Prospective Students

Maryland’s iSchool is where students have the opportunity to shape that future. They gain expertise in data management, storage, retrieval and analysis. They learn to think creatively about how to expand information access and usability. And they go on to excel in careers in major libraries and museums, government agencies and the media.

A decade ago, Facebook didn’t exist. Five years ago, there was no YouTube or Twitter. And five years from now, the world of information will surely look different still.

The iSchool’s location just outside the nation’s capital gives students unrivaled opportunities for fascinating research and internships with top information resources like the Smithsonian Institution, National Archives and Records Administration and Library of Congress.

At the University of Maryland, one of the nation’s leading public research institutions, students can also collaborate with faculty and students from other disciplines. Areas where the iSchool is contributing to cross-campus research and scholarship include the digital humanities, computational linguistics, health information technology, cybersecurity, the future of information and education and more .

At the same time, the iSchool is a close-knit community, where faculty researchers develop and nurture students’ interests in topical areas like transparency in electronic government data, the transformation of public libraries, digital art preservation and mobile learning technologies for children.