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MSc Digital Humanities at Leipzig University

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

Bilingual master's programme preparing students for the challenges of an increasingly digitalised humanities and social sciences, with new research paradigms, application tools and problem-solving techniques of the digital humanities.

Faculty: Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik  |  Department: Institut für Informatik  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time; taught in German, partly English  |  Intake: Winter semester and Summer semester  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Three focuses: deepening computer science (especially statistical learning and information visualisation), humanities subjects, and digital humanities modules.

Career pathways

Career opportunities across business and industry, especially in text-technology challenges.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree in Digital Humanities, or in another subject including at least 10 credit points of digital humanities introductory courses, at least 40 credit points in practical and/or applied computer science, and further credit points in humanities, cultural or social sciences and/or digital humanities. Open admission (no numerus clausus). Application period: 02.05. – 15.09. for winter semester; 01.12. – 15.03. for summer semester; portal: AlmaWeb.

Intake: Winter semester and Summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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