Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh Napier University is a public university in Edinburgh, . Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university, was founded in Edinburgh Napier 1964, taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher University John Napier. The technical college was inaugurated as a University in 1992 by Lord Douglas-Hamilton, becoming Napier University. In 2009 the University was renamed Edinburgh Napier University. Former names The university is based around its three main Edinburgh campuses: Merchiston, Napier Craiglockhart and Sighthill. It has over 19,500 students, including those on- Technical campus in Scotland and others studying on transnational programmes abroad and College online. In 2018 this included nearly 9,500 international and EU students, from Napier College more than 140 nations worldwide. of Science and

Technology History Napier

Polytechnic Napier Technical College was founded in 1964, taking its name from John Napier Napier, who was born in 1550 in the medieval tower house of Merchiston Castle University (the site of the University's Merchiston campus). His statue stands in the tower of Merchiston Castle today. An opening ceremony was held on 23 February 1965.In Motto Latin: Nisi 1966, it was renamed Napier College of Science and Technology. In 1974, it sapientia frustra merged with the Sighthill-based Edinburgh College of Commerce to form Napier College of Commerce and Technology, which became a Central Institution in Motto Without 1985. in English knowledge, everything is in Campuses vain Type Public The university is based around its three main campuses at Merchiston, Established 1992 – granted Craiglockhart and Sighthill. University

status Sighthill Campus 1964 – Napier Technical The Sighthill Campus opened to students in the School of Health & Social Care College and School of Applied Sciences in January 2011. The campus includes a five- Budget £123 million storey learning resource centre, 25 specialised teaching rooms including clinical (GBP, 2015/16) skills laboratories, three IT-enabled lecture theatres and seminar rooms, a clinical skills suite and integrated sports facilities. The campus has been certified as BREEAM Excellent for best practice in sustainable design. Chancellor David Eustace

Principal Andrea Nolan The Sighthill campus is also home to a new sports facility which includes a biomechanics laboratory and an environmental chamber which can recreate high Academic staff 802 altitude conditions with controllable temperature and humidity levels to simulate Administrative 562 varying climatic conditions. In 2016, the gym facilities at Sighthill became home staff to the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Edinburgh. Students 13,595 (2018/19

Undergraduates 10,395 (2018/19

Postgraduates 3,200

Academic profile (2018/19) Edinburgh Napier offers subjects including engineering, computing, nursing Location Edinburgh, and midwifery, science, business courses, timber engineering and transport Scotland, studies. It offers a range of creative courses, including film, graphic design, music, acting, publishing and product design. Campus Urban Edinburgh Napier University is an internationally award-winning institution that has been twice recognised by the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Colours Further Education for its work in timber engineering, sustainable construction Affiliations Million+ and wood science. They have also been acknowledged as the 'Top Scottish EUA Modern University for Marketing' by the Complete University Guide 2016 and Universities UK are rated "Excellent" with 3 Palmes from Eduniversal, who rank 1,000 business Universities schools in 154 countries. It is also rated five stars for teaching, internationalisation Scotland and employability by the QS Stars international university rankings. Edinburgh Napier's Business School has achieved Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Website www.napier.ac certification. The Business School runs programmes in conjunction with its many .uk (http://www. overseas partners including, most recently, the Master of Science in International napier.ac.uk) Hospitality and Tourism Management, with HTMi, the Hotel and Tourism Management Institute Switzerland.

Screen Academy Scotland is one of only two dual-status Skillset Film & Media Academies in the UK.and is a collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art (eca). Patrons of the Academy include Sir Sean Connery, Dame Judi Dench and Brian Cox, with Tilda Swinton an ambassador.

Rankings

Rankings Edinburgh Napier ranked as high as the 601-800th university and now ranks 801-1000.It is also rated five stars for teaching, internationalisation and employability by the QS Stars international university rankings. In the Guardian National rankings University Guide 2017, the University was ranked top in the UK for adding Complete (2021) 86 value to students. This score is calculated by tracking students from enrolment to graduation and compares their final degree award with their qualifications Guardian (2021) 62 upon entry. Times / Sunday Times 93= (2021) Research and knowledge transfer Global rankings QS (2021) 801- Edinburgh Napier has seven Institutes of Research and Innovation: 1000

Institute for Science & Health Innovation THE (2021) 801- Institute for Creative Industries 1000 Institute for Informatics & Digital Innovation Institute for Product Design & Manufacture Institute for Sustainable Construction Forest Products Research Institute

Notable people Arts Shehzad Afzal, film director and screenwriter Kaberi Gain, Bengali author and social activist David Hamilton, tenor El Mafrex, singer-songwriter

Media

Alan Fisher, journalist, senior correspondent at Al Jazeera English Amanda Hamilton, broadcaster Carol Kirkwood, BBC weather forecaster Craig McGill, writer, media analyst and PR consultant Neil McIntosh, journalist with the Wall Street Journal Catriona Shearer, BBC Reporting Scotland presenter Gordon Smart, journalist and show business editor at The Sun Jim White, sports news presenter for Sky Sports News and Talk Sport radio

Politics

John Andrew Barrett, former Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Jayne Baxter, Labour party politician Jim Dobbin, English Labour MP Tom Harris, former Scottish Labour MP Graeme Morrice, former Labour Party MP Danielle Rowley, Scottish Labour MP Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland and Scottish National Party MP Tavish Scott, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP