Tohoku University welcomed 20 new international undergraduates to the Future Global Leadership (FGL) program on September 29 under the attendance of Executive Vice President for Education and Student Support Hirotsugu Takizawa, Vice President, representatives from each FGL undergraduate course, and FGL members at the Global Learning Center.
Executive Vice President for Education and Student Support Hirotsugu Takizawa, in his welcome speech, urged the students to be active in a wide range of academic and extracurricular activities. " In addition to mastering your main field of study, please challenge yourself socially in various ways, for example, by planning events with your friends or creating a startup. We hope you will use Tohoku University as A launchpad that enables you to make a great leap forward in your personal growth."
Three students gave speeches on behalf of the new students. The representative from the AMC course, Faculty of Science, said: “With my love of chemistry, especially in the field of pharmaceuticals, AMC is the most suitable course for me.”
A representative of the IMAC-U course, School of Engineering, in a speech for his future student life, said: “As the clock ticked closer to my departure, I realized that Tohoku University wasn’t just an institution, but a community. Every question was answered, every concern addressed, ensuring that international students like myself felt welcomed and included.”
The representative from the AMB course, Faculty of Agriculture, said: “I hope that I will be able to learn more interesting and useful things in the Marine Biology program offered at Tohoku University, an area of study that I have had just a little exposure to before.”
After the ceremony, a group photo was taken, and the new students looked forward to their university life in the refreshing autumn weather.
