Master in Digital Studies

The Master's in Digital Studies at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) is a four-semester, English-language programme examining the interplay between digital technologies, media, culture, and politics. It draws on Science and Technology Studies, Media Studies, and Communication Studies, with additional perspectives from Cultural Studies, Law, and Economics. The programme is structured across six modules covering 120 ECTS credits. The Basic Module on Technology, Media, and Society provides conceptual and methodological foundations. The Competence Module on Digital Matters asks students to choose two from four thematic tracks: Digital Infrastructures, Technopolitics and Transformations; Digital Practices, Theories, Criticism; and Digital Platforms and Political Communication. A research seminar module focuses on practice, including colloquia and academic skills components. Compulsory electives allow specialisation through tracks in Social and Cultural Studies, Business and Economics, Law, Digital Entrepreneurship, Digital Matters, or a Viadrina certificate programme. A second compulsory elective module offers language courses, an internship of at least eight full-time weeks, or a combination. A specialisation module concludes the taught portion before the thesis. Research methods covered include qualitative, quantitative, digital, and other approaches. Case studies draw from Central and Eastern Europe as well as other world regions, with attention to exclusion, inequality, discrimination, and questions of responsibility and sustainability. The programme is based at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.