• The Master of Arts in Information and Library Studies at Aberystwyth University is a 2 years full-time program.
  • Graduates of this MA will have a CILIP accredited qualification that is recognised for admission to the Register of Chartered Librarians (subject to the Institute’s chartership regulations).
    • Undertake one of the best courses for professional practice.
    • Aberystwyth University boasts library resources amongst the best in Europe.
    • Access to Information Studies’ specialist library collection, a leading library for our discipline, at the university’s Hugh Owen Library, which houses more than 700,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 3,500 current periodicals.
    • Situated next to the university campus is the National Library of Wales, one of the UK’s five copyright libraries, which houses more than 6,000,000 volumes. 
    • Aberystwyth University is a top 50 university for research power and intensity. 
    • More of our postgraduate students entered employment at a graduate level than the national average, and our postgraduates earned more on average than postgraduates in other subject fields.