The transformation and syntheses of materials using catalysts are key technologies that traverse and encompass the main fields of our government’s scientific and technological policy. Thus, the catalysis has played a great role in innovations of materials science addressing both academic and social issues. Due to such a practical importance of catalysis, this chemistry has been vigorously pursued at our University since the early 20th century, and we have achieved many pioneering results in such areas as fundamental theory, surface analysis and modification, and the development of practical catalysts and catalytic reactions, . Research on catalysis is currently being conducted at 8 schools and institutes within our University, including the Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Science, and has grown into a core research endeavor that embraces many fields in chemistry. Recognition of these achievements in our University led to the establishment of the Institute of Catalysis in 1943, and this institute has been acting as a key research organization on a worldwide scale. The goal of this proposed program is to establish a base for fundamental research on the transformation and syntheses of materials using catalysts, both of which are key topics in the field of chemistry and materials science. To achieve this goal, we will reorganize chemistry related organizations into the “Graduate School of Pure and Applied Chemistry”. In addition, we will establish the new “Asian Graduate School of Chemistry and Materials Science” to form a trans-Asian network and to educate top-class researchers. With both graduate schools as a base, we will pursue comprehensive and front-running education and research in chemistry for achieving innovation in materials science in collaboration with Asian universities.