Students
The Centre for Digital Humanities offers various forms of support for students of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. On this page, you can read more about what services our teams provide for humanities students.
We also offer training opportunities for all humanities staff and students as well as weekly Digital Humanities walk-in hours.
Student education
Utrecht University offers courses in Bachelor, Minor and Master programmes to students who want to become more proficient in digital humanities subjects. The following UU courses are related to the field of Digital Humanities (DH).
Many of the courses listed below have their entry requirements and/or required entry levels. Please verify whether you meet those requirements, and whether priority rules of enrolment apply.
Bachelors
Minors
Masters
| Course code | Course | Teaching period |
|---|---|---|
| GKRMV20005 | Kun-Digital Perspectives | 1 |
| TLRMV16106 | Tlc-Digital Methods in Linguistics | 1 |
| MCMV16045 | Mec-The Datafied Society | 2 |
| MCRMV16005 | Muz-Digital Musicology | 2 |
| MCRMV16039 | Mec-Data-Driven Research & Digital Tools | 2 |
| FRRMV16017 | Phi-Digital Ethics | 3 |
| MCRMV16007 | Muz-Digital Music Cultures | 3 |
| MCRMV16021 | Vro-Digital Humanities RMA Gender | 3 |
| TLMV16408 | Tlc-Data-analyse en datavisualisatie | 3 |
| TLRMV16108 | Tlc-Experimental Design & Data Analysis | 3 |
| TLRMV16202 | Tlc-Distant Reading | 3 |
| WBMV13005 | Phi-Logic and Computation | 3 |
| GKRMV18004 | Ges-Quantitative Methods for History | 4 |
| MCRMV16009 | Muz-Computational Musicology | 4 |
| TLRMV19109 | Tlc-Aspects of word meaning | 4 |
CoursePlanner
The CoursePlanner is a planning tool for the courses you wish to attend at Utrecht University. The BA and MA courses sometimes change, and more programmes and courses will be added over time. Therefore, check the CoursePlanner to see what the current offer is.
Library DH support
Does your thesis involve a digital component? Whether you need assistance with digitized material, conducting text mining analyses, or managing datasets, the Digital Humanities Team at the Utrecht University Library is here to offer practical support and guidance throughout the research stage of your thesis. They can provide you with valuable information and advice on various topics.
Topics
- Digital literacy skills
- (Online) Library guides & training courses (24/7)
- Working with digital text corpora
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Optical Layout Recognition (OLR), Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) & and HTR software like Transkribus
- Responsibly collecting, evaluating, and analysing digital sources and data
- Using search systems, search strategies and online source collections
- Managing bibliographic data with reference tools (Zotero)
Advice on your thesis
Your thesis contains a digital component. Whether you make use of digitized material, want to carry out text mining analyses or need to save a dataset, with our expertise we like to offer help and advice on the research stage of your thesis.
Resources
We provide an overview of digital humanities resources like training materials, reading tips, corpora, datasets and digital tools on our Resources page. Use the filter ‘For students’ and filter by theme and format to find what you are looking for.
Other questions?
Do you have a different question related to digital humanities or are you not sure whom to turn to? Contact us via the Contact page or by sending an email to cdh@uu.nl.
You are also welcome to visit our weekly Digital Humanities walk-in hour on Thursdays from 14:00 to 15:00 hours, in the Digital Humanities Workspace or online.