We offer an overview of TOP-50 best universities in the world in library science for foreign students. Librarians design, develop, manage physical, online collections to provide users with innovative services.
Students of library science programs study books, e-books, magazines, images, music, videos, maps, newspapers, computer games, and other digital resources. In large libraries, librarians may specialize in areas such as acquisition, research, cataloguing, online services, or children's services. Graduates of universities with the study of library science work in specialized libraries, including corporate, legal, medical or school, work as researchers and managers.
To become a librarian, it is necessary to obtain a higher education at a university with a specialization in the field of information media, information services or information research. In addition, you can earn a degree in any discipline and then gain a postgraduate qualification in information studies or information management. Admission to the magistracy usually requires obtaining an appropriate bachelor's degree.
Career options:
- Archivist
- Health Information Manager
- Library Assistant
- Museum Officer
- Research Fellow
- Teacher.
Top 50 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Library and Information
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Sheffield | 96,6 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 93,4 |
| 3 | University of Washington | 92,4 |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 91,1 |
| 5 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 89,1 |
| 6 | McGill University | 85,7 |
| 7 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) | 85,1 |
| 8 | University of British Columbia | 84,9 |
| 9 | University of Maryland, College Park | 84,3 |
| 10 | University of Texas at Austin | 83,9 |
| 11 | Indiana University Bloomington | 83,5 |
| 12 | Université de Montréal | 83,2 |
| 13 | University of Toronto | 82,2 |
| 14 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 81,8 |
| 15 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick | 81,4 |
| 16 | University College London UCL | 81,0 |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh | 79,9 |
| 18 | Syracuse University | 79,6 |
| 19 | Wuhan University | 79,1 |
| 20 | University of Amsterdam | 78,6 |
| 21 | Tampere University | 77,4 |
| 22 | Loughborough University | 77,2 |
| 23 | The University of Manchester | 76,9 |
| 24 | University of Strathclyde | 76,1 |
| 25 | The University of Sydney | 75,3 |
| 26 | Yonsei University | 74,2 |
| 27 | University College Dublin | 74,0 |
| 28 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | 73,6 |
| 29 | Cornell University | 73,1 |
| 30 | Drexel University | 72,8 |
| 31 | University of Technology, Sydney | 72,6 |
| 32 | University of Glasgow | 72,4 |
| 33 | Peking University | 72,3 |
| 34 | The University of Hong Kong | 72,0 |
| 35 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 71,4 |
| =36 | Sapienza University of Rome | 71,3 |
| =36 | The University of Arizona | 71,3 |
| 38 | Cairo University | 70,8 |
| =39 | Kuwait University | 70,4 |
| =39 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 70,4 |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin Milwaukee | 70,3 |
| 42 | The University of Warwick | 70,2 |
| 43 | Qatar University | 69,9 |
| 44 | Purdue University | 69,5 |
| 45 | Nanjing University | 69,4 |
| =46 | City University of London | 69,1 |
| =46 | University of Southern California | 69,1 |
| 48 | University of Tsukuba | 69,0 |
| =49 | KU Leuven | 68,7 |
| =49 | University of Jordan | 68,7 |
