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Postgraduate degree

Digital Humanities MA

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This Digital Humanities MA combines digital theory and practice to study human culture. You’ll use critical theory, case studies, and hands-on, project-based exercises to examine digital representations of human culture in all forms, from history, languages, and music to museums, digital publishing, and more. You will learn the basic structures and syntax of several digital tools and frameworks, including the widely-used programming language Python. As well as giving you an excellent conceptual understanding of how programming works, it will also teach you how to create coding-driven projects to generate your own research and equip you with desirable, transferable skills at the intersection between critical thinking and digital practice. This Digital Humanities MA combines digital theory and practice to study human culture. It is led by Dr Barbara McGillivray, Lecturer in Digital Humanities and Cultural Computation in the Department of Digital Humanities of King’s College London.

Key benefits

  • Develop a broad understanding of the most important applications of digital methods and technologies.
  • Learn how to provide your own critical commentary on the relationship between culture and technology.
  • Master how to scope, build and critique practical experiments in digital research with an arts, humanities, social sciences, or cultural sector focus.
  • Graduate with Python programming skills that are highly desirable beyond academia.
  • Learn from a team of multidisciplinary academics with expertise in data-driven research, natural language processing, digital publishing, digital cultural heritage, coding, open software, content creation, and the Geoweb.
  • Join a Digital Humanities Department that’s the largest in the UK and a global leader in researching digital and culture.

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Employability

Graduates of this Digital Humanities master’s are well-placed to pursue various careers. Some have worked in cultural heritage industries, publishing houses, digital media/marketing companies, and other digital strategy positions in London and overseas. Other Digital Humanities MA graduates have continued their careers in the academic and research sector, with some even pursuing PhDs. 

Digital Humanities MA graduate roles include:

  • Program Manager at Amazon
  • Consultant at Salesforce + Vlocity

Program Manager at Amazon

“Based on the solid skill set I acquired, I became much more confident in applying for jobs in the tech sector. The programme also sparked lots of interest in me for working on AI, so I was fortunate to start at Amazon Alexa.”

Salesforce Consultant

“Completing the MA gave me the opportunity to learn digital skills that I previously lacked. It expanded my knowledge of the effects of living in a digital era and my understanding of how to leverage digitisation in business, research, and everyday life. It didn’t teach me everything, but it laid the foundations for me to enter a job in tech. With this knowledge, combined with the skill of programming, I was able to enter the job market with skills that I didn’t have before and ended up becoming a consultant for a SaaS company.”

Find out more about what careers our alumni have gone on to. 

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Employability

Graduates of this Digital Humanities master’s are well-placed to pursue various careers. Some have worked in cultural heritage industries, publishing houses, digital media/marketing companies, and other digital strategy positions in London and overseas. Other Digital Humanities MA graduates have continued their careers in the academic and research sector, with some even pursuing PhDs. 

Digital Humanities MA graduate roles include:

  • Program Manager at Amazon
  • Consultant at Salesforce + Vlocity

Program Manager at Amazon

“Based on the solid skill set I acquired, I became much more confident in applying for jobs in the tech sector. The programme also sparked lots of interest in me for working on AI, so I was fortunate to start at Amazon Alexa.”

Salesforce Consultant

“Completing the MA gave me the opportunity to learn digital skills that I previously lacked. It expanded my knowledge of the effects of living in a digital era and my understanding of how to leverage digitisation in business, research, and everyday life. It didn’t teach me everything, but it laid the foundations for me to enter a job in tech. With this knowledge, combined with the skill of programming, I was able to enter the job market with skills that I didn’t have before and ended up becoming a consultant for a SaaS company.”

Find out more about what careers our alumni have gone on to. 

Application closing date guidance

We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.

King's College London is committed to the recruitment of students with the greatest academic ability and to maintain a diverse student population. In order to ensure a balanced international student population for our most competitive programmes, we have implemented the following deadlines:

For applicants who are currently residing in mainland China, the first application deadline is 10 January 2025 (23:59 UK time).

  • We highly encourage you to apply by this deadline due to high demand, but applications will continue to be reviewed thereafter until the final application deadline on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time).
  • If you reside in mainland China and apply for this programme after the above final deadline, your application may be automatically withdrawn and you will not be eligible for an application fee refund.

For all other applicants, our first application deadline is on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time). The final application deadlines for this programme are:

  • Overseas (international) fee status: 25 July 2025 (23:59 UK time)
  • Home fee status: 25 August 2025 (23:59 UK time)

After the first application deadline in March:

  • if the programme is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above
  • if the programme becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications

Please note, you will not be eligible for an application fee refund if you apply after the first application deadline, and we are unable to process further offers because places are filled and we close the course before the final application deadline.

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