The 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Magnetic Materials and Applications (ISAMMA 2013) is to be held at Windsor Hotels of Taichung, Taiwan, from July 21 (Sunday) to July 25 (Thursday). The aims of this symposium are to bring together scientists and engineers working on magnetic materials and their applications and to facilitate exchange of recent results and ideas around the following topics. The ISAMMA conference is a consolidation of the former international conferences under three different organizations: ISAMT (International Symposium on Spintronics and Advanced Magnetic Technologies) of Taiwan, ISPMM (International Symposium on Physics of Magnetic Materials) of Japan, SOMMA (International Symposium on Magnetic Materials and Application) of Korea.