The Advanced Certificate in Archives prepares students to become archivists. Archivists collect, manage, preserve, and provide access to records with enduring value, including records creating by individuals, families, and organizations, in analog and digital formats. Archives serve as memory institutions for culture and support scholarly, historical, legal, genealogical, and personal research.
January 2026
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn Campus,
200 Willoughby Avenue,
BROOKLYN,
New York,
11205, United States
This advanced certificate can be taken within the School of Informations MS in Library and Information Science. It can also be taken as a post-masters program.
Applicants to the post-masters Advanced Certificate program must:
hold a masters degree in library science, information science, or similar, from an ALA-accredited masters program;
submit the online application form, nonrefundable application fee, and official transcripts (uploaded online at application);
submit a statement of purpose (approximately two pages) online;
submit a current résumé online; and
request two letters of recommendation online from employers, professors, or others able to judge the applicants potential for graduate study.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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