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Shape the Future of Information and Technology with a Bachelor's Degree in Informatics!
Informatics students apply human-centered values while leveraging insights from data and information technology to solve problems. Learn to extract meaning from data, design effective information experiences, and evaluate the impacts of new technologies on individuals, organizations, and society.
What Is Informatics?
The field of Informatics explores the intersection of people, information, and technology. It's the study, design, and application of computer and information technology from a user-centered perspective.
Why Study Informatics?
Information and technology systems are all around us. Informatics majors learn to use data, information, and technology to solve problems and make the world a better and fairer place. Students develop real-world skills that are in high demand across almost every industry, opening the door to career opportunities in fields like high-tech, education, government, business, and law.
- Informatics is a degree program for real-world impact.
- Learn in-demand skills for the jobs of today and the jobs of the future.
In our interdisciplinary undergraduate Informatics degree program, students learn from world-class instructors who are experts in the field, become part of an active and growing Informatics community on campus, and develop a versatile set of skills that are highly desirable across a wide range of careers.
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Informatics Program Concentrations
Admissions
Learn about admissions procedures and requirements as well as explore funding options available.
Bachelor's Degree in Informatics
Earn a bachelor of arts (BA) or bachelor of science in Informatics (BSI) and choose from six concentrations.
Informatics Minor
Complement your major with Informatics coursework exploring the intersection of people, information, and technology.
Why I Chose to Study Informatics at UT
"Since I started at UT Austin’s iSchool, I have always been passionate about the interdisciplinary approach of the program and what it offers in terms of learning and innovation. I am grateful for all the goals the iSchool helped me achieve and the opportunities it provided, from starting the program's first student organization to obtaining research fellowships with incredible professors and gaining internships that led to full-time job offers.” - Sonali Hornic, B.S. Informatics – Human Centered Data Science class of 2024