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Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology Overview

The Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology (founded in 1969, formerly known as Ph.D. in Information Transfer) at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies is one of the finest interdiscipinary PhD programs in the information field in the nation. It addresses information-related phenomena in all settings: individual, organizational, societal, political, and technical. The Information Science and Technology PhD program is interdisciplinary, bringing together relevant knowledge and methods from information science, behavioral and social sciences,  management science, computer science, law and public policy.

The Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology is a full time, residency based research-oriented degree awarded for excellence in the advancement and dissemination of new knowledge, both basic and applied, about the design, use and evaluation of information systems, services, and policies for individuals, groups, private-sector firms, nonprofit and governmental organizations. PhD students in our program study in a wide range of areas, including:

  • Information and Society: public policy, societal impacts and information technology (IT), e-government, the digital divide, media convergence, community networks, libraries
  • Information and Organizations: IT management, e-commerce, technology-driven innovation/change, IT-enabled organizations
  • Information and Education: digital literacy, e-learning, school library media, asynchronous learning networks
  • Information and Individuals: human-computer interaction, information-seeking behavior, medical informatics
  • Information Systems: design, survivability, security
  • Information Organization and Access: metadata, representation, knowledge discovery, information retrieval, image retrieval
  • Networked Information: digital libraries, distribution of public information, digital reference
  • Information Technology: emerging technologies, wireless networks, natural language processing, middleware

Prospective students interested in communicating with current Ph.D. students and get to know their research areas can view their profiles at http://ischool.syr.edu/facstaff/phd.aspx. You can also find students' achievements and recent publications at http://ischool.syr.edu/academics/doctoralprograms/PhD/marketability.aspx.

To get to know more about faculty's research areas and interests, visit their homepages at http://ischool.syr.edu/facstaff/faculty.aspx.

    

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