STUDY ABROAD napier.ac.uk CONTENT Why Edinburgh Napier University 2 Campuses 4 Craiglockhart 4 Merchiston 4 Sighthill 5 Map 6 Student Life 7 Academic Life 8 How to apply 9 Edinburgh is full of green WELCOME TO Our inspiring city is home spaces, and has the lowest EDINBURGH to 4 universities and over air pollution levels of any 3 60,000 students. 7 UK major city. A 30 minute bus ride takes you into the Pentland Hills, or to the edge Scotland’s vibrant of the North Sea. capital city is waiting to Edinburgh hosts the welcome you. Here are world’s biggest arts festival every August, so Edinburgh is a UNESCO World 10 reasons why students the culture is second to 4 Heritage site and the first from all over the world none throughout the year. UNESCO City of Literature in the world! There’s a reason 8 study in Edinburgh: Edinburgh inspired Harry Potter! Beautiful and buzzing yet Voted the best city in the UK compact and safe, Edinburgh offers the perfect for five years running (Daily 5 Edinburgh was ranked 2nd balance - enjoy unique local Telegraph Travel Awards) and best student city in the UK Scottish culture (and dialect!) 1 Best city in the world to live (QS Top Universities). 9 while also living in a safe, (Arcadis 2018). English-speaking country. The city is bursting with cafes, 1 Built on 7 hills, Edinburgh pubs, clubs and live music Fly to over 150 is a historic yet modern venues. Truly cosmopolitan, destinations from capital, featuring an iconic Edinburgh offers everything 10 Edinburgh – Europe 2 skyline, extinct volcano and 6from Saturday foodie markets to is your oyster for vacation or world-famous castle! international street food. weekend trips. • English • Entrepreneurship • Film • Financial Services • Graphic Design • Human Resource Management • Interior & Spatial Design • Journalism • Languages • Law • Marketing • Mass Communications & PR • Mechanical Materials & Manufacturing Management • Accounting • Music WHY EDINBURGH • Biology • Photography NAPIER • Building & Surveying • Popular Music • Business And Management UNIVERSITY? • Product Design • Civil Engineering • Psychology Scotland’s innovation, inclusive • Computer Security & Forensics 2 • Soc Games and professional university • Computer Systems • Social Science You can choose three classes per • Digital Media trimester, from subjects across our six • Software Engineering • Electronics, Electrical Schools, gaining 15 US credits or 30 • Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences ECTS credits. Check out some of our • Maths • Tourism main subject areas: I simply fell in love with the city, its people and the 5 QS STARS “life here in Scotland. After 95%+ of our graduates are dreaming of spending some for teaching, in work or further more time in Edinburgh, I employability and education within six internationalisation months of graduating was finally able to seize ((QS 2020) HESA 2016/17 the opportunity and even become a student in this vibrant city. Bianca, Germany ” 3,750 TOP 5 international modern UK university students for English, Sociology, on campus from more Accounting & Finance, than 103 countries Civil Engineering # 98% 2 3 in the UK student satisfaction for Drama in English Studies (NSS 2019) (NSS 2019) ONE CITY, THREE UNIQUE CAMPUSES Our three campuses are all linked by bus, and boast cutting-edge, modern facilities designed for innovative teaching and learning Craiglockhart The Business School The Craiglockhart campus blends old and new, with historic buildings linked to our iconic, silver, egg-shaped Lindsay Stewart lecture theatre. Set in beautiful grounds overlooking the city, you can access digital multimedia labs Merchiston and a 400-seat lecture theatre. Visit the Bright Red Triangle, our innovation • School of Arts & Creative Industries and enterprise hub for entrepreneurial • School of Computing students and staff. • School of Engineering & the Built Environment 4 Engineers, computer scientists Located centrally among numerous Navigating around Edinburgh is and arts students all share ideas cafes and shops, and close to easy, especially with the city’s at Merchiston. Here you’ll find a student accommodation, all Edinburgh free Transport for Edinburgh computer games lab, newsroom, film Napier students drop by Merchiston’s app – like Google Maps and photography studios, and sound- award-winning Computing Centre and personalised for your city! proofed music studios. Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association. Sighthill • School of Applied Sciences • School of Health & Social Care 5,000 students enjoy Sighthill’s cutting-edge facilities, including a state-of-the-art clinical skills suite, hospital wards, a high-dependency unit, biomechanics lab, physiology lab and human performance lab! Study in the five-storey Learning Resource Centre, or sweat it out in the [EN]GAGE sports centre. Napier is a great place to study in. Merchiston Campus “is my place of study and I find that everything I need is there. Especially for my course the lab facilities are a great place to go to work on my various projects, having all the programs that I will need! Rocío, Spain” LEITH CALTON HILL STOCKBRIDGE SCOTT MONUMENT THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY CITY CENTRE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT E T R E S T E S WAVERLEY I N C P R H T I E DYNAMIC EARTH L F O EDINBURGH CASTLE WAT E R MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND WEST END SURGEONS’ HALL GREYFRIARS BOBBY USHER HALL NEWINGTON HAYMARKET HOLYROOD PARK MURRAYFIELD STADIUM OUR ORWELL TERRACE ACCOMMODATION OUR TRAMS BAINFIELD ACCOMMODATION OUR SIGHTHILL OUR SLATEFORD ROAD CAMPUS BRUNTSFIELD 20 MINUTES’ TRAM RIDE AWAY ACCOMMODATION MARCHMONT OUR MERCHISTON CAMPUS MORNINGSIDE SLATEFORD Edinburgh’s Waverley and Bus/tram Most students Haymarket stations in the city in Edinburgh use buses centre offer access to the whole and trams to get around. W G O S With a Student Ridacard, you can hop C A of the UK and on to Europe! Regular A N A L E L P G H AT H T O T on and off unlimited public transport at W services reach the beautiful Highlands O L L O NO36 LOTHIAN BUS discounted rates. Buses and trams run F 36 to the north in just a few hours. 6 LINKS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES from the airport to the city centre, past There is an extensive our Sighthill campus. network of cycle paths to our campuses and each Edinburgh is so compact that OUR campus offers secure bicycle storage. it’s easy to get around on foot! CRAIGLOCKHART CAMPUS edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling LEITH CALTON HILL STOCKBRIDGE SCOTT MONUMENT THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY CITY CENTRE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT E T R E S T E S WAVERLEY I N C P R H T I E DYNAMIC EARTH L F O EDINBURGH CASTLE WAT E R Accommodation STUDENT LIFE The dorms (called MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Our Bainfield accommodation, where WEST END SURGEONS’ HALL our study abroad students are housed, halls here) are all single GREYFRIARS BOBBY USHER HALL NEWINGTON is centrally located, with excellent HAYMARKET [EN]GAGE “beds so you won’t need to transport links and a dedicated team HOLYROOD PARK All students can access Edinburgh MURRAYFIELD STADIUM OUR share a room or bathroom ORWELL TERRACE Napier’s state-of-the-art of support staff for help and guidance. ACCOMMODATION performance gym and sports hall at Close to restaurants, bars, shops and with someone else. cinemas, you’ll live in a self-catered OUR the Sighthill campus, plus over 50 Staying here helps safely TRAMS BAINFIELD apartment with your own bedroom ACCOMMODATION classes a week. Membership includes introduce you to the city a free six-week tailored training and en-suite bathroom and 2-9 other flatmates. Or, you might choose to be in and surrounds you with OUR SIGHTHILL OUR plan and two consultations, and our SLATEFORD ROAD CAMPUS BRUNTSFIELD a studio apartment. other students. 20 MINUTES’ TRAM RIDE AWAY ACCOMMODATION MARCHMONT recreational clubs like self defence and meditation are free. Take a virtual tour here: bit.ly/2W4OLvl Corrine, USA Edinburgh Napier Students’ ” Depending on your study abroad Association [ENSA] programme, you may choose to rent OUR Choose from a variety of sports your own private apartment. MERCHISTON CAMPUS MORNINGSIDE and societies, including American football, archery, ice hockey, rugby and whisky tasting! ENSA is based at SLATEFORD the Merchiston campus and also runs orientation socials and offers advice. napierstudents.com W International Friendship Club G O S C A A N A L E L P G The club matches new students with H AT H T O T W O L staff or students, allowing them to L O NO36 LOTHIAN BUS F 36 LINKS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES spend time together doing things that are of mutual interest or learning 7 about different cultures. The club also runs regular activities designed to create new friendships and OUR CRAIGLOCKHART experience the best of Edinburgh. CAMPUS ACADEMIC LIFE Practical learning – At Edinburgh Student Support Napier, we value real-life experience We are here to help! and hands-on learning. You’ll take Study Abroad staff – helping you Unique features of part in lectures, tutorials and group work too. Assessment consists settle in with pre-arrival information, studying in Scotland of graded coursework, projects campus orientations and events. Unique classes – Dive into your time and exams. – your abroad with a class on Scottish Society International Support Team go-to for visa-related issues. and Culture or Wine Studies! Independence – You may find assignments are fewer but more Disability and Inclusion Team Focus on your passion – students in in-depth – or that you have more Scotland study the same subject for all flexibility to decide on assignment Personal Development Tutors four years of their degree. Our study research areas. Enjoy, and always Careers Advisors abroad programme is flexible – you ask your professor for help! can focus on your major OR choose Accommodation Officers and classes from across disciplines.