On 22 June 2026, Professor Abigail Williams, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King’s, and Professor Xiaoguang Wang, Dean of the School of Information Management of Wuhan University, formally signed a 4+1 Progression Agreement in Digital Humanities.
The agreement creates a pathway for students from Wuhan University's BA in Digital Culture to apply for the MA Digital Humanities at King's upon completion of their undergraduate degree.
King's College London is one of the world's leading institutions in Digital Humanities and a pioneer in the field for over twenty-five years. Its MA programme in Digital Humanities is one of the longest-running programmes of its kind in the world.
Wuhan University is one of China's leading universities and established the first Digital Humanities research centre in mainland China in 2011. The agreement builds on an existing and growing relationship between King's and Wuhan in Digital Humanities research and education.
The agreement is designed to strengthen academic links, improve awareness of King's postgraduate opportunities among Wuhan students, and support the recruitment of highly qualified applicants to the MA Digital Humanities.
The agreement will benefit both King's and Wuhan students by strengthening King's international partnerships with a leading Digital Humanities institution, increasing opportunities for intercultural exchange and collaboration between students in the UK and China. The agreement is also expected to provide a platform for broader collaboration in teaching and research between the two institutions.
The signing of the agreement coincided with a joint King's–Wuhan–UCL book launch and symposium for the Routledge volume AI and Smart Data for Cultural Heritage: Global Achievements and China's Innovations (2026). The event, which was aligned with the Digital Conference 2026, brought together academics, students, and institutional leaders to discuss international developments in AI, cultural heritage, and Digital Humanities research.
