The rapid development of information and telecommunication technologies has accelerated globalization in the fields of politics, economics, culture and social activities. Experiments to create an affluent info-communications society require further research in wide range of fields, such as advancement of information and telecommunication technologies, creation of its applications, and formulation of solutions for economic and social aspects of info-communications.

Against this backdrop, Waseda University established the Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies (GITS) in April 2000, aiming to train specialists who are capable of taking up challenges in the area and contributing to the creation of new systems and knowledge.

GITS provides students with excellent academic environment which enables specialized and practical research and education by utilizing information and telecommunication networks in cooperation with research and educational institutions around the world. The areas of study which can be pursued at GITS are Computer Systems and Network Engineering Area, Multimedia Science and Arts Area, and Info-Telecom Socio-Economics, and Network Business and Policy Area.

i) The Computer Systems and Network Engineering Area focuses on elemental technologies underpinning information and telecommunication systems, such as wireless/satellite communication networks, digital broadcasting systems, network architecture, telecommunication networks, and multimedia, etc.

ii) The Multimedia Science and Arts Area, from the viewpoint of engineering and art aimed at multimedia, focuses on media art, cyberspace representations, multimedia representations, image processing and media design, etc.

iii) The Info-Telecom Socio-Economics, Network Business and Policy Area focuses on fields of social science pertaining to telecommunication, specifically on international standardization, economic theory concerning information and telecommunication, financial information and CIO (Chief Information Officer), etc.

The master’s program curriculum allows students to obtain advanced knowledge and to enhance research skills through combined studies of the three areas indicated above. In the doctorate program, students are trained to gain highly specialized knowledge and creative research skills based on their expertise acquired through their master's study.

Majors	Degrees (Field of Specialization)
Global Information and Telecommunication Studies	Doctor of Science in Global Information and Telecommunication Studies
	Master of Science in Global Information and Telecommunication Studies