Digital Humanities at UCL
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/MSc 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 visualization, 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 social sciences.
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 and this shines throughout our programme.
Programme Information from the UCL prospectus
Academic Staff Expertise
Our expert academic staff work in industries such as media, broadcast, museums, governance, advocacy and social justice. They invite our students to critically engage with data and digital transformation to empower them with the skills to actively participate in shaping inclusive, fair, and sustainable futures. Despite the promise of the ability of technology to connect us, we are still witnessing vast digital divides, online harms, and extensive power asymmetries in people’s ability to access and create information. Through this MA/MSc students can unleash the potential of Digital Humanities to not only equip them with knowledge and technical skills but also inspire them to reimagine and become agents of better digital futures for all.
Dr. Photini Vrikki - Lecturer in Digital Methods in the Humanities
Projects from DH Students
Unveiling the V&A Chinese Export Watercolours (CEW) Collection: A Journey of Digitisation and Discovery (2022-23) This project was led by Dr Hongxing Zhang and Dr Jin Gao, and it has involved Molly Fort, a UCL PhD student and nine UCL students from the MA/MSc in Digital Humanities programme and the CIT data standard editors at the V&A. It involved cataloguing, auditing, photography, and digital asset management works of over 2,300 Chinese export watercolours acquired by the V&A in the 1870s to 1930s.