The Digital Humanities unit is part of the department for Computational Linguistics and Digital Humanities, in turn located in the Faculty for Linguistics, Literary and Media Studies of Trier University. There are two professorships:

• the Professor for Digital Humanities (Christof Schöch) 
• the Junior Professor for Digital Lexicography (Susanne Kabatnik)

With respect to Study programs, the unit for Digital Humanities coordinates the Master of Science in Digital Humanities, situated at the intersection of the Humanities and Computer Science and Statistics. The unit is also involved in the Bachelor of Science Language, Technology and Media, where students are able to select a Digital Humanities track.

Both teams cooperate closely, regarding both teaching and research, with the Trier Center for Digital Humanities, founded in 1998. 

The Digital Humanities unit and its research and teaching are frequently the topic in the press and other media. A brief overview is available in the press review of the department. 

In Digital Humanities, texts and other objects of study relevant to cultural heritage are digitized, enriched, analyzed and made accessible in terms of their content and structure, e.g. through annotation, networking or georeferencing. New answers are developed to the question of the best possible presentation of content for different user groups depending on the respective materiality and objectivity, the fields of long-term archiving and availability are addressed and, ultimately, the effects of digitization and digitality on humanities research and teaching are reflected upon.

The focus is always on the best use and development of computational and statistical tools and methods for processing and answering questions in the humanities, while making the most of digital possibilities to promote and disseminate knowledge. The digital humanities are both applied science, insofar as concrete research questions are answered, and basic science, insofar as digitization and digital methods are theoretically reflected upon and incorporated into the further development of the subject and its research areas.

Further introductory information on digital humanities can, for instance, be found in the Wikipedia article "Digital Humanities". The basics of the subject are systematically taught in the textbooks Digital Humanities: eine Einführung (eds. Jannidis, Rehbein, Kohle, in German) or in the Companion to Digital Humanities (eds. Schreibman, Siemens, Unsworth, in English).