Master of Digital Humanities

The Master of Digital Humanities explores research approaches and methods at the intersection of humanities disciplines and digital technologies, addressing critical, ethical and methodological questions relating to topics including: algorithmic agency, bias, and creativity; augmented and virtual realities, data ontologies and sharing; digital archives and social justice; and online cultural heritage collections and communities. Apply now for the Semester 1, 2025 intake! Domestic applications close on 7th February 2025.

The master degree provides students with grounding in critical and theoretical frameworks, and in digital methods, tools and approaches, while offering flexibility in terms of areas of application and specialisms. Students will have opportunities to engage with researchers from across the ANU and with national cultural collections and institutions in Canberra.

This program will interest two broad cohorts of students: those who have humanities training (e.g. in literary studies, cultural studies, history, anthropology, gender studies, classics, or philosophy) and wish to learn more about emerging digital methods, cultures, theories and systems; and those who have experience with digital or computational approaches (e.g. from computer science, information studies, statistics, or the physical or environmental sciences) and wish to learn more about how to apply them, critically and ethically, to creative, cultural, political, and social questions.

Our scholarship programs are designed to support students from diverse backgrounds and abilities, and we automatically consider applicants for some of them upon application.

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Key facts

1 year full-time
Semester 1 & 2 intake

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Career options

Graduates of a Master of Digital Humanities have a wide array of employment opportunities available to them, reflecting the versatile and interdisciplinary nature of the field. Potential career paths include: public sector and policy, publishing and media, tech industry, academia and research, cultural heritage and museums, international organisations focused on heritage, education and communication technologies.

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Ting Wang , Master of Digital Humanities and Public Culture

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Tuition fees

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Scholarships

ANU offers many scholarships both to overcome disadvantage and to recognise academic merit.

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