Overview

Librarianship from The University of the West Indies equips students with theoretical and practical knowledge and skills that can be applied in the library in which they will be employed, including highly specialised skills related to cataloguing of print and electronic resources, creation of meta data, and so on.

Careers

Graduates of this programme are qualified to work as indexers, abstractors, digital initiative librarians, cataloguers, school librarians, special librarians and public librarians among others.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Metadata Creation for Lib. Cats. I

Mgmt. of Libs. & Info. Unit

Information Architecture

Archival Concepts & Practices

Research Methodology

Info. Sys.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-31 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

90 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

New Kingston, Jamaica

Disciplines

Library Science

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Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be admitted into the Library and Information Studies programme applicants must have Five (5) subjects at CXC/CSEC (grades 1-3), including English Language and Mathematics) and Two (2) of which must be at A-Level/CAPE.

Applicants may be subject to an admission interview.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

15000 USD / year

≈ 15000 USD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

2477 USD / year

≈ 2477 USD / year

Additional Details

National tuition per annum: J$388,350

National tuition part-time (per credit): J$13,000, International tuition part-time (per credit): US$555

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