The Berkeley School of Information is a global bellwether in a world awash in information and data, boldly leading the way with education and fundamental research that translates into new knowledge, practices, policies, and solutions.
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.
Alumni (MIMS 2006)
Assistant Professor of Practice
Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science
Human-computer interaction, information visualization, computational linguistics, search and information retrieval, improving MOOCs and online education
The NSF has awarded a $750K grant to Berkeley professors Niloufar Salehi and Catherine Albiston and University of Southern California professor Afshin Nikzad to support efforts by the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to implement a new elementary school zone-based student assignment policy.
I School professor Morgan G. Ames has been awarded the 2021 Computer History Museum Prize for her book The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child.
Professors Morgan G. Ames and Jenna Burrell have been awarded $325,000 over three years to study the growing inequalities in children’s digital access around the world.
I School Professor Niloufar Salehi shares what brought her to the I School, and about her research in how people interactions with algorithms and online harms.