In April 1998, departments from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Engineering were integrated in cooperation with the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, the Research Center for Nanodevice and Systems (currently called the Research Institute for Nanodevice and Bio Systems), and gene experimental facilities (currently named the Center for Gene Science, Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development), in collaboration with the National Research Institute of Brewing to organize an independent graduate school named the Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter (AdSM), which originally consisted of two departments, Quantum Matter and Molecular Biotechnology.
In April 2004, AdSM was reorganized into three departments by newly establishing the Department of Semiconductor Electronics and Integration Science, which originated it from three laboratories of Quantum Matter with strengthened cooperation from the Research Center for Nanodevices and Systems.