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IST Graduate Programs: Interdisciplinary, Integrative, and Innovative
Graduate programs in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) were founded on a vision that values diversity of thought and expertise.
IST’s interdisciplinary and integrative approach applies the best thinking from a broad-ranging community to address the complex problems confronted by our society. Faculty members and graduate students here are engaged in multiple projects involving teams of colleagues with unique viewpoints to craft uncommon and innovative solutions.
We are committed to admitting and sustaining graduate students who represent diversity in all its aspects: intellectual, cultural, and individual. For you, as a graduate student, the result is a unique environment for learning and the development of your own research and teaching interests. To learn more, please e-mail us at gradinfo
ist.psu.edu.
—Sandeep Purao, Graduate Programs Adviser
IST’s interdisciplinary and integrative approach applies the best thinking from a broad-ranging community to address the complex problems confronted by our society. Faculty members and graduate students here are engaged in multiple projects involving teams of colleagues with unique viewpoints to craft uncommon and innovative solutions.
We are committed to admitting and sustaining graduate students who represent diversity in all its aspects: intellectual, cultural, and individual. For you, as a graduate student, the result is a unique environment for learning and the development of your own research and teaching interests. To learn more, please e-mail us at gradinfo
ist.psu.edu.—Sandeep Purao, Graduate Programs Adviser
IST Graduate Symposium
Organized and hosted by graduate students, the annual IST Graduate Symposium provides an opportunity for networking and professional development for graduate students in IST and related fields.
The Symposium exposes students to cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research from diverse programs and fosters growth of a community around the intellectual space of information, people, and technology.
2008’s event featured presentations by industry leaders from Google, IBM, and Steelcase.
The Symposium exposes students to cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research from diverse programs and fosters growth of a community around the intellectual space of information, people, and technology.
2008’s event featured presentations by industry leaders from Google, IBM, and Steelcase.
Meet Our Graduate Faculty
Researchers, teachers, mentors. You can depend on IST’s graduate faculty to fulfill all these roles well. Explore faculty research areas to see why this is true and meet our faculty to learn more about them.
Research Facilities
IST maintains a number of research facilities to assist in research endeavors across a variety of disciplines. In addition, we enjoy access to a number of additional facilities within Penn State.
