The School of Information is UC Berkeley’s newest professional school. Located in the center of campus, the I School is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy.
The School of Information's courses bridge the disciplines of information and computer science, design, social sciences, management, law, and policy. We welcome interest in our graduate-level Information classes from current UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students and community members. More information about signing up for classes.
I School graduate students and alumni have expertise in data science, user experience design & research, product management, engineering, information policy, cybersecurity, and more — learn more about hiring I School students and alumni.
Recent moral panic around Internet fragmentation hides the uncomfortable truth: the Internet has always been affected by political realities. Our measurements reveal a multi-polar Internet.
Paul Duguid discusses his new book, Information: Information: A Historical Companion, a landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuries.
Honor the class of 2019 with keynote speaker Geoff Nunberg, student speakers, and presentation of the James R. Chen Awards and the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Awards.
Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select outstanding projects for the James R. Chen Award.
A conversation about “humans in the loop” who invisibly deliver on-demand task-based services and the lives of the people paid to train artificial intelligence.
As new sources of digital data proliferate in developing economies, there is the exciting possibility that such data could be used to transform development research and policy.
A panel of women in senior leadership roles in the technology sector discuss their experiences in an industry that continues to be largely male-dominated.