Master's in Applied Information Sciences

Tohoku University is a Japanese national university that was founded in 1907. It is located in Sendai, Japan and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the country. The university has five campuses: Katahira, Kawauchi, Aobayama, Seiryo and Amamiya. It is ranked among Japan’s leading universities and is considered one of the top universities in the world.

Our department was established with the goal of education and research for the sake of constructing practical systems reflecting the complex realities, at the same time taking into account the diversity of human and social factors. As our ubiquitous information society evolves, we are investigating information technology for humans cohabiting with the natural world, robotics, fluid system information sciences, life information sciences, cognitive information sciences, health information sciences at the high academic standard. At the same time we continue to aim for resolutions of variety of practical issues enlisting the methods from information technology, statistical sciences, and to pursue progressive forms of education and research from both hard and soft aspects.