Graduate School / Faculty of Arts and Letters Tohoku University

Tohoku University's Faculty of Arts and Letters was established in 1922 and the Graduate School of Arts and Letters was founded in 1953, making it Japan's oldest school in the field of humanities and social science. Since their inception, both the undergraduate and graduate programs have continued to maintain a high standard of achievement in academic research. Since 2000, the Graduate School program has been given priority and is expected to become one of the foremost centers for higher education in Japan.