UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

Former names	Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (1994–2020)[1] Department of Education: California State Normal School in Los Angeles (1881–1914), Los Angeles State Normal School (1914–1919), Teachers College (1919–1939), School of Education (1939–1994) Department of Information Studies: School of Library Service (1958–1973), School of Library and Information Science (1973–1994)
Type	Public
Established	1881 as the California State Normal School in Los Angeles 1919 incorporated into the University of California
Parent institution	University of California, Los Angeles
Endowment	US$4.7 million [2] (parent endowment = US$2.81 billion) [3]
Dean	Christina A. Christie
Academic staff	~100
Students	~1,000[4]
Location	Los Angeles , California , United States 34°04′21″N 118°26′21″W / 34.07259°N 118.43928°W / 34.07259; -118.43928
Campus	Urban
Nickname	UCLA Ed & IS
Website	www.seis.ucla.edu

The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies (UCLA Ed & IS)^[5] is one of the academic and professional schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. Located in Los Angeles, California, the school combines two departments.^[6] Established in 1881, the school is the oldest unit at UCLA, having been founded as a normal school prior to the establishment of the university. It was incorporated into the University of California in 1919.

The school offers doctoral and master's degrees, including the MA, MEd, MLIS, EdD, and PhD, as well as professional certificates and credentials in education and information studies. It also hosts visiting scholars and a number of research centers, institutes, and programs. Ed&IS recently initiated an undergraduate major in Education & Social Transformation in addition to the minor that it has offered in Education Studies.^[7]

Both of its departments have consistently ranked highly among graduate schools of education and Master's of Library and Information Science by U.S. News & World Report in every year in which the magazine has published such rankings. U.S. News & World Report does not rank doctoral programs in information studies, but the information studies faculty consistently ranks among the most productive and highly cited faculty in its field, according to a standard quadrennial peer-reviewed study by professors within that field.^[8] Ed&IS faculty are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,^[9] Institute of Medicine,^[9] American Association for the Advancement of Science,^[9] and the National Academy of Education.^[9]

Admission to Ed&IS is selective, particularly admission to the departments' doctoral programs; between 60 and 70% of those admitted enroll.^[10][11] Roughly 150 doctoral students in education and 8 doctoral students in information studies are admitted to the school each year.^[12][13] Each class in the two-year MLIS and MA programs in information studies has approximately 80 students,^[14] while each class in the one-year MEd and MA programs in education has approximately 250 students.^[13]

Since 1994, the name of the school has been the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS). In 2020, it was changed to UCLA School of Education and Information Studies (Ed & IS) to reflect its provision of undergraduate courses as well as post-graduate.