THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
From 2026/27, EFI courses are delivered as 20-credit courses rather than 10-credit courses. Continuing students may therefore see some courses listed at 20 credits that were previously offered at 10 credits. The overall requirements of the programme remain unchanged.

In Year 1, students must study 80 credits.
In Year 2, students must study 100 credits.

Across the 2 years of study, students must study the following courses:

a) 40 credits of the programme compulsory courses:

- Heritage Practice and Global Challenges
- Critical Heritage: Politics of the Past

b) 40 credits worth of EFI Skills and Methods suite courses:

c) 40 credits of optional courses. These must include:

- A minimum of 20 credits of programme specific optional courses.
- Up to 20 credits selected from the EFI Postgraduate Taught Course Portfolio.

d) 60 credits of the programme compulsory core final project courses:

- Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Cultural Heritage Futures
- Futures Project: Cultural Heritage Futures

Please aim to ensure that your credits are equally balanced across both semesters in a year. This is to ensure student workload is balanced.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Programme Optional Course Collection - Cultural Heritage Futures (Online)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
From 2026/27, EFI courses are delivered as 20-credit courses rather than 10-credit courses. Continuing students may therefore see some courses listed at 20 credits that were previously offered at 10 credits. The overall requirements of the programme remain unchanged.

Students must take a minimum of 20 credits (1 course) from this collection over their period of study.

We would recommend that course credits selected in any given academic year should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies.
AND

EFI Postgraduate Taught Optional Course Portfolio (Online)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
From 2026/27, EFI courses are delivered as 20-credit courses rather than 10-credit courses. Continuing students may therefore see some courses listed at 20 credits that were previously offered at 10 credits. The overall requirements of the programme remain unchanged.

Students may choose to take a maximum of 20 credits (1 course) from this collection.

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.

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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