Properties of amorphous Lanthanum oxide (La 2 O 3 ) film deposited by e-beam evaporationwere investigated by fabricating MIS capacitors. Equivalent oxide thicknesses of 0.8 -1.2 nm were successfully obtained. It was found that the surface morphology of La 2 O 3 thin films is greatly improved by increasing the deposition temperature.The leakage current density was dramatically reduced by post deposition anneal at 400 -600°C. The leakage currents, for example, were as small as 5.5 x 10 -4 A/cm 2 @ EOT=0.88 nm, and 1.7 x 10 -8 A/cm 2 @ EOT=1.26 nm, both at V g =1 V, for n-type Si substrate MIS capacitors.