Undergraduate

Ideal Tohoku University Applicants（Undergraduate School）

Qualities of our Students

In keeping with the above, the Tohoku University undergraduate curriculum enables students to achieve the following goals:

1. obtain knowledge in their specialized fields, but also a multifaceted perspective based on an interest in and general academic knowledge
2. receive the education necessary to become accomplished adults, able to contribute to their communities with field-specific expertise
3. develop the awareness and vision needed to assume leadership/central roles in the global community, in addition to basic competencies

Our undergraduate education offers a curriculum that creates organic links between General Education Subjects, which foster broad knowledge and sophistication, and Specialized Subjects, which confer basic knowledge in specialized fields. Active learning is promoted both in and outside the classroom to encourage autonomous learning.

Tohoku University seeks students who sympathize with these values, and possess the following:

1. the desire to contribute as researchers by seriously addressing issues facing humanity in the 21^st century
2. the desire to significantly contribute to the development of society as high-level professionals with abundant knowledge and leadership, and the strength of will, intense academic curiosity and an appropriately high level of academic abilities to realize the above. As to what constitutes a high level of academic abilities, we expect candidates to have excellent grades in a wide range of high school subjects, possess logical thinking/problemsolving/analytical abilities, and abundant creativity, inventiveness, expressiveness, and communication skills. Students are also expected to be ethical and display leadership in their independent academic pursuits while maintaining a collaborative attitude when working with their peers.