Digital Humanities MA

About this degree

The current digital landscape is rapidly changing. We need skilled leaders with both innovative ideas and technological knowledge to shape the future of the humanities in a globally connected age. Our MA Digital Humanities programme introduces talented students to a critical understanding of the digital sphere and gives them the technical skills they need to transform their aspirations into cutting-edge careers.

Integrating technology and humanities, we teach data visualisation, statistical analysis, web scrapping, network analysis, and social media content work, empowering students with a digital toolkit to carry out ground-breaking work in the digital humanities field. This prepares students to be frontline innovators in sectors such as AI, data research and design, social media, broadcast, museums, galleries, and the public sector.

This transformative degree seeks to revolutionise how we perceive, engage with, and invent within globally connected societies, cultures, and economies. Our programme advocates for digital humanities for social change, which contributes to an ethical, equitable and environmentally sustainable digital future. UCL has a proud heritage of disruptive thinking, a reputation for game-changing research and a unique multidisciplinary approach to problem solving, which shines throughout our programme.

Digital innovation is having a profound impact on the cultural sector, and experts are increasingly needed to work at the intersection of computing, digital technologies and the humanities. The Digital Humanities MA brings together teaching and practical skills in all these areas. You’ll benefit from the world renowned credentials of our multidisciplinary team of experts at UCL, while developing skills to thrive in your future career.

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant humanities or computing discipline from a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 3

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

The MA in Digital Humanities is a unique and ground-breaking programme that gives students the skills that they and employers tell us are needed. In this truly interdisciplinary programme, our students receive an exceptional blend of practical and theoretical skills. Work experience gives our students the opportunity to put theory into practice and gain invaluable experience of the workplace in this fast-moving environment.