Master of Information Management and Systems in Berkeley United States | University of California, Berkeley

The Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) is a full-time two-year program that prepares students with essential skills for careers as information professionals. These professionals need expertise in both theoretical and practical aspects of managing information—including storage, organization, retrieval, and analysis—across business, government, and academic environments. Technical skills alone aren't enough; I School graduates must also handle diverse information-related responsibilities and leadership roles.

Upon completing the MIMS program, graduates will gain the ability to:

Recognize and fulfill the information and resource requirements of users and stakeholders within specific contexts.
Evaluate and refine information design choices through iterative processes.
Strategically structure information collections to facilitate human and machine interactions and services.
Grasp and implement core concepts, discussions, and ethical considerations in information law and policy.
Examine intricate connections and decision-making challenges involving technical design, policy structures, and ethics.
Comprehend and engage with key principles and debates in information economics.
Apply architectural, computational, and algorithmic reasoning, along with concurrency principles, to information system design.
Oversee and execute open-ended projects independently and collaboratively.
Communicate insights and recommendations effectively.