Digital Humanities masters courses

At the Digital Humanities institute we offer two postgraduate masters courses. MA Digital Culture and Communication and MA Cultural Data Management and Communication.

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Digital Culture and Communication MA

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time

Explore the ways in which technologies are transforming the human experience. Investigate how digital content and theories are used in culture and heritage, and how digital projects are managed. You'll also have an opportunity to acquire practical training in digital methods and learn how digital products are created.

Cultural Data Management and Communication MA

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time

Cultural data is digital data about human culture and society. In this MA you'll learn the concepts and methods for how cultural data is created, managed, analysed and communicated. You'll get a grounding in how the digital world works in practice, how to manage digital projects and an opportunity to learn about digital culture and how digital products are created.

MA Digital Culture & Communication

MA Cultural Data Management & Communication

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Gemma Dixon

The course not only provided me with the skills needed to apply for the job, but also to interview successfully.

Gemma Dixon MA Digital Culture and Communication

Gemma Dixon discusses being a student on the MA Digital Culture and Communication and how the skills she gained on the course helped her get her new job as an Assistant Account Manager.

Photograph of maia elisabeth benitez gilliam

I feel like I brought my English Literature degree into the present and now have something to offer any company I work

Maia Benitez Gilliam MA Cultural Data Management and Communication

Maia Benitez Gilliam discusses how the skills she gained during her studies with the DHI enhanced her English Literature degree and helped her secure an internship at the University of Sheffield.

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