Application

Application guidelines for the MA Digital Humanities

Are you interested in the Master’s program in Digital Humanities? Here you will find information about your application and the admission requirements.

The course always starts in the winter semester (application deadline 15.07).

For the Master’s program MA Digital Humanities, a completed first university degree (e.g. Bachelor) with a subject-specific or related degree is required.

  • A bachelor’s degree in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences or Digital Humanities is considered subject-specific. Applicants with a subject-specific degree and an overall grade of 2.50 or better will be admitted directly to the master’s program. Applicants with an overall grade of 2.51 to 3.75 will only be admitted after a successful interview.
  • Other Bachelor’s degrees are recognized as related fields of study, provided they include a minimum of 25 ECTS credits in computer science and 25 ECTS credits in humanities and/or social sciences. In this case, a successful selection interview and an overall grade of at least 3.75 are required.
  • Do you not fully meet the requirements, for example because you lack the computer science component? Then the Digital Humanities module courses might be a good option for you to further your qualifications!

Detailed information on admission requirements can be found in the subject-specific study and examination regulations for the MA Digital Humanities program and in the general study and examination regulations for the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Theology.

To be admitted to the Master’s program, you need proof of a Bachelor’s degree. Applications for the Master’s program in Digital Humanities are submitted via campo – the FAU application portal. Application documents must be submitted online by July 15th.

Applicants must provide proof of English language proficiency at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, unless their first qualifying university degree was completed in English. This proof may also be submitted by the beginning of the third semester.

Applicants who do not hold a German university degree or a German higher education entrance qualification must provide proof of German language proficiency at DSH-2 level.

International applicants must also apply via campo, FAU’s application portal.

Based on the information you provide, campo will generate an application for admission. This application contains an overview of the documents you are required to submit. All application documents must be submitted online by 15 July.

Foreign certificates must be submitted as certified copies and, unless they were issued in German, English, or French, accompanied by a certified translation. If your documents do not meet the formal requirements or if important supporting documents are missing, your application may unfortunately be excluded from the admission procedure. Further information is available under “Information on Certification.”

The Master’s degree programme in Digital Humanities is taught in German and English. German is the language of instruction at FAU; therefore, appropriate proof of German-language proficiency is essential for admission. Detailed information can be found on our page “German Language Requirements and Language Certificates.”

Further information for international applicants is available on the FAU website under “Application and Enrolment for International Applicants.”

Please feel free to contact the programme advisor if you have any questions.