated as Tohoku University Hospital.
Apr.	2004	Tohoku University and Tohoku University College of Medical Sciences incorporated in accordance with the National University Corporation Law. Law School established. School of Public Policy established. Environmental Conservation Research Institute closed and Environmental Conservation Center established. Gene Research Center closed. Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology closed.
Oct.	2004	Research Center for Higher Education closed and Center for the Advancement of Higher Education established. (Admission Research Center, Health Administration Center, University Counseling Center and Information Synergy Center reorganized as Center for the Advancement of Higher Education.) Kawatabi Seminar Center closed.
Apr.	2005	Accounting School established. International Student Center closed and Center for International Exchange established. Botanical Gardens affiliated with Graduate School of Science closed and Botanical Gardens established. Admission Research Center closed and Admission Center established.
Jun.	2005	Global Operations Centre established.