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Information (MI) at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, Canada

Programme overview

The Master of Information is a course-based, direct-entry master's delivered in person in Halifax, full-time or part-time, and is continuously ALA-accredited since 1971. It covers the intersections of people, information and technology.

Faculty: Management / Graduate Studies  |  Department: Department of Information Science  |  Duration: 20 months or longer  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

What you will study

Course-based degree with flexibility to personalize via a certificate, thesis or reading course, work-integrated learning, and electives in other departments; fields include digital innovation and user-centred design.

Career pathways

Librarian, archivist, information, data and knowledge manager, museum or gallery director; fields include libraries, archives, digital transformation, human-centred design and policy analysis.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Direct-entry: any undergraduate degree is acceptable and no experience is required. Four-year degree with minimum GPA of 3.0/4.3 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours. Proof of English competency if English was not the language of instruction of the degree or an official language in the country where it was obtained.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate intakes: September, January and May.

General Faculty of Graduate Studies deadlines: September admission June 1 (Canadian applicants) and April 1 (non-Canadian); January admission October 31 (Canadian) and August 31 (non-Canadian); May admission February 28 (Canadian) and December 31 (non-Canadian). Program deadlines may differ. The application fee is $115, payable online with the application.

Apply through the official page: https://apply.dal.ca/apply/

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