The Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media (INFIM) was born at the beginning of 2009 when the Hypermedia Laboratory and the Department of Information Studies merged. The department is at present the leading graduate school for information studies (IS) in Finland and has the most advanced and comprehensive degree programme in IS. About half of the annual graduates in library and information services in Finland graduate from the University of Tampere. The permanent teaching staff numbers 10 at present. The total number of staff varies between 30-35 persons.