This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (July 2019) |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1969 |
Parent institution | University of Michigan |
Dean | Andrea Forte |
Academic staff | 111[1] |
Students | 1199[1] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Urban |
Website | si.umich.edu |
The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI or iSchool) is the informatics and information science school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It offers baccalaureate, magisterial, and doctoral degrees.
The School of Information is part of a growing list of i-schools devoted to the study of information as a discipline. These institutions have varied histories, some being newly created, others developing from earlier schools or departments focused on library and information science (as with SI), computer science, communications, or information technology. SI was the first of these institutions to relabel itself as a "school of information." It is currently housed in the North Quadrangle on the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus.