History
| year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Tohoku Imperial University was founded. |  Main building in college of science (1913) |
| 1911 | Department of physics was founded as a course of College of Science (the former Faculty of Science). | |
| 1922 | A. Einstein visited the university. |  Einstein and professors in the physics department |
| 1953 | Department of physics, graduate school of science was established under the new education system. | |
| 1957 | Department of nuclear physics, graduate school of science was established. | |
| 1968 | Department of physics II, graduate school of science was established. | |
| 1969 | The department of physics began to be moved from Katahira campus to Aobayama campus (-1979). |  Physics building and physics lecture hall (2008). |
| 1994 | Three departments were unified as department of physics, graduate school of science, under the new system that places priority on graduate school education. | |
| 2002 | Science complex A and B were built (-2003). |  Science complex A and B |
| 2003 | 21st century COE program (physics) started. | |
| 2004 | Tohoku University was transfered into the national university corporation. | |
| 2008 | Grobal COE program (physics) started. | |
| 2009 | Physics building was repaired (-2010). |  Physics building |
| 2014 | Physics lecture hall and physics and chemistry annex were repaired. |  Physics lecture hall |
| 2015 | Science complex C was built. |  Science complex C |
