In order to be eligible for the Future Infrastructures, Climate Change and Sustainability (MSc) (fusion on-site), students need to obtain 180 SCQF level 11 credits.
The MSc must be completed within 3 years.
Across the 3 years of study, students must take the following:
a) 20 credits of programme compulsory core courses:
- Future Infrastructure Climate Change Challenges
- Future Infrastructure Policy, Innovation and Society
b) 40-50 credits of EFI Shared Core courses:
The EFI Shared Core courses are currently undergoing a redesign process. The four 10-credit courses running in the 2024/5 academic year will transition to two 20-credit courses from the 2025/6 academic year onwards.
Year 1 (2024/5):
- Sem 1 (10 credits): Interdisciplinary Futures
- Sem 1 (10 credits): Insights Through Data
- Sem 1 (10 credits): Understanding the Climate Crisis
- Sem 2 (10 credits): Ethical Data Futures
- Sem 2 (10 credits): Representing Data [OR] Building Near Futures
Year 2 (2025/6) and Year 3 (2026/7):
- Sem 1 (20 credits): Data / Futures 1 *
- Sem 2 (20 credits): Data / Futures 2 *
*Please note that this course is in the process of being developed. As such, some information may change in advance of its delivery in the 2025/6 academic session.
This Degree Programme Table (DPT) outlines six recommended study pathways for studying the EFI Shared Core courses over your 3-year period of study. Please see 'Group B'.
If you would like further guidance on the best course options for you based on your programme pathway, please contact the EFI Student and Academic Services team at EFISAS@ed.ac.uk.
c) 50-60 credits of optional courses. These must include:
- A minimum of 20 credits of programme specific optional courses.
- Up to 30-40 credits of EFI portfolio optional courses.
Please note that if you choose to study 2 'Shared Core' courses in Semester 1 (Understanding the Climate Crisis AND Insights Through Data), then you must select 50 credits across the 'Programme Optional Course Collection' and 'Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 Courses Collection'.
If you choose to study 1 'Shared Core' course in Semester 1 (Understanding the Climate Crisis OR Insights Through Data), then you must select 60 credits across the 'Programme Optional Course Collection' and 'Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 Courses Collection'.
d) 60 credits of programme core final project courses:
- Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Future Infrastructures, Climate Change and Sustainability
- Futures Project: Future Infrastructures, Climate Change and Sustainability
The programme compulsory core courses and the shared core courses introduce students to skills and concepts that will assist them when studying optional courses and the final project. Therefore, we encourage students to take the two programme compulsory core courses during year one.
We would reco mmend that you aim to balance your course credits across the 3 years evenly. This is to ensure student workload is balanced. However, we appreciate that this may not always be possible (or preferrable) for part-time students.
All taught courses must be taken before the MSc final project.
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