Northeastern University, formerly known as Northeastern Imperial University, was founded in 1907, while Northeastern Imperial University originated from 1736' s Sendai School "Minglun Yangxian Hall". Tohoku University is the third established imperial university after Imperial University in Tokyo and Imperial University in Kyoto. 1947 10, Northeastern University Hall was transformed into Northeastern University. 2007 is the anniversary of Northeastern University 100. Tohoku University is the top A-class school in Japan's "Super International University Plan".
Northeastern University has the tradition of "scientific research first", which has been passed down from generation to generation. For example, the Institute of Metal Materials of Northeastern University is the oldest national university. During World War II, there were more than ten affiliated research institutes. From 1988 to 2008, the number of papers cited ranked fourth in Japan, and the main research expenditure in 2005 was about 26 billion yen, ranking second in Japan.
Mr. Kenichi Tanaka of Northeastern University won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He invented the mass spectrometry analysis of biological macromolecules, which played an important role in deciphering the function of genes, the structure and function of protein, how genes controlled the synthesis of protein, and how protein played a physiological role.
Lu Xun, a well-known great writer, attended Sendai Medical College on 1904, and is the medical department of Northeastern University. In addition, Chen (mathematician), Su (mathematician), Huang (physician), Wan Lijun (chemist) and many other domestic scholars have studied at Northeastern University.
To sum up, I think Northeastern University is quite famous.