For over 90 years, the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has produced leaders in the field. Our graduates rise through the ranks at a wide variety of institutions and make lasting impacts wherever they go.
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks SILS as one of the top schools of library and information studies. In addition, UNC-Chapel Hill was ranked the No. 4 public university in the country by U.S. News & World Report in 2024 and was named on Forbes’ 2024 list of “New Ivies” for producing “the smart, driven graduates craved by employers of all types.”
SILS is home to the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), which explores technology as it’s embedded in societies structured by economics, race, politics, culture, and more. The Center on Technology Policy, also housed in SILS, seeks to craft public policy for a better internet.
They do so by identifying knowledge gaps and developing actionable policy frameworks that will enable us to realize the potential benefits of technology while minimizing its harms.
Our academic programs include:
- B.S. in Information Science
- M.S. in Information Science (ALA accredited)
- M.S. in Library Science (ALA accredited)
- M.P.S. in Biomedical and Health Informatics
- Ph.D. in Health Informatics
- Ph.D. in Information and Library Science