On June 22, 1907, the university was established under the name Tohoku Imperial University by the Meiji government as the third Imperial University of Japan, following the Tokyo Imperial University (1877) and the Kyoto Imperial University (1897). From its start, it has advocated “Open-door” policies—it was the first university in Japan to accept female students and foreign students.
ກ່ຽວກັບມິຖຸນາ 22, 1907, ວິທະຍາໄລດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ຖືກສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນພາຍໃຕ້ຊື່ Tohoku University Imperial ໂດຍລັດຖະບານເມຈິເປັນສາມ Imperial University of ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ, ດັ່ງຕໍ່ໄປນີ້ Imperial University ໂຕກຽວ (1877) ແລະ Kyoto University Imperial (1897). ຈາກການເລີ່ມຕົ້ນຂອງຕົນ, ມັນສະຫນັບສະຫນຸນ “ເປີດໂດຍ” ນະໂຍບາຍ, ມັນແມ່ນວິທະຍາໄລທໍາອິດໃນປະເທດຍີ່ປຸ່ນທີ່ຈະຮັບເອົານັກຮຽນຍິງແລະນັກສຶກສາຕ່າງປະເທດ.