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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

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

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

Notes:
You should meet with your Academic Advisor in Welcome Week to discuss and confirm your selection of optional courses.

Students must take 120 credits of Taught courses. At least 90 credits of these must be at SCQF Level 11 and at most 30 credits at SCQF Level 10.

Of these, there must be:
30 credits of Compulsory Courses;
at least 50 credits of Standard Courses;
at least 20 credits of Mathematical Courses;
up to 20 credits chosen freely from the lists below.
In addition, there is a 60-credit dissertation.

Every effort is made when setting the timetable to take into account commonly chosen options, however students should consult the timetable when making their choices: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/timetables. Note also that not all optional courses run every academic year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 90 credits in this group.

Standard courses - Level 11 Physics and Astronomy

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select between 20 and 60 credits from this category.
AND

Standard courses - Level 11 Mathematics

Select between 20 and 50 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select between 20 and 50 credits from this category.
AND

Standard courses - Plasma Physics Focus

Select between 0 and 50 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select up to 50 credits from this category.
Students on the 'Plasma Physics' theme must take all 50 credits.
AND

Optional courses - Level 11 courses from Physics and Astronomy, Informatics and Geosciences

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Optional courses - Data Analysis and Machine Learning

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Optional courses - Level 10 Mathematics

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Optional courses - Level 10 Physics and Astronomy, Geosciences

Select between 0 and 30 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules O, P and Q

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules O, P and Q

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