Napier University
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| Motto | Latin: Nisi sapientia frustra |
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Motto in English
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Without knowledge, everything is in vain |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1992 – granted University Status 1964 – Napier Technical College |
| Budget | £123 million (GBP, 2015/16) |
| Chancellor | David Eustace |
| Principal | Professor Andrea Nolan OBE |
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Academic staff
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802 |
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Administrative staff
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562 |
| Students | 12,585 (2015/16) |
| Undergraduates | 10,360 (2015/16) |
| Postgraduates | 2,225 (2015/16) |
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Campus | Urban |
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Million+ EUA Universities UK Universities Scotland |
| Website | www |
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THE (2016/17, national) |
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THE (2016/17, world) |
601-800 | |
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Complete (2018, national) |
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The Guardian (2017, national) |
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Times/Sunday Times (2017, national) |
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Edinburgh Napier University is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has over 19,500 students, including those on-campus in Scotland and others studying on transnational programmes abroad and online. In 2016 this included nearly 9,500 international and EU students, from more than 140 nations worldwide.
Napier Technical College was founded in 1964, taking its name from John Napier, the inventor of logarithms and the decimal point, who was born in 1550 in the medieval tower house of Merchiston Castle (the site of the University's Merchiston campus). His statue stands in the tower of Merchiston Castle today. In 1966, it was renamed Napier College of Science and Technology. In 1974, it merged with the Sighthill-based Edinburgh College of Commerce to form Napier College of Commerce and Technology, which became a Central Institution in 1985.
The college was renamed Napier Polytechnic in 1986 and in the same year acquired the former Hydropathic hospital buildings at Craiglockhart. In June 1992 the institution officially became Napier University. At a ceremony witnessed by over 700 staff and students, Lord James Douglas Hamilton and the then Principal, Professor William Turmeau, unveiled the new University sign at Merchiston. In 1994, Napier University acquired its Craighouse Campus. In 1996, the university gained a new Faculty of Health Studies through a merger between the Scottish Borders College of Nursing and Lothian College of Health Studies. In February 2009 it became Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Napier has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize twice. Its most recent win came in 2015, when it was recognised for its work in timber engineering, sustainable construction and wood science. Edinburgh Napier was previously awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2009 when the award was made for 'Innovative housing construction for environmental benefit and quality of life'. This recognised the contribution made by the University's Building Performance Centre towards improving sound insulation between attached dwellings.
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