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The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Doctoral Program fosters an environment where motivated students develop into visionary scholars and trailblazers. By aligning student and faculty research pursuits, the program cultivates expertise in research, education, and leadership across diverse professional landscapes.
Tomorrow's information science pioneers must excel at recognizing critical challenges facing our digital world, conducting meticulous investigations, deriving meaningful insights, and effectively sharing discoveries with decision-makers. SILS' doctoral curriculum delivers rigorous yet adaptable training tailored for academic and research-oriented career paths.
We expect students to have the following foundation before entering the program:
An academic background that includes coursework in several of the following areas: Information organization, Information retrieval, Communication, Design and evaluation of information systems, Knowledge management.
A knowledge of research methods that includes an understanding of distinctions between the qualitative and quantitative data collection and the analysis strategies employed in the social sciences, along with a facility to develop research questions.
Knowledge of computing equivalent to that required in the school's master's degree programs. The requirement can be met by a demonstration of competence gained through experience, as well as by a record of formal coursework, or the completion of recommended coursework.
The required minimum total score on the exams are internet-based TOEFL exam = 90, The IELTS exam = 7.