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 2022 QS: Library and Information
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
| 1 | University of British Columbia | 93.9 |
| 2 | University of Sheffield | 93.5 |
| 3 | University of Toronto | 91.3 |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 90.3 |
| 5 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 87.1 |
| 6 | University of Washington | 85.3 |
| 7 | Syracuse University | 84.4 |
| 8 | Indiana University | 82.8 |
| 9 | McGill University | 82.5 |
| 10 | Loughborough University | 81.5 |
| 11 | Berkeley University of California | 80.3 |
| 12 | University of California Los Angeles | 79.1 |
| 13 | University of Michigan в Ann Arbor | 78.2 |
| 14 | Nanyang Technological University | 77.9 |
| 14 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick | 77.9 |
| 16 | Western University | 77.2 |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh | 77 |
| 18 | University of Texas at Austin | 76.2 |
| 19 | University of Amsterdam | 75.6 |
| 20 | Victoria University of Wellington | 75.2 |
| 21 | Buffalo State SUNY | 73.8 |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 73.5 |
| 23 | University of Southern California | 73.2 |
| 24 | Sungkyunkwan University | 72.4 |
| 25 | University of Tampere | 71.6 |
| 26 | University College of Boras | 70.5 |
| 27 | University College London | 70.2 |
| 28 | Yonsei University | 69.9 |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 69.6 |
| 30 | The University of Arizona | 69.4 |
| 31 | Humboldt University of Berlin | 68.6 |
| 32 | University of Technology, Sydney | 68.3 |
| 33 | University of Tsukuba | 68.2 |
| 34 | McMaster University | 67.7 |
| 35 | Monash University | 67.4 |
| 35 | University College Dublin | 67.4 |
| 35 | Wuhan University | 67.4 |
| 38 | Cornell University | 67.2 |
| 38 | University of Malaya | 67.2 |
| 40 | Nanjing University | 66.9 |
| 41 | University of Glasgow | 66.7 |
| 42 | Peking University | 66.6 |
| 43 | University of Barcelona | 66.2 |
| 44 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | 66 |
| 45 | Drexel University | 65.8 |
| 45 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 65.8 |
| 47 | New York University | 65.7 |
| 48 | City University of London | 65.3 |
| 49 | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | 65.2 |
| 50 | National Taiwan Normal University | 65 |
