Faculty of Information

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.

Faculty of Information
Faculty of Information

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

Fall 2024 grads in their robes outside Convocation Hall

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 graduated. Congratulations to all 112 of our Fall 2024 grads. Photos from the ceremony and reception are now available to browse and […]

Brian Cantwell Smith head and shoulders in profile

Class Act: Anonymous donor honours top teachers

An anonymous donor has funded a new award to publicly and formally recognize teaching excellence by mid-career professors at the Faculty of Information. In honour of Dean Emeritus and Professor Brian Cantwell Smith, the award embodies the Faculty’s commitment to maintaining and building the best possible learning experience for students.   In this interview, the donor […]

Portrait of Alexander Parent, MI graduate, standing against a wall

Fall Convocation: MI grad finds his niche in accessibility design and research 

As a student with a mild form of cerebral palsy that affects the right side of his body, Alexander Parent began his studies at the Faculty of Information with a strong interest in both design and critical disability studies. Over the course of his Master of Information program, he not only found his calling in […]

Poster the students created for the Service Design Award competition. It contains details of their project and a photo of three older women.

MI students win global ‘service design’ award

Recent Master of Information grad, Samiha Essakhi, and November ’24 grads, Robyn Carino and Mia Mo, have won the Global Service Design Network Award for their work helping to find innovative solutions for employees seeking to improve health care outcomes in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities aka NORCs. Working under the auspices of the NORC Innovation […]

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