[5] Schneder left the college due to age, but even in his last days he had strong faith and gave the sermon titled "I am not ashamed of the gospel" (1936, the 50th anniversary of the school).

[3] During World War II, the college was virtually forced to stop functioning and Tohoku Gakuin College of Aeronautical Engineering (東北學院航空工業專門學校, Tōhoku gakuin kōkū kōgyō senmon gakkō) was established instead (1944–1947).

[7] After the war, following education reforms in Japan, it was reorganized to the status of a university and established Faculty of Letters and Economics in 1949.

In 1962, Faculty of Engineering opened on Tagajo campus, where was used for a United States Army base, Camp Loper from 1945 to 1954.

In 1988, Izumi campus opened in the northern part of Sendai City, and established Faculty of Liberal Arts.

Sendai, which is 1.5 hours away from Tokyo by Tōhoku Shinkansen, is the capital city with 1.1 million residents in Tohoku region, northern Japan.

41 sports clubs are active under Tohoku Gakuin Athlete Association (TGAA, Taiku-kai), which was founded in 1918.

The university installed one of the nation's largest spaces into Hoy Memorial Building (1-2 floors, including a bakery shop) in Tsuchitoi campus in 2016, and Schneder Memorial Building (2-5 floors, including a library) in Itsutsubashi Campus in 2023.

[12] The Tohoku Gakuin Archives (東北学院史資料センター) is located in the basement floor of Rahauser Memorial Chapel in Tsuchitoi Campus.

[3] Five historic buildings on Tsuchitoi campus are preserved as registered cultural properties in national and ministerial levels.

Tohoku Gakuin University Main Gate was added to the list of registered tangible cultural properties in 2021.