History

1907
Tohoku Imperial University was founded.
1907
College of Agriculture was established.
1918
College of Agriculture was detached from Tohoku Imperial University and incorporated into Hokkaido Imperial University as its College of Agriculture.
1939
Institute for Agricultural Research was established.
1947
Kawatabi Experimental Farm was established.
1947
Faculty of Agriculture (three departments and seven laboratories) was founded.
1949
Tohoku University was founded in the new system.
Faculty of Agriculture was reorganized (four departments and 21 laboratories with three additional laboratories in 1976).
1953
Graduate School of Agricultural Science (four departments) was established.
1956
Marine Fisheries Laboratory was established.
1960
Department of Food Chemistry (four laboratories) was established.
1962
Division of Food Chemistry was established in the Graduate School of Agricultural Science.
1971
Grassland Research Laboratory was established.
1972
Laboratory for Germfree Plant Research was established.
1974
Agricultural Library was established.
1981
Radioisotope Laboratory was established.
1984
The building for Animal Breeding and Experiments was established.
1992
Faculty of Agriculture was reorganized (Two department, five courses, 31 laboratories and four Institutes).
1993
Laboratory and Breeding House of Aquatic Life was established.
1995
Grassland Research Laboratory and Laboratory for Germfree Plant Research were closed.
1995
Division of Environmental Bioremediation was established in Graduate School of Agricultural Science.
Laboratory of Plant Environmental Responses was established.
1996
Education and Research Center of Marine Bio-Resources was established
(Reorganization of Marine Fisheries Laboratory).
1997
Division of Biological Resource Science was established
(Reconstruction of Department of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry, Department of Fisheries and Department of Food Chemistry).
1998
Division of Applied Life Sciences was established
(Reconstruction of Department of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry Department, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chemistry Food Chemistry).
1999
Division of Resource and Environment Economics was established
(Reorganization of Division of Environmental Bioremediation).
2000
Experimental Farm and Education and Research Center of Marine Bio-Resources were incorporated in auxiliary facilities of Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences.
2003
Reorganization of Graduate School of Agricultural Science into three divisions: Division of Biological Resource Science, Division of Life Sciences, Division of Bioscience and Biotechnology for Future Bio-industries. Experimental Farm and Education and Research Center for Marine Resources integrated into Field Science Center.
2004
Tohoku University was renewed in accordance with the National University Corporation Law. Laboratory of Terahertz Biotechnology was established by endowment from Takemoto Oil・Mizkan.
2008
Laboratory of Animal Welfare was established by endowment from Ishii.
2009
Innovative Research Center for Agricultural Sciences was established.
2010
Laboratory of Innovative Green-Technology for Sustainable and Improving Beef Production was established by endowment from Aleph.
2011
Laboratory of Animal Welfare was established (continuation).

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