History
| 1990 | October | JAIST was founded. The School of Information Science was created. The Institute Library was established. |
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| 1991 | April | The School of Materials Science was created. The Center for Information Science was established. |
| 1992 | April | The first group of students entered the master's program in the School of Information Science. The Center for New Materials was established. |
| 1993 | April | The first group of students entered the master's program in the School of Materials Science. The Center for Research and Investigation of Advanced Science and Technology was established. |
| 1994 | April | The first group of students entered the doctoral program in the School of Information Science. |
| June | The Health Care Center was established. | |
| 1995 | April | The first group of students entered the doctoral program in the School of Materials Science. |
| 1996 | April | The Institute Library opened. |
| May | The School of Knowledge Science was created. | |
| 1998 | April | The first group of students entered the master's program in the School of Knowledge Science. The Center for Knowledge Science was established. |
| 2000 | April | The first group of students entered the doctoral program in the School of Knowledge Science. |
| 2001 | November | The Research Center for Distance Learning was established. The Internet Research Center was established. |
| 2002 | April | The Center for Nano Materials and Technology was established, as a result of reorganization of the Center for New Materials. |
| September | The Venture Business Laboratory was established. | |
| 2003 | October | The IP (Intellectual Property) Operation Center was established. The Center for Strategic Development of Science and Technology was established. |
| 2004 | April | JAIST was incorporated as a National University Corporation. |
| November | The Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society was established. | |
| 2007 | April | The Research Center for Integrated Science was established. |
| September | The Center for Highly Dependable Embedded System Technology was established. | |
| 2008 | April | The Center for Regional Studies and Innovation was established. |
| 2009 | April | The Global Communication Center was established. The IP Operation Center was integrated into the Center for Research and Investigation of Advanced Science and Technology. The Education and Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society was established, as a result of the reorganization of the Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society. |
| 2010 | April | The Center for Advanced Education for Working Professionals was established. The Center for Graduate Education Initiative was established. The Career Service Center was established. The Research Center for Software Verification was established. |
| 2011 | April | The Institute of General Education was established. The Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (RCACI) was established, as a result of the reorganization of the Center for Information Science. The Research Center for Innovative Lifestyle Design was established, as a result of the reorganization of the Center for Knowledge Science. The Dependable Network Innovation Center was established, as a result of the reorganization of the Internet Research Center. The Green Device Research Center was established. The Center for Intelligent Robotics was established. The Research Center for Bio-Architecture was established. The Research Center for Highly Environmental and Recyclable Polymers was established. |
| July | The JAIST Gallery was established. | |
| 2012 | March | The Research Center for Distance Learning was integrated into the Center for Graduate Education Initiative. The Global Communication Center was integrated into the Institute of General Education. |
| April | The Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center was established, as a result of the reorganization of the Center for Research and Investigation of Advanced Science and Technology. The Research Center for Simulation Science was established. The Center for Regional Innovation was established, as a result of the reorganization of the Center for Regional Studies and Innovation. The Research Center for Service Science was established. |
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| 2013 | April | The JAIST Innovation Plaza was established. |
| 2014 | July | The Headquarters for Industrial Collaboration was established. |
| 2015 | March | The Center for Graduate Education Initiative was integrated into the Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure. |
| April | The Center for Global Educational Collaboration was established. | |
| October | The Center for Single Nanoscale Innovative Devices was established. The Center for High-performance Nature-derived Materials was established. |
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| 2016 | March | The Research Center for Integrated Science was discontinued. The Institute of General Education was discontinued. The Center for Advanced Education for Working Professionals was discontinued. The Research Center for Innovative Lifestyle Design was discontinued. The Green Device Research Center was discontinued. The Research Center for Software Verification was discontinued. The Research Center for Simulation Science was discontinued. The Education and Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society was discontinued. The Center for Regional Innovation was discontinued. The Center for Intelligent Robotics was discontinued. The Research Center for Bio-Architecture was discontinued. The Research Center for Highly Environmental and Recyclable Polymers was discontinued. |
| April | The Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology was created, as a result of a reorganization of the School of Knowledge Science, Information Science and Materials Science. The Headquarters for International Collaboration was established. The Global Communication Center was established. The International Research Center for Innovation Design was established. The Research Center for Theoretical Computer Science was established. The Research Center for Entertainment Science was established. |
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| August | The Center for Highly Dependable Embedded System Technology was discontinued. The Dependable Network Innovation Center was discontinued. |
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| September | The Center for Trustworthy IoT Infrastructure was established. | |
| 2017 | April | Headquarters for Industrial Collaboration was reorganized. Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center was reorganized. Regional Collaboration Promotion Center was established. Headquarters for Excellent Core Promotion was established. |
| 2018 | March | The Career Service Center was discontinued. |
| April | Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences was established. Headquarters for the Promotion of Comprehensive Safety Management of Chemical Substances was established. |
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| 2019 | March | The Research Center for Service Science was discontinued. |
| 2020 | March | Center for Single Nanoscale Innovative Devices was discontinued. Center for High-performance Nature-derived Materials was discontinued. |
| April | International Excellent Core for Silent Voice Sensing was established. International Excellent Core for Sustainable Materials was established. International Excellent Core for Materials Informatics was established. Research Center for Interpretable AI was established. |
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| July | The Research Core for Cohabitative-AI x Design was established. | |
| 2021 | March | The Center for Trustworthy IoT Infrastructure was discontinued. The International Research Center for Innovation Design was discontinued. The Research Center for Theoretical Computer Science was discontinued. The Research Center for Entertainment Science was discontinued. |
| April | The Center for Digitalization Endeavors was established. The Research Core for Exponential-Biomedical Engineering was established. The Headquarters for Digital Transformation was established. The Center for Innovative Distance Education and Research was established. |
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| 2022 | March | The Community Collaboration Promotion Center was discontinued. The Headquarters for International Collaboration was discontinued. The Center for Global Educational Collaboration was discontinued. |
| April | The Headquarters for Promotion of Future Innovation was reorganized. The Innovative Research Division was established. The Social Cooperation Division was established. The Headquarters for Promotion of Cocreative International Research was reorganized. The International Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Entertainment Science was established. The Center for Reskill & Recurrent Education was established. |
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| July | Research Center for Biological Function and Sensory Information was established. Research Center for Carbon Neutral was established. Research Center for Empathetic and Symbiotic Technology with Nature was established. |
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| 2023 | March | The International Research Center for Silent Voice Sensing (Excellent Core) was discontinued. The International Research Center for Sustainable Materials (Excellent Core) was discontinued. Research Center for Exponential-Biomedical Engineering (Research Core) was discontinued. |
| April | Regional Innovation Promotion Center was established. Research Center for Exponential BiomedicalDX (Excellent Core) was established. Research Center for Vision Oriented Society Design was established. |
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| June | Research Center for Cohabitative-AI × Design (Research Core) was discontinued. | |
| 2024 | March | The Global Communication Center was discontinued. The Research Center for Interpretable AI was discontinued. |
| April | The Startup Promotion Office was established. | |
| July | Future Knowledge Division was established. Research Center for Future Design was established. Research Center for Knowledge Innovation was established. |
