Japan’s first permanent library school: The University of Tsukuba’s iSchool is rooted in the Ministry of Education’s Library Training Institute, founded in 1921 and widely regarded as Japan’s first permanent library school and one of the oldest library schools in the world.

A pioneer of digital libraries and the Asia-Pacific iSchool movement: With faculty spanning library and information science, the humanities, and computer science, the University of Tsukuba’s iSchool has played a leading role in digital library research since the 1990s and has helped develop the Asia-Pacific iSchool community.

Comprehensive and diverse: Today, the University of Tsukuba’s iSchool is among the largest and most comprehensive iSchool programs in the world, bringing together faculty members across a wide range of fields related to information. Faculty, students, and staff share a strong commitment to diversity and interdisciplinary research.

A leading research university: The University of Tsukuba is one of Japan’s oldest and leading research universities, a member of RU11 and one of Japan’s ten Designated National University Corporations. The university is also highly regarded for alumni achievements across academia, education, industry, and sports. It has produced Nobel Prize laureates as well as many Olympians and Paralympians. Located in Tsukuba Science City, Japan’s largest science city, the university is less than an hour by train from central Tokyo.