Career Paths

MIMS Careers

Although the I School’s Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) program does not designate specializations or degree tracks, many of our MIMS students follow similar career paths. You will find our alumni working in human computer interaction (HCI) and usability testing, product or project management, document engineering, technical or management consulting, web services, information architecture, database management and design, mobile software development, and library and information services. HCI and product/project management continue to attract the most students, followed by management consulting and document engineering.

The private sector draws the greatest number of I School graduates — 75 to 85 percent depending on the class. Recent private sector employers include Yahoo!, eBay, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Hewlett Packard. Public sector employers include UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, the UC Office of the President, the US Coast Guard, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, the Library of Congress, and public libraries across the country.

MIMS Career Placement Survey

I School MIMS graduates have been extremely successful in their job searches. These students have accepted full-time positions in academia, government, non-profit and the private sectors.

• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2012
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2011
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2010
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2009
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2008
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2007
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2006
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2005
• MIMS Career Placement Survey 2004

MIMS Summer Internship Survey

Traditionally there are no courses offered at the School of Information during the summer sessions. A majority of students in the MIMS program choose to participate in a paid internship between the first and second year of their studies. The internships provide the students with an opportunity to build upon the knowledge gained from their studies and acquire valuable practical work experience in the field of Information.

• MIMS Internship Survey 2012
• MIMS Internship Survey 2011
• MIMS Internship Survey 2010
• MIMS Internship Survey 2009
• MIMS Internship Survey 2008
• MIMS Internship Survey 2007

Ph.D. Careers

The I School’s doctoral program is research-oriented. Students choose specific fields of specialization, prepare sufficiently in the literature and the research of those fields to pass written and oral examinations, and complete original research culminating in a written dissertation. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred in recognition of a candidate’s grasp of a broad field of learning and distinguished accomplishment in that field through contribution of an original piece of research revealing high critical ability and powers of imagination and synthesis.

I School Ph.D. graduates may go on to careers in academia, industry, or the public sector. Today you will find them in faculty positions or conducting post-doctoral research at leading universities, contributing their expertise to enterprises like Yahoo!, and leading research efforts at technology think-tanks.