Welcome
What is the
Faculty of Information?
The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is one of North America’s top information schools, offering both undergraduate and graduate professional degrees as well as an advanced doctoral research degree. Scholars and professionals in the information field research and study all aspects of information as a phenomenon.
Programs
We Study Information
We offer five degree programs that prepare students to work and thrive in the information fields
Bachelor of Information (BI)
The Bachelor of Information is a two-year professional program open to students who have completed two years of undergraduate study in any field. Students acquire both the practical techniques and conceptual tools necessary to understand and effect change in a data-intensive society.
Master of Information (MI)
The Master of Information educates students in established and emerging information fields including Library and Information Science, Archives and Records Management, Information Systems Design, User Experience Design, Human-Centred Data Science and Culture & Technology.
Master of Museum Studies (MMSt)
The Master of Museum Studies is the only English-speaking master’s program of its kind in Canada.
Combined Degree Program (MI and MMSt)
The Combined Degree Program offers students the option of earning both Master of Information and Master of Museum Studies degrees over an accelerated three-year period.
PhD in Information
Doctoral students carry out advanced scholarly research exploring the theoretical basis of information studies. Graduates work in academia, industry and government.
Research
We Research Information
Professors and students research all aspects of information and its role in society
Seeking a deeper understanding of Black life at the Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis
Professor SA Smythe established the Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis to redefinine traditional approaches to critical inquiry and research as an arts co-working hub, archival nexus and creative studio.
Talking sense into AI
Professor Anastasia Kuzminykh and students in her Human-AI communication lab research how people can better collaborate with artificial intelligence.
Meet our new professors
The Faculty of Information is thrilled to announce it has hired nine new faculty members.
Careers
We Work in Information
Students and alumni are making a big impression in the information fields
Shaping AI and data science policies
Lorena Almaraz (Class of 2022) chose the Human-Centred Data Science concentration to pursue her interest in the policy of data science. She now works in AI governance at Thomson Reuters. “I essentially bring the policy to the technical teams and then represent the technical teams when we’re developing the policy,” she says. “It’s really fun.”
From Co-op student to fulltime UX Designer
MI graduate Abigael Pamintuan (Class of 2021), who specialized in UXD, did her co-op at the software company Autodesk and then accepted a permanent job there as a UX Designer.
Alumni Profile: Mike Borg, Founder Index Biosystems, Class of 2012
The latest venture for serial entrepreneur Mike Borg is a company that uses microscopic barcodes made from baker’s yeast to trace products in the food supply chain.
News Highlights
MMST students, alumna contribute to Governor General’s Award-winning exhibit
Students from the Museum Studies capstone course (2022/23) played a key role in creating an exhibit that has just been named winner of the Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Community Programming. Grace Kovacs, Hanjia Li, Abera Rajendran and Marie Song helped put together “Standing in the Doorway: Lived Histories and Experiences of the Chinese Community”. The exhibit drew on new oral histories, loaned […]
Faculty of Information at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Faculty of Information professors and students will have a strong presence at the 27th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW) taking place in San José, Costa Rica next week (November 9-13). CSCW is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and […]
Remembrance Day: Students explore an RCAF Sergeant’s daring escape from a WWII POW camp
Museum Studies students dig up rare ‘diary’ detailing daily life in German POW camps. It’s on display in a new exhibit at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton Vincent Mancini enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1940 at age 28, training as a navigator. Two years later, his aircraft […]
Congratulations to our newest grads!
The Faculty of Information celebrated its newest grads on October 30. A total of 105 Master of Information students received their degrees alongside one Master of Museum Studies student and five PhD students. Congratulations to all 112 of our Fall 2024 grads. Photos from the ceremony and reception are now available to browse and download.
