清华信息科学与技术国家实验室（筹）（以下简称清华信息国家实验室）是科技部于2003年11月25日批准筹建的首批5个国家实验室之一，依托清华大学筹建。现任理事长为中国科学院院士、清华大学校长顾秉林，实验室主任为中国工程院院士、清华大学教授孙家广。2004年，清华大学建成了占地近2公顷，总建筑面积为3万6千平方米的信息科学技术大楼供国家实验室使用。

    清华信息国家实验室按照“以培育国际一流实验室为目标，组织开展与国家发展密切相关的基础性、前瞻性、战略性科技创新活动，建立全新创新机制，吸引、聚集和培养国际一流人才”的基本要求，整合清华大学在信息领域的3个国家重点实验室（智能技术与系统、微波与数字通信、集成光电子学－清华大学分室）和3个教育部重点实验室（普适计算、生物信息学－信息学院分室、信息系统安全），发挥清华大学在计算机科学与技术、电子科学与技术、信息与通信工程、以及控制科学与工程4个一级学科优势，进行重点建设。其建设目标是在国家目标引导下，通过对清华大学信息领域的优势资源整合，建成信息科技创新的优秀研究团队和先进的开放合作平台。

Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology is one in the first group of five national laboratories authorized on November 25, 2003 by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Laboratory is located on the Tsinghua University campus in northwest Beijing and managed by the University.
    The Laboratory’s objective is to establish a world-class facility for planning and conducting scientific research to discover technological innovations that directly contribute to China’s development and prosperity. The Laboratory is intended to become a magnet for world-class research in China, a place where leading scientists from around the world can exchange visions and ideas, foster innovations, and create achievements with a significant social, scientific and economic impact.

The research direction can be divided into five specific areas:

    * The Theory, Technology and its Applications of Great Capacity Information Intelligent Processing
    * The Theory, Technology and its Applications of Next Generation Networking
    * The Theory and Technology of New Generation Wide Band Wireless Communication and Optical Communication
    * The Core Technology of novel Micro-electronic and Nano-electronic devices
    * Cross Disciplinary research in Bioinformatics, Quantum Computing, Control, Communication and Realization, Cerebral