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.
Prof Blumenstock will receive the Faculty Award for Research in the Public Interest for his research at the intersection of machine learning and development economics.
Berkeley and 20 other universities are forming a new consortium, the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN), to support the development of new technologies, and to explore what policies and safeguards must be put into place to ensure that they will work for the benefit of society.
MIDS student Sudha Subramanian received the Spring 2019 Jack Larson Data for Good Fellowship for her research using data science to understand homelessness.
