JAIST has carried out world-class research activities, taking advantage of our top-class faculty members and research facilities and equipment such as cutting edge IT technologies. Those activities have concretely resulted in various positive outcomes including adoption and execution of advanced research projects with competitive funds and grants from the government and other organizations. JAIST has always been among top universities in Japan in terms of the number and amount of funds of cooperative and contracted research per faculty member. At the graduate-level education, it becomes particularly important for students to be able to apply methodologies in one academic field to other fields. Reflecting such needs, JAIST has encouraged students to be specialized in more than one field of study. JAIST aims at becoming a world top-level center of excellence in education and research and contributing to the development of our nation and the world through production of excellent students capable of meeting the needs of the time with broader perspective and knowledge.