Edinburgh Napier University

Napier has an inclusive induction week for freshers with campus tours and classes making it easy to get to know your university building. The freshers programme is usually good with a variety of activities and events happening. There are a range of sports clubs and societies which are a great way to meet people and you can set up your own too if there’s something you’d like to see. All the lecturers at the university are very friendly and the courses are taught in a very practical way leaving you with not just knowledge but understanding of your course subject when your graduating. If a year abroad is something that interests you then Napier has a big range of possible destinations and provide you with lots of help with the process.

Good course with lovely staff. The university could be more organised and efficient in many ways. Love being on placement so much and so quickly into the 1st year (Mental Health Nursing)

A great poly to get into offering a wide range of courses across 3 different campuses in and around Edinburgh with first year halls being in the city centre. Fantastic place to spend 4 years at university with many courses offering work placements or study abroad for a year giving students valuable industry experience. Was offered a place through clearing in 2017 to study joint honours English and Film where lecturers have been attentive and offer great feedback on essays. Napier ranks highly for studies in modern English however all ages of literature are studied with many option modules to choose from.The film side of my degree is fantastic as the university works alongside screen academy Scotland and has its own building situated around the corner from the Merchiston campus. This year I have been taught by a number of industry professionals which has given me valuable knowledge into this particular field of work. Napier courses blend academia with vocational work/study to give relevant experience employers look for. Aside from studies the university runs a number of societies however there is definitely room for plenty more! Students are also emailed details of events or workshops that take place on campuses or around the city to further provide us with with more valuable opportunities to help secure jobs after graduation. Napier is about getting students into work and teaching them the skill sets they need for their chosen field. All in all a humble university doing its best to provide valuable education for its students. Being based in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe is just an added bonus.

My course (classical music) is incredible! So many opportunities to perform and generally become a well rounded musician

New and modern buildings at the university and the halls. Library is great and have really great facilities for studying. Good etc is good price. Loads of sitting areas. Clinical skills centre is great to improve learning.

The university campus is clean and very well equipped. It has a brilliant team of staff in the SEBE campus and especially the lecturers for mechanical and electrical. Some lecturers were not as good, however, we’re dismissed in my time there. However I did have said lecturer for the duration of my module and then had an exam with less knowledge than acceptablefor said exam. I am an avid gym user , but the gym for Napier is out in Sighthill (away from most students, except sighthill campus users) so I cannot comment on its facilities, except being inaccessible easily to many students.

The course I do is software engineering. So far it has been very could with related modules and very helpful lecturers. It has great facilities for my course ranging from dedicated computer labs or a large building of high end computers for group work

I just love the campus and the faculty is too good . Moreover I am getting new experiences and exploring novel things that's really fantastic and amazing. Sometimes I feel that I am so lucky to be the part of this university and wanted to make my parents and my university proud in research field. Hope my dreams come true with God's grace and with my parents support. The alumni of the university is really very cooperative and providing different classes to review the problems occurring in our life whether it is academic or personal .

Campus facilities are all really modern and nice. Staff are helpful and the online portal is really easy to use. It’s good that there’s a 24 hour computer lab that’s really central as well as the 3 campuses. Courses can be a bit disorganised, especially nursing. Sometimes marking criteria and assessment criteria aren’t super clear but you are generally supported quite well through your degree.

Campus location is good. Some teachers a ran hir and miss. Old is awful. Needs ore funding to successfully educate students to a good standard

The campus is really nice, very friendly staff on the campus and a lot of facilities there. The food they make there is pretty nice and there is always a good range so it is suitable for vegetarians as well as people that have come from other countries! The careers service is very helpful with CVs and other such things like giving presentations on how to find jobs and summer placements. The course that I am studying is informative and very hands on.

The three campuses are all great with all lecture theatres/tutorial rooms very modern and well equipped. Library is open for long hours with plenty of spaces to work (Merchiston is even open 24 hours) and this is great if you're the kind of person that is most productive at night or need to fit your studying around other aspects of life!

Everything is amazing student union in other hand can do with some working. Location and area of university and campus us is great facilities provided and course choices is amazing too ex change and jkcc is the best thing on earth

Great facilities and look after students to ensure they achieve their best. Large enough lecture rooms and staff are easy to contact if needed.

Student life here very friendly and inviting, very colourful and enjoyable environment and nicely priced coffees and utilities

Merchiston campus is really nice. We have a building that's really old and has a history. We have a Starbucks over our cafeteria. The library is a relaxing place with space for group work. The JKCC (Jack Kilby Computing Centre) must be my favourite place in the campus. It's open 24/7 and has a large amount of computers and group areas. Finding where to go however, is slightly annoying until you get used to it. I've gotten lost several times. But you get used to it quickly. Every room at Merchiston is newly renovated or being renovated. It's really fancy and the chairs are decent. The school of computing offers a nice range of courses. The first year, most students have the same lectures. It's nice in a way so that you get to meet more people. There's a couple of the lecturers that are really hard to understand in the first semester. If you ever need any help in the school of computing there's no problem asking your lecturers/professors for help. Everyone are on first name basis, and they want you to succeed. The student union, ENSA, arranges a wide range of events. You don't really see much of them though. There's a gym at a campus I don't go to at all so I cannot rate that. At Napier there has been a lot of events for careers. There's also people you can talk to. In the beginning of the first semester, there was an event which led to several students getting part time jobs. There's often events for getting contacts in your career choice as well. Napier has a nice support system for international students from before they even get there. I was in touch with a few people before I even got there who helped me out A LOT! Any question I had, they answered. Still, if I have any questions or problems I can always email the international officer for my country, or the student ambassador for my country by phone or email.

The university life at Napier has been beyond what I would have imagined. The access to facilities is incredibly easy and the staff are always helpful.

Really enjoyed my time at Napier university the facilities where kept up to date year on year they where constantly spending the budget given to keep up with the bigger universities only issue was the merchiston campus is really bad for parking but apart from that great uni and I’d recommend all my friends to go there

Campus was fantastic as the JKCC had plenty of computers. All lecturers were really friendly and my programme leader is also a pleasure to work with.

Lovely campus at merchiston. The JKCC is a spectacular workspace and the university is overall organised and well thought out. Only issue being navigating the building as it’s layout isn’t 10/10. Lovely lecturers and most helpful.

Everything is really good. The campus is modern, the staff is nice and the lecturers are giving back marks and feedbacks quite fast. However, the only 24h library which is at merchiston campus is of poor quality, always noisy and really small with a limited amount of computers.

Good amount of courses to choose from, unfortunately on the courses with the larger amount of students you feel a bit disconnected from the lecturers and other teaching staff.