Information on Membership

Criteria for being recognized as an iSchool are not rigid, but schools are expected to have substantial sponsored research activity, engagement in the training of future researchers (usually through an active, research-oriented doctoral program), and a commitment to progress in the information field. Within North America, the School’s head should be a dean who reports to a provost or president or equivalent. In other parts of the world, a determination will be based on local circumstances, such as the reporting structure within the country and within the institution.

To join the iSchools, please fill in the following form, attesting that your school shares the purpose and providing evidence that your school meets the baseline characteristics described above, and your school will be listed on ischools.org as an iSchool. You will also be assessed a modest annual administrative fee (currently $500). Once that fee is paid, you may contribute to ischools.org brief descriptions of your students, faculty, research, and academic programs, for the various parts of the web site, and you may tag RSS-based news items to be picked up by the ischools.org newsfeed aggregator.

Membership form

Please fill out this form as completely as possible. If you have questions or concerns, contact . at the University of Washington. This information will be forwarded to our membership committee, who will contact you soon.







Please provide the USD equivalent of your research expenditures for the last four years:



How many doctoral students (or equivalent) have graduated from your program over the last three years:




Information submitted on this form will be shared with the iCaucus deans for purposes of considering your membership.