About The Business School
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Napier University was named in honor of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms and the decimal point, who was born in 1550 in the medieval tower house of Merchiston Castle. In the 1950's Merchiston Tower was saved from demolition with funding from the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and Edinburgh Corporation began restoring the tower which was to be the focal point for a new college which was expanded to become what is today Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier is a forward thinking and dynamic University located in the beautiful and cosmopolitan capital city of Edinburgh in Scotland.
The University has today about 15'000 students from over 70 countries and is considered to be one of the more popular Universities in Scotland. It has four Faculties. The faculties, consisting of a number of innovative and award-winning schools in distinct, but related, disciplines, are:
- The Business School (Edinburgh Napier University Business School)
- Arts & Social Science
- Engineering & ComputingHealth & Life Sciences
The University is sited in the following campuses in central parts of Edinburgh:
Craiglockhart: recently reopened after extensive refurbishment resulting in a stunning building and state-of-the-art facilities including two lecture theatres, cyber cafe, language labs and computing facilities. Home to the Business School and School of Law.
Merchiston: home to the award winning 500-seater Jack Kilby Computing Centre, open 24 hours a day.
Craighouse: composed of magnificent Grade A-listed buildings with panoramic views over the city. Edinburgh Napier University has further campuses in Edinburgh itself and outside the city in Livingston and Melrose.
Edinburgh Napier University is a modern and vibrant enterprise dedicated to supplying educational services which are relevant to the needs of today's students and employers. By offering creatively designed courses, flexible study methods and accessible routes to higher education the University equips its graduates for success in a competitive job market. Particular features are:
- The students can choose from a portfolio of at least 300 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- Courses are relevant and accessible to meet individual aspirations and can be studied in a number of flexible ways - full-time, part-time, distance learning and via the Internet.
- The University is committed to providing lifelong learning opportunities through its Summer School, short courses and personal interest programmes.
- In 2002 Edinburgh Napier University achieved top grades in Accounting, Computing and Law in the Quality Assessment Agency's new Subject Reviews, outperforming all other new Scottish Universities as well as a number of traditional ones.
- Edinburgh Napier is the only Scottish University to offer credit towards a degree for work experience gained from part-time jobs or volunteering activity.
- Edinburgh Napier has over 30 research teams operating across the University with a reputation for working closely with industry and business e.g.
- Commercially, Edinburgh Napier University has developed a number of successful spinout companies attracting substantial funding. Edinburgh Napier is also Scotland’s leading University in Knowledge Transfer Partnerships helping companies to access knowledge and skills from Higher Education institutions.
The student body is diverse and cosmopolitan, and is made up of about 75% UK students and 25% foreign students from all over the world. As well as encouraging international students to study in Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University has students studying on a number of Edinburgh Napier programmes abroad (Hong Kong, mainland China, Malaysia and other). About 30% of the students study at Edinburgh Napier University on a part-time basis. The University also has a growing community of students who are in full-time employment and update their professional and technical skills by attending one or more of a wide variety of courses on offer at the University which provide opportunities for continuous professional development.
For more information see www.napier.ac.uk
The Napier University Business School
Napier University Business School is a great place to study. With more than 80 Bachelor and Masters degrees on offer, and the newest and most modern building in Scotland, it is well placed to welcome students from the local area, and also from over 70 countries around the world.
With around 4,000 students, Napier has one of the biggest Business Schools in Scotland. The School offers a wide range of internationally recognised programmes leading to awards of Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees including BA, MSc, MBA, MPhil and PhD. All courses are designed to provide students with the expertise they need to get for a good job – or to continue their education further, if they wish.
The Business School has long developed and maintained excellent relationships with international governments, business and commerce. Another key area of success for the Business School has been its relationship with professional bodies. The school has CIMA Centre of Excellence status and most recently the accountancy degree has been accredited by the Hong Kong Accounting Association - a UK University first.
The Business School has an increasing number of distance learning overseas students and successfully offers two Masters programmes as well as a number of Undergraduate programmes in Hong Kong.
Research in the Business School has an applied focus which is of both national and international relevance. All areas of the Business School are engaged in this research, which pivots around the Employment Research Institute. Much of this research is in conjunction with leading companies and there is regular publication in leading academic journals and presentation at international conferences.
The School offers its Bachelor and Master degree courses on a full-time, part-time and flexible-learning basis, and it has a lively PhD programme, too.
Napier University has recently invested £30 million into the redevelopment of the Craiglockhart Campus which is now home to our Business School. The School is a modern, vibrant, stimulating 21st Century teaching facility and with over 4,000 students it is the largest in Scotland.
The Business School has a long history of links with Universities in Europe, primarily under the banner of the Socrates Student exchange. Almost 10% of Business School students come from other European countries, and we have signed agreements to cooperate with a number of Universities in France and Germany.
