Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

Since their establishment in the year 2000, the III and GSII have developed steadily as a center for advanced research and education on all aspects of information. They have gone through a number of reorganizations as their research fields and educational programs have expanded in response to the constantly changing technological, media and social environment. The scale of the organization has greatly increased as a result of merger with the former Institute of Socio-information and Communication Studies (ISICS) and the establishment of numerous affiliated research facilities. The III and GSII have risen to significant social prominence for their role as an international center for the interdisciplinary and practical pursuit of research and education in the field of information studies. It can only be expected that this development will continue in the future as the complexity of information society in the twenty-first century increases ever further.