The UW MSIM curriculum helps students build principled leadership, systems thinking, technical specialization and professional communication through applied coursework tied to real organizational challenges.

Information is more than data points and statistics — information drives organizations and society forward. In the right hands, information can cultivate innovation and productivity built on more inclusive systems. The MSIM program gives you foundational knowledge and applied technical depth in information management.

Both core and elective courses offer experiential and project-based learning experiences, designed to simulate the work professionals do in organizations. Most program options are capped with a culminating experience giving you the chance to solve a real-world problem for a local company.

Program features

The Information School’s MSIM is flexible and customizable, providing students with different backgrounds and lifestyles the opportunity to tailor the program to their needs, interests and career goals.

Modalities

MSIM students can complete the program 100% online from anywhere in the world or residentially on the Seattle campus. 

 

Specializations

The MSIM program offers elective courses in six areas of specialization that are in high demand among employers. Four are available to online students.

Tracks

Choose a degree track that aligns with your professional experience and goals with Early-Career, Early-Career Accelerated and Mid-Career tracks.

 

Pace

All online and Mid-Career students can complete their degree part-time or full-time. Residential students in the Early-Career and Early-Career Accelerated tracks are strongly encouraged to be enrolled full-time (10 credits or more per quarter). 

Where can an MSIM degree take you?

The MSIM’s practical and career-aligned coursework ensures our graduates are highly sought-after by employers. Our graduates have gone on to work for leading organizations such as Boeing, Deloitte, Amazon, Microsoft and the Gates Foundation. Learn more about MSIM career outcomes.