EFI House is your “home away from home”— an exclusive initiative created to foster lifelong connections, collaboration, and community for all Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) students and alumni, and to connect you with the wider research and innovation ecosystem.
The space
Located in a unique room within the building, the EFI House social space is a welcoming environment exclusively designed for you. In addition to the facilities available throughout the Futures Institute building, this dedicated drop-in space is yours to use for informal conversations, collaboration, and networking. Open to all EFI students and alumni weekdays during opening hours – no need to book, just drop-in anytime.
Upcoming events and seminars
We host an annual programme of exclusive free events and seminars just for students and alumni. These activities are designed to strengthen ties across cohorts, disciplines, and the wider research and innovation ecosystem to support you on your professional journey.
“With EFI House, we want to create a global EFI community and network that stretches well beyond your time as a student at EFI. We want to provide both a physical space in the beautiful EFI building for you to continue to connect socially with each other, and a series of opportunities to keep learning together in exclusive seminars on topics that interest and excite you.”
Neneh Rowa-Dewar, Director of Students
Get involved and get in touch
Get involved in planning our future seminars and events, and contribute to building a thriving, lifelong EFI network.
We’re looking for current EFI students and alumni to join our team to inform the design and planning of two upcoming events in Spring 2027. Get involved, contribute your ideas and suggestions and make new connections.
Get in touch with the EFI House team to express your interest or share your thoughts – all ideas, suggestions and feedback welcome!
