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The purpose of this study was to find out the students of the Faculty of Sport Sciences, Medan State University in terms of information literacy. This research use desciptive qualitative approach. This research was conducted at the Faculty of Sport Sciences, Medan State University, having its address at Jalan Williem Iskandar, Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra Province. The sampling technique, using the proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The reason for using this technique is because the population in this study is only Unimed FIK students in semester IV of the KKNI-based curriculum which is divided into 9 classes, so that 152 people can be sampled. The total speakers in this study were 4 people consisting of 1 chairman of the PJKR study program, 1 chairman of the PKO study program, 1 chair of the IKOR study program and 1 Head of the Unimed digital library library. Results of the study 1) Overall literacy skills of the Faculty of Sports Sciences were obtained 76% in the good category. Where many indicators have become better in terms of literacy abilities of the Faculty of Sports Sciences with previous abilities. 2) The 24% obstacle in the literacy skills of the Faculty of Sports Sciences is that some students of the Faculty of Sport Sciences, Medan State University are not used to finding information sources either from books or internet media and avoid plagiarism in completing tasks. 3) The solution in this study is that a manual is needed in writing assignments, not just a thesis so as to avoid errors in the execution of the task. As well as public lectures / seminars that discuss literacy in students of the Faculty of Sport Sciences.