University of Washington Information School

The Information School (or iSchool) at the University of Washington is an undergraduate and graduate school that offers BS, MLIS, MSIM, and PhD degrees. Formerly the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences (GSLIS), the Information School changed its focus and name in the late 1990s.

Its current dean is Harry Bruce.

The school is located in the University of Washington's Mary Gates Hall, one of several university buildings bordering Drumheller Fountain. Formerly known as the Physics Building, it was renamed after a $10 million gift from the family of Mary Maxwell Gates. In 1999 a $35 million expansion added technologically sophisticated classrooms and computer labs, office spaces and commons, transforming the 1928 historic building and 1949 addition into a 175,000 square foot quadrangle with a skylit commons at its center and a new main entry facing the Suzzallo Library. The architects of the original building were John Graham & Company and of the 1999 project the architects of record were Bassetti Architects.

The Information School uses the basement, 3rd, and 4th floors of Mary Gates Hall. Its advising office, Technology Exploration (TE) lab, PhD offices, and computer lab are all located on the fourth floor.

The Information School offers a single undergraduate degree: the Bachelor of Science in Informatics degree. The Informatics program is a competitive two-year program, focused on the design of information systems and services. The program touches on privacy issues, ethics, and management, as well as design, search engines, web development, and database design. Students are asked to study a broad range of areas in the information field, including: Information Management and Technology, Information-related Research, Interactive System Design, Human-Computer Interaction, and Information Science. Graduates of the program typically go on to jobs such as:

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