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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

Draft Edition - Due to be published Thursday 9th April 2026

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.
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Degree Programme Table: Future Infrastructure, Climate Change and Sustainability (MSc) (Fusion On-site) (Full-time) (PTMSCFCCOS1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Ethical Data Futures (fusion on-site)

Must be taken during Semester 2

EFIE11027 10 credits
Future Infrastructure Climate Change Challenges (fusion on-site)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11387 20 credits
Future Infrastructure Policy, Innovation and Society (fusion on-site)

Must be taken during Semester 2

EFIE11390 20 credits
Futures Methods (fusion on-site)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11410 10 credits
Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Future Infrastructure, Climate Change and Sustainability (fusion on-site)

Must be taken during Full Year

EFIE11359 20 credits
Futures Project: Future Infrastructure, Climate Change and Sustainability (fusion on-site)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

EFIE11363 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion on-site) - Semester 1 - Sustainability Themed Programmes

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Text Remix (fusion on-site)
EFIE11004 10 credits
Insights Through Data (fusion on-site)
EFIE11025 10 credits
Understanding the Climate Crisis (fusion on-site)
EFIE11145 10 credits
AND

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion on-site) - Semester 2

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Representing Data (fusion on-site)
EFIE11002 10 credits
Building Near Futures (fusion on-site)
EFIE11029 10 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Future Infrastructure, Climate Change and Sustainability (fusion on-site) - Programme Optional Course Collection

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
EFI Postgraduate Taught students must take a minimum of 20 credits (2 courses) from this collection.

Any course may only be taken once.

We would recommend that course credits should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies.
Circular Economy in the Built Environment (fusion on-site)
EFIE11153 10 credits
Future Food Systems (fusion on-site)
EFIE11296 10 credits
Net Zero Infrastructures (fusion on-site)
EFIE11343 10 credits
Transport and Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11345 10 credits
Energy and Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11349 10 credits
Urban Project: An Introduction (fusion on-site)
EFIE11351 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses
Notes:
Please note that EFI Postgraduate Taught students may only select from courses worth 10-credits within this collection.

Students enrolled on the owning programme of any course will be given priority. Therefore, we cannot always guarantee that you will be successful in gaining a space if student demand is high.

Students who are studying in the UK by means of a Student Visa must study all courses in-person and on-site.
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