ABOUT Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin

The Berlin School of Library and Information Science (B-SLIS) at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin was founded in 1928 and is the only library school at a German research university. B-SLIS offers research-oriented bachelor and master courses in library and information science for traditional students. The school also offers a distant learning program on the model of executive education for students with more extensive work experience. B-SLIS is the only library and information science program in Germany with the right to offer doctoral degrees. Its doctoral program is large. It has both a traditional German track and an international one that offers more intensive methodological training. B-SLIS leads the work on technical and semantic interoperability.