Library & Information Science, PhD

The program is designed to offer students a great degree of flexibility to take advantage of the broad and dynamic range of faculty research that contributes to the evolution of the discipline and the development of information professions, and that strives to find solutions for the emerging information society.

Admission Requirements

English Language Proficiency

Applicants whose first language is not English must furnish evidence of their proficiency in the use of the English language:

• The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Minimum acceptable score is 107 for the internet version. [Western's TOEFL ID is 0984].
• The International English Language Testing Service (IELTS Academic). Minimum acceptable score is 8 out of 9.