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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
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Sheffield | 95.7 |
| 2 | University of Washington | 88.1 |
| 3 | UCL | 87.6 |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 87.2 |
| 5 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 86.2 |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 85.5 |
| 7 | Indiana University Bloomington | 82.8 |
| 8 | University of British Columbia | 82.6 |
| 9 | Rutgers University–New Brunswick | 79.4 |
| 10 | Wuhan University | 78.5 |
| 11 | McGill University | 78.4 |
| 12 | Tampere University | 76.4 |
| =13 | University of Texas at Austin | 75.9 |
| =13 | University of Toronto | 75.9 |
| 15 | The University of Hong Kong | 74 |
| 16 | University of Strathclyde | 72.6 |
| 17 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 72 |
| 18 | University of Maryland, College Park | 71.9 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon University | 71.4 |
| 20 | University of Tsukuba | 71.1 |
| 21 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 69.8 |
| 22 | Loughborough University | 69.7 |
| 23 | The University of Manchester | 69.6 |
| 24 | University of Pittsburgh | 69.5 |
| =25 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 68.9 |
| =25 | Syracuse University | 68.9 |
| =25 | University of Copenhagen | 68.9 |
| 28 | Universidade de São Paulo | 68.1 |
| 29 | RMIT University | 67.9 |
| 30 | University of Amsterdam | 67.8 |
| 31 | The University of Sydney | 67.6 |
| 32 | University of Granada | 67.4 |
| 33 | Arizona State University | 67.2 |
| 34 | The University of Arizona | 66.8 |
| 35 | Nanjing University | 66.7 |
| 36 | Université de Montréal | 66.5 |
| 37 | KU Leuven | 66.1 |
| 38 | Tsinghua University | 65.7 |
| 39 | Cornell University | 64.2 |
| 40 | University College Dublin | 63.9 |
| 41 | Universitat de Barcelona | 63.8 |
| 42 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | 63.7 |
| 43 | Victoria University of Wellington | 62.5 |
| =44 | Sultan Qaboos University | 62.3 |
| =44 | University of Glasgow | 62.3 |
| 46 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | 61.9 |
| 47 | Hacettepe University | 61.1 |
| 48 | Oslo Metropolitan University | 60.8 |
| 49 | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | 60.7 |
| =50 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 60.4 |
