Master of Information Sciences - Information Technology and Science Course (ITSC) Tohoku University

The Graduate School of Information Sciences (GSIS) was established in April, 1993 with the goal of promoting interdisciplinary research and education in both the fundamentals and frontiers of the information sciences. Interdisciplinary research necessarily requires diverse variation of academic backgrounds among the staff, which is a notable feature of this Graduate School: its staff members' abilities are grounded in mathematics, computer sciences, mechanical engineering, biology, civil engineering, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, political science, and economics.

GSIS consists of four departments: Computer and Mathematical Sciences, System Information Sciences, Human-Social Information Sciences, and Applied Information Sciences. Students must pass the entrance examination of one discipline of their choice, and the English proficiency test. Foreign students are required to take a qualifying examination of Japanese proficiency as well. Upon admission to the GSIS, students are free to pursue research in any discipline. GSIS is also open to a limited number of students who are employed full time, allowing them to follow Master's or Doctoral courses while keeping their positions