The Meguro campus continues to exist; it remains a part of the NRIM successor, the National Institute for Materials Science.

In 1966, the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM) was established in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.

An independent administrative institute NIMS was established in Tsukuba by merging NRIM and NIRIM in 2001.

The applications cover a wide range including electronics, optics, coatings, fuel cells, catalysts, and biotechnologies.

As to characterization, techniques associated with electron microscopy, high-energy particle beams and high magnetic fields are particularly developed.