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Ph. D. Admissions

If you have a bachelor's degree, a lively intellectual curiosity, and a willingness to work hard, you are invited to apply to SLIS's doctoral program. This is a brief, informal description of our admissions criteria. Please see the Indiana University Bulletin of the School of Library and Information Science or contact SLIS's graduate office for a complete description.

If you are admitted and have a master's degree in a field of study closely related to information science from a recognized international program, or the equivalent, you can be enrolled in the doctoral program and can transfer up to 30 credits of recognized course work. You must submit official transcripts as proof of degree completion.

  • You must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college. Your undergraduate grade point average should be at least 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale)
  • A minimum of (V=500, Q=500, A=4.5) is required, but since entry is competitive, higher scores are usually needed. IU Institutional Code: 1324 SLIS School Code: 0404 (Information Science)
  • A TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score above 600 (on the paper test), 250 (on the computer test), or 100 (on the new Fall 2005 test)