Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University (東北医科薬科大学, Tōhoku ika yakka daigaku) is a private university in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1939 |
| Location | , |
| Website | http://www.tohoku-mpu.ac.jp |
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History
The Tohoku Pharmaceutical University (東北薬科大学, Tōhoku yakka daigaku) was established in 1949, based on the Tohoku Pharmaceutical College, which was established in 1939.[1]
In 1959, it became the first cancer research institute established at a private pharmaceutical university in Japan. In 1962 it became the first graduate school at the private pharmacy college.[2] With the establishment of a Medical Department in 2015, the university became Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University (東北医科薬科大学, Tōhoku ika yakka daigaku).
