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 Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) is an online degree preparing data science professionals to solve real-world problems. The 5th Year MIDS program is a streamlined path to a MIDS degree for Cal undergraduates.
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.
In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 106th birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.
The recent discovery of hundreds of letters from our alumnus Robert Gitler ’31 sheds new light on his experiences in founding the Japan Library School in 1951.
Deirdre K. Mulligan served for the past year in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy as deputy U.S. chief technology officer for policy.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 4:00 pm
- 6:30 pm PST
Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.
Thursday, December 19, 2024, 5:00 pm
- 7:00 pm PST
Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.
A two-day conference examining the field of new media and celebrating the work of BCNM alumni in computer vision, human-computer interaction, algorithms, race and popular media, urban space, and new media art.
Speaker danah boyd looks behind the scenes at the data required to power today’s AI models, exploring the ecology that has emerged to gobble up data produced for other purposes and contexts.
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) program with fun and informative activities, networking, a dinner event, and more.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 12:15 pm
- 1:15 pm PST
Formerly incarcerated Berkeley students discuss technology-mediated harms that disproportionately affect communities impacted by the criminal legal system.
Anne Jonas’s dissertation research explores the promises of online schools even before the Covid-19 pandemic, revealing how virtual schools are fueled by social inequality, precarity, and destruction of public infrastructure.
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 5:00 pm
- 8:00 pm PST
Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 4:00 pm
- 6:00 pm PST
Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.