The Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer at Tohoku University has established agreements with universities and research institutions not only within Japan but also around the world, promoting international exchange and collaborative research. It also invites researchers from Japan and abroad and hosts international symposia, actively advancing global collaborative research and researcher exchange.
Academic Exchange Agreements
| Partner Institution | Country/Region | Date of Agreement |
| University of Illinois- Bioacoustics Research Lab | USA | 1988.8 |
| Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute | China | 1998.12 |
| Smolensk State Medical Academy | Russia | 2003.7 |
| Cuban Neuroscience Center | Cuba | 2008.3 |
| Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University | Czech Republic | 2008.5 |
| Mcgill University | Canada | 2010.6 |
| University of Turin | Italy | 2011.7 |
| University of Jyvaskyla | Finland | 2012.4 |
| Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 2012.9 |
| School of Psychology, Southwest University | China | 2012.11 |
| Temasek Polytechnic | singapore | 2013.7 |
| Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University | Australia | 2014.4 |
| College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | 2016.7 |
| School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading | England | 2016.9 |
| University of Sydney | Australia | 2017.2 |
| Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen | Norway | 2017.5 |
| University of Castilla–La Mancha | Spain | 2017.12 |
| Chang Gung University | Taiwan | 2018.12 |
| National Chung Cheng University | Taiwan | 2019.7 |
| University of Siegen | Germany | 2024.4 |
| Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet (Kl), Sweden | Sweden | 2025.8 |
Last updated: May 1, 2026
Collaborative Research
| Partner Institution | Country/Region |
| The University of Sheffield | England |
| Lorincz Lab – The University of British Columbia | Canada |
| Respirology Clinics Toronto General and Western Hospitals | Canada |
| University of Copenhagen | Denmark |