The Nature of I-School

I-School is an abbreviation of Information School. Just as the name implies, I-School is a school at first. Educating people for the development of our society is always the most important task of a school. Hence, educating people is an important aspect of nature of I-School. However, the key point is what kind of people to educate for I-School.

I-School is a product of information age, which is a result of the global economy's shift from the production of goods to the manipulation of information. Hence, I-School needs to eductate people who can make contribution to the information age. More specifically, I-School need to mainly cultivate three kinds of people: scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs. Scientists cultivated by I-School are to develop theories for our information society, help people to understand the information age and predict the future of our information society. Engineers are to develop tools which make people life easier and better. And entrepreneurs are to build informaiton companies to lead the development of our information society.