It is possible to take an International Master's degree
in LIS at the Royal School of Library and
Information Science. But only in Copenhagen.
It is a 2-year full-time postgraduate programme and it is the
equivalent of the Danish Master's degree (kandidatgrad), only it is
taught in English and the students come from around the world.
As a Danish student it is a unique opportunity for you to
experience culturally different ways of studying and gain
new perspectives on the subject knowledge of your study
programme. In addition your academic English profiency level will
be greatly improved.
Specialists in Information and Knowledge
Information and knowledge are increasingly vital resources for the
development and success of businesses and other organisations.
Modern information technology is creating whole new ways of
managing and utilising these resources but is also creating a need
for particularly highly qualified and professional staff. This
programme gives students the skills needed to provide advanced and
specialised services relating to knowledge and information in the
modern information society, in particular:
- a theoretical and general insight into information and
knowledge production
- an insight into how to analyse and manage the information
resources of a business or other organisation
- an insight into how to produce information policy and a
strategy for putting it into practice
- an insight into project management and other forms of
management
- an insight into how to plan, run and evaluate information
systems in practice
A programme of this kind also provides the background needed for
research and teaching in areas of information science such as
systems analysis and systems development, information transfer
theory, information economics and indexing theory.
The programme also entitles students to apply to conduct
research up to the PhD level.
Job Opportunities
The programme does not target a specific profession and its
graduates are taken on by companies and institutions of all kinds
to fill many different types of positions: information specialist,
system consultant, webmaster, library consultant, researcher, IT
consultant, tutor or a senior post in the library sector or a
corporate information department.