About the Program

Computational Humanities at a glance

Interdisciplinary Approach: Combines a technical focus on computational methods (e.g., AI) with humanities. 

Bridging Media and Culture: Embraces various modalities and cultural domains, including text (literature), audio (music), video (film), and image (art). 

International Study Program: All courses in English.

Aims and Content

Interdisciplinary Focus

The program aims to combine advanced computational techniques with humanities research, teaching innovative approaches to the analysis of cultural, historical, and social data. 

Multimedia Analysis

You will learn to handle text, audio, image, and video data in computational analyses, enabling you to work with diverse media formats within humanities research. 

Skill Development

You will develop skills in programming, data analysis, and a strong understanding of how to apply digital tools to humanities disciplines such as linguistics, musicology, history, and arts. 

Critical Thinking

You will critically examine the ethical, cultural, and societal implications of using computational methods in the study of human culture.

Program Structure

Study Program: Available as a 120 ECTS Single Major or as a 45 ECTS Major with a second major in a Humanities field, such as literature studies, musicology, history, linguistic studies, art history, archeology, and many more!