About NAIST

Chronology

Month/Year	Events
October 1991	Establishment of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology Establishment of the Graduate School of Information Science Establishment of the University Library
April 1992	Establishment of the Graduate School of Biological Sciences Establishment of the Information Technology Center
April 1993	Establishment of the Research and Education Center for Genetic Information Accepting master’s students in the Graduate School of Information Science
April 1994	Accepting master’s students in the Graduate School of Biological Sciences
June 1994	Establishment of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
April 1995	Accepting Doctoral students in the Graduate School of Information Science
April 1996	Accepting Doctoral students in the Graduate School of Biological Sciences
May 1996	Establishment of the Graduate School of Materials Science
April 1998	Accepting master’s students in the Graduate School of Materials Science Establishment of the Research and Education Center for Materials Science
April 2000	Accepting Doctoral students in the Graduate School of Materials Science
April 2002	Establishment of and student enrollment in the Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics of the Graduate School of Information Science
January 2003	Establishment of the Venture Business laboratory
October 2003	Establishment of the Intellectual Property Division
April 2004	Establishment of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology National University Corporation