This thesis will portray the different types of students at the programs of library studies in Lund and Umeå. The study is based upon quantitative information gathered from a survey, which was distributed to first-year students in Lund and Umeå. The survey was followed by qualitative interviews with four students, and with the director of studies from each school. The study shows that the programs, as we11 as the students, are very similar, although there are some minor differences. It seemed that the students at Umeå were more interested in culture than those at Lund. A certain connection between the aim at information and the ownership of a computer could be detected. The sex of the students played a major part in their choice of education. The attractors and facilitators, used by Lortie in his study, could also be applied to the students at the program of library studies in our thesis.