Informatics | Graduate College | The University of Iowa

Informatics Graduate Program

Students can earn a PhD degree, as well as MS degrees in Geoinformatics, Health Informatics, and Human-Computer Interaction, and a Certificate program.

PhD Program

Flexible program that welcomes students with a broad range of research interests within informatics.

MS Program

Program is a non-research, course-based informatics program for students who wish to enhance their careers.

Certificate Program

The program provides students with the same core curriculum as the MS and PhD degrees.

News

From Campus to the World: Angelina Evans Embarks on a Fulbright-Fueled Journey in Germany

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Angelina Evans is a Spring '25 graduate of the Geoinformatics U2G (Undergraduate to Graduate) program at the University of Iowa and a 2025 Fulbright recipient headed to Germany.

Demiray, Nguyen, Norris, and Zeinali recognized

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Informatics graduate students are publicly recognized for their research, including winning prestigious awards and fellowships.

HawCHI Lab Awarded Best Paper Award & Social Impact Honorable Mention at IDC '24

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Professor Juan Pablo Hourcade and co-authors/student advisees Flannery Currin - who recently defended her doctoral thesis, Summer Schmuecker (Informatics U2G MS - Spring '24) and Delaney Norris (Informatics U2G MS) recently published “Understanding Adult Stakeholder Perspectives on the Ethics of Extended Reality Technologies with a Focus on Young Children and Children in Rural Areas”. This paper was awarded the Best Full Paper Award and Social Impact Honorable Mention at IDC '24 - the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference.

Informatics students featured in 2023 Dare to Discover campaign

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Han Bao, Bekir Demiray, and Rachel Shrode featured for their outstanding research.

Events

The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2026

Saturday, February 21 to Sunday, February 22, 2026 (all day)

University of Iowa Main Library

"The UICC is hosted by the students and for the students to promote computing as a science and a profession."

Date: Saturday, Feb 21 & Sunday, Feb. 22

Check out past conferences! [ 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025]

ACM@UIowa welcomes students, faculty, alumni/ae, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference!

We’re bringing back the past to build the future.
On Saturday, we are excited to welcome alumni speakers from:

Microsoft

Crusoe/NVIDIA

Walt...