Master of Library and Information Science (Coursework)

• Librarian/Digital Librarian
• Academic/Reference Librarian
• Automation Librarian
• Website Contents Developers
• Information/Knowledge/Data Managers
• Information Broker/Consultant
• Information Scientists
• Indexer
• Media Specialist
• Bibliometrician/Webometrician
• Strategic Analyst
• Scientific Information Provider

COURSES MODULE (45 Credit Hours)
CORE COURSES (24 Credits) + ELECTIVE COURSES (9 Credits) + RESEARCH PROJECT (12 Credits)

CORE COURSES (24 Credits)

ELECTIVE COURSES (9 Credit Hours)
Please select three (3) subject elective only:

RESEARCH PROJECT (12 Credit Hours)

(Note: Not all courses will be offered every semester; the actual courses offered will depend on the availability of staff and the number of students registering).

For admission into the Master of Library and Information Science programme, applicants must have at least:

• A Bachelor’s degree with Honours with a minimum CGPA of 3.0 or equivalent; or
• A Bachelor’s degree with work experience of at least three (3) years in a library or an information centre; or
• Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) with work experience of at least ten (10) years in a library or an information centre; or
• Other qualifications approved by the University Senate.

International applicants are required to have:

• At least IELTS 5.5 (Academic) or TOEFL score of 550 (paper based) / 213 (computer based) / 80 (Internet based) if their first degree is from a university where English is not the medium of instruction.

University of Malaya has two intakes per year, in February and in September.

Coordinator Programme
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noorhidawati Abdullah
noorhidawati@um.edu.my