In 20 15, 25 universities offered master's degrees in library and information science: Zhengzhou University, Hebei University, East China Normal University, Wuhan University, Nankai University, Shandong University, Nanjing University, Shanghai University, China Renmin University, Heilongjiang University, Anhui University, Shanxi University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Liaoning University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Tianjin Normal University.

The training goal of the master's degree in library and information science is to cultivate advanced, applied and compound professionals in library and information science with good political and ideological quality and professional ethics, solid knowledge and skills in library and information science, high foreign language level and strong intercultural communication ability, who can comprehensively apply knowledge of management, economy, law and computer to solve practical problems in library and information science, so as to meet the needs of social informatization and national economic construction.