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1、(注:这是本人上日本东北大学网站上粘贴的,网址是http://www.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/guidebook/index.html仅供参考)IntroductionThisisaguidebookforinternationalstudentswishingtostudyatTohokuUniversity.TheUniversitywelcomesintelligentandhardworkingstudentsregardlessoftheirnationalities.AsofMay2009,therewere1,346internatio
2、nalstudentsfrom75countriesandregionsstudyingatTohokuUniversity.TohokuUniversitywasfoundedin1907asthethirdImperialUniversityofJapan,followingtheTokyoImperialUniversityandKyotoImperialUniversity.Withthenationwidereformoftheeducationalsystemin1949,theUniversityassumeditspresentname.InAp
3、ril2004,allnationaluniversitiesinJapanbecameincorporatedbodyandthereforelegallyindependentofthenationalgovernment.In2007,theuniversitymarkedthe100thanniversaryofitsfoundationandnowhasdevelopedintooneofthemostdistinguisheduniversitiesinthecountry.Theacademictraditionsoftheuniversityar
4、e"ResearchFirst"and"Practice-OrientedResearchandEducation".Thesepolicieshavecontributedtoproducingalargenumberofnotableresearchachievementsandoutstandingscholars.Mr.KoichiTanaka,agraduateoftheSchoolofEngineering,wasawardedtheNobelPrizeinChemistryin2002.TheUniversitywasquicktoopenitsd
5、oortostudentsfromforeigncountriesandgraduatedtwointernationalstudentsasearlyas1911,onefromIndiaandtheotherfromChina.Theenrollmentofinternationalstudentshassteadilyincreased,andnowtheUniversityiswidelyknownasaninstitutionprovidingextensiveopportunitiesinternationally.TheUniversityisco
6、mprisedof10undergraduatefaculties,16graduateschools,3professionalgraduateschools,5researchinstitutes,13researchcenters,andanUniversityhospital.AsofMay2009,thereareabout5,000facultyandstaffmembersaswellasapproximately18,000students.AcademicCalendar·TheacademicyearbeginsonApril1andends
7、onMarch31ofthefollowingyear.Itisdividedintotwosemesters:·FirstSemester:April1-September30·SecondSemester:October1-March31Table1Organization2curriculum1.CurriculumforRegularStudents AsindicatedinTable2,theUniversityhas10Faculties,16GraduateSchoolswhichgrantrelevantdegreestothosewhohav
8、ecompletedth