Faculty of Information

Welcome

What is the
Faculty of Information?

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is one of North America’s top information schools, offering both undergraduate and graduate professional degrees as well as an advanced doctoral research degree. Scholars and professionals in the information field research and study all aspects of information as a phenomenon.

Faculty of Information
Faculty of Information

Programs

We Study Information

We offer five degree programs that prepare students to work and thrive in the information fields

Bachelor of Information (BI)

The Bachelor of Information is a two-year professional program open to students who have completed two years of undergraduate study in any field. Students acquire both the practical techniques and conceptual tools necessary to understand and effect change in a data-intensive society.

Master of Information (MI)

The Master of Information educates students in established and emerging information fields including Library and Information Science, Archives and Records Management, Information Systems Design, User Experience Design, Human-Centred Data Science and Culture & Technology.

Master of Museum Studies (MMSt)

The Master of Museum Studies is the only English-speaking master’s program of its kind in Canada.

Combined Degree Program 
(MI and MMSt)

The Combined Degree Program offers students the option of earning both Master of Information and Master of Museum Studies degrees over an accelerated three-year period.

PhD in Information

Doctoral students carry out advanced scholarly research exploring the theoretical basis of information studies. Graduates work in academia, industry and government.

Research

We Research Information

Professors and students research all aspects of information and its role in society

Making a real-world impact

Associate Dean, Research, Matt Ratto, discusses how faculty members often address social issues through what is known as a “use-inspired basic research” approach.

Are machines really ‘intelligent’?

The Centre for Culture and Technology at the Faculty of Information has announced its annual theme and research focus. In 2025-26, its programming will be devoted to art and scholarship, research and conversation, that puts pressure on construction of the machine learning revolution as “artificial intelligence.”

Seeking a deeper understanding of Black life at the Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis

Professor SA Smythe established the Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis to redefinine traditional approaches to critical inquiry and research as an arts co-working hub, archival nexus and creative studio.

Careers

We Work in Information

Students and alumni are making a big impression in the information fields

Shaping AI and data science policies

Lorena Almaraz (Class of 2022) chose the Human-Centred Data Science concentration to pursue her interest in the policy of data science. She now works in AI governance at Thomson Reuters. “I essentially bring the policy to the technical teams and then represent the technical teams when we’re developing the policy,” she says. “It’s really fun.”

From Co-op student to fulltime UX Designer

MI graduate Abigael Pamintuan (Class of 2021), who specialized in UXD, did her co-op at the software company Autodesk and then accepted a permanent job there as a UX Designer.

Alumni Profile: Dr. Fadi Al-Buhairan, CEO, Special Integrated Logistics Zone (SILZ) of Saudi Arabia

After a successful, two-decades-long career in health informatics and management consulting, Dr. Fadi Al-Buhairan (Class of 2007) made the leap into the logistics industry in 2019.

News Highlights

PhD student Jul Parke dressed as an influencer

Woman of influence and PhD student

Jul Jeonghyun Parke tracks social media’s virtual influencers for her PhD thesis. Not only does she check in regularly on the ubiquitous online activities of figures like Shudu, Rozy and Lil Miquela, she also keeps tabs on what their creators are up to. Her research documents both how these non-human influencers have come to wield […]

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Learning how to treat opiod overdoses

The Faculty of Information is leading the way in Canada by offering training in drug overdose identification and response for library students. In its Communities and Values (INF1322H) course, a required course taken by hundreds of students, teaching assistant and PhD candidate Atticus Hawk provides training in response and de-escalation as well as how to administer […]

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Prof Alexopoulos named Bank of Canada External Deputy Governor

The Bank of Canada has appointed Dr. Michelle Alexopoulos, Professor of Economics with a cross appointment to the Faculty of Information, to the role of external Deputy Governor. Professor Alexopoulos, is the second external Deputy Governor to join the central bank’s Governing Council. The Bank of Canada created this role to bring a greater diversity of perspectives to […]

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Hot off the presses: Informed magazine, 2025 edition

The Faculty of Information’s alumni magazine, Informed, has just been published. Read tales of student success and ingenuity, get an overview of Faculty of Information research, find out more about generous alumni gifts, and much more. It’s all in the 2025 edition of Informed.

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