On October 17, 2025, the president of Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Professor Anders S?derholm, visited Tohoku University and met with President Teiji Tominaga, Executive Vice President (for General Affairs, International Relations, and Academic Resources) Professor Toshiya Ueki, Vice President (for Education Reform and Global Engagement) Professor Masahiro Yamaguchi, Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering Professor Akinori Ito, and the director of the Institute of Fluid Science, Professor Kaoru Maruta.

President Tominaga conveyed a warm welcome to President S?derholm, highlighting the fact that this year marks the 25th anniversary of Tohoku University's and KTH's university-level academic exchange agreement. "Those 25 years have yielded productive research activities in various fields, including many at the Institute of Fluid Science,"he said.

Additionally, the double degree program they share is one of the university's most successful in terms of academic exchange. Afterwards, EVP Ueki presented the 'Universities for International 虎扑电竞 Excellence' initiative, for which Tohoku University was accredited.

President S?derholm expressed his gratitude for the broad range of successful exchanges between the two universities and his expectations for Tohoku University as a "University for International 虎扑电竞 Excellence". He stated that this visit serves as an opportunity for both institutions to reaffirm their partnership and their mutual intent to further develop their collaborative relationship going forward. He also expressed particular interest in research exchange centered on Tohoku University's five core research clusters (Materials Science, Spintronics, Next-generation Medicine, Disaster Science, and Earth and Environmental Sciences).

After the meeting, the KTH delegation exchanged ideas about how the current double degree program could be further developed with Professor Akinori Ito (Dean, Graduate School of Engineering), Professor Hirokazu Moriya (Vice Director, School of Engineering International Office), Ms. Ai Funayama (虎扑电竞 Associate, School of Engineering International Office), and Specially Appointed Professor Yoshitaka Kasukabe (Global Learning Center).

This visit is expected to further strengthen research and academic exchange between the two institutions.