Kyoto University is the second oldest university in Japan (behind the University of Tokyo). It is one of Japan's Imperial Universities and one of Asia's highest ranked universities, famed for producing world-class researchers. As such, it is one of the most selective universities in Japan with its entrance exams among the most difficult.
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Tokyo Zokei University is a private art college located in Hachiouji City, Tokyo. It was established in 1966 by Kuwasawa Youko of the Kuwasawa Design Institute. The university was originally built in Moto-Hachiouji-machi. The entire campus was moved to Utsunuki-machi in 1993, apparently because of a large-scale modification of the campus building contract and design.
The Touhoku (Northeast) University Hospital is a research hospital affiliated with Touhoku University in Sendai.
Touhoku University was founded in 1907 as Touhoku Imperial University, the third imperial university in Japan. It was comprised of the colleges of Agriculture and Science. The College of Agriculture was transferred in 1918 to Hokkaido Imperial University and transferred back in 1947. It is now divided into the three divisions of Biological Resource Science, Life Science, andBioscience and Biotechnology for Future Bioindustries, as well as the Field Science Center for research.
The Graduate School of Agricultural Science is located in the north-central part of Sendai City.