Overview

Over the course of the Narrative Futures - Art, Data, Society course at The University of Edinburgh, you will develop your data-literacy skills in order to better understand the stories we can tell with and about data; evaluate forms, technologies and disciplinary norms and their role in storytelling; craft more compelling and impactful stories to appeal to and include a wide range of audiences and communities; and refine your scholarly research.

Career Opportunities

Narrative skills are in greater demand than ever before, and not just in the traditional ‘cultural industries’ such as creative writing, the performance arts and visual entertainment.

Advertisers and fundraisers rely on storytelling to reach their target markets.
The tourism and heritage sectors need to know how to tell the story of local places to global audiences.
Communications, branding and design consultancies must build narratives for new products and companies.
Community groups, social enterprises, charities and arts organisations wishing to influence policy or raise funds must tell convincing stories in different ways to different demographics.
Political activists, journalists, public advocates and science popularisers, medical clinicians, video game designers and computer scientists exploring new frontiers in artificial intelligence all require insights into the processes and structures of narrative, its politics and ethics.

This programme will provide recent graduates and mid-career professionals with a good intellectual basis for professional development in a wide range of sectors, as well as for further academic study in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

how the climate crisis is connected to health

the inter-relationship of place, people and nature in urban regeneration

critical perspectives on how new technologies are changing society

data, programming and research skills that build on your core expertise

how new and rapidly changing technologies and data sources are transforming the future of democracy

what the future of education might look like

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-31 00:00:00

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Deadlines

Round 1: 14 December

Round 2: 31 May

Language

English

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100

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Visual Arts Sociology Data Science & Big Data View 279 other Masters in Visual Arts in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in any discipline.

They will also consider your application if you have other professional qualifications or experience; please contact us to check before you apply. In particular, they welcome applications from any area or sector that focuses on narrative creation or interpretation. This includes but is not limited to: the creative industries, journalism, public advocacy, communications, PR and marketing, tourism and heritage, education.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

33600 GBP / year

≈ 33600 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

18900 GBP / year

≈ 18900 GBP / year

Living costs

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

725 - 1167 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

Career Opportunities

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Edinburgh

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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