Interaction Design / Media Product / ProtoTying / Real World Oriented Interface / Ubiquitous


Staff: Kobayashi Takahiro, Kobayashi Shigeru*, Hirabayashi Masami*, Suzuki Nobuya, Akabane Kyo, Yamamura Akiyoshi*, Endo Takanori (*:parttime lecturer)

Staff: Miwa Masahiro, Ando Yasuhiko, Maeda Shinjiro, Maebayashi Akitsugu, Yoshioka Hiroshi*, Kobayashi Masahiro, Akamatsu Masayuki*, Masakazu Saito (*:parttime lecturer)

Staff: Sekiguchi Atsuhito, James Gibson, Yamada Koji, Furukata Masahiko*, Segawa Akira* Andreas Schneider, Irie Keiichi, Yoshida Shigeki* (*:parttime lecturer)

Staff: Ishida Akira, Kobayashi Takahiro, Yamada Koji
Studio E Site

Each student in the Institute belongs to a particular Studio and is supervised by a faculty member responsible for that Studio. One supervisor is assigned per student. The supervisor's role is to offer guidance concerning the student's research as well as consult with the student about his or her activities at IAMAS and other issues.

The standard terms of study is two years.

The Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences accepts students from all fields, and graduation from a particular academic faculty is not required. Education and research at IAMAS are both inter-disciplinary in nature and bring together different fields, so students are not required to decide their field of research upon admission. In April of the first year of the course (initial admission), students are temporarily assigned to a studio. Students are permanently assigned to a studio in June of the first year of the course. The studio they are assigned to depends on their attendance of foundation subjects and research contents.

In order to carry out high-level research into media expression that is interdisciplinary in nature, it is desirable to have a supervisory system that also covers a number of different fields. For this reason, in addition to their supervisor at their permanent studio, students have deputy supervisors in other related studios.

In June of the first year of the course, students are assigned to their permanent studio. From there on, students focus on the special research projects in that particular studio and start to develop a concept for their Masters thesis and creative work under the guidance of their supervisor. By the end of the first year of the course they need to have decided on their research theme, and they are required to make a presentation of the research and study that they have undertaken during the year relating to their theme. In their second year, students work on their thesis and creative work, and also receive individual research supervision. During this period, from the first semester of their first year to the first semester of their second year, students take project subjects and accumulate know-how and experience in a range of fields. At the same time, by taking an interest in the results of the project as a whole and its state of progress, students learn the techniques of project planning, management and research exchange, and incorporate the results into their own creative works and theses. They make mid-term presentations of their work at the end of July and submit their Masters work and thesis in January.

Students who meet the following requirements are allowed to graduate:

1. Students who have studied at the Institute for two or more years. In the case of students who have achieved outstanding grades, the length of enrollment may be one year, according to provisions made in the rules and regulations of IAMAS.
2. Students who have accumulated 30 units as outlined in the "Coursework Requirements" section.
3. Students who have received study guidance and successfully defended their Master's thesis or graduation work including a research report, and passed their final screening and examinations.

Students who successfully complete the graduate course are conferred a Masters Degree (Media Creations).