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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: Design Informatics (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCDESIN1F)

Jump to: Year 1

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

Notes:
Before making your course choices make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Case Studies in Design Informatics 1
INFR11094 20 credits
Design with Data
DESI11025 20 credits
Masters Dissertation (Design Informatics)

Must be passed at 50%

INFR11097 60 credits
Histories and Futures of Technology
DESI11073 20 credits
Data Science for Design
DESI11100 20 credits
Informatics Project Proposal 20
INFR11291 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Informatics MSc DI Level 11 Courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are other relevant level 11 Informatics courses open to postgraduate students. Please check that your background is suited to the course before registering.
Machine Learning Practical
INFR11132 20 credits
Text Technologies for Data Science
INFR11145 20 credits
Principles and Design of IoT Systems
INFR11150 20 credits
Human-Computer Interaction
INFR11299 20 credits
AND

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
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