Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Napier University (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Napier Dhùn Èideann) is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university, was founded in 1964, taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher 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.
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| Motto | Latin: Nisi sapientia frustra |
Motto in English | Without knowledge, everything is in vain |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College |
| Budget | £123 million (2015/16) |
| Chancellor | Will Whitehorn |
| Principal | Andrea Nolan |
Academic staff | 802 |
Administrative staff | 562 |
| Students | 13,930 (2019/20) |
| Undergraduates | 10,260 (2019/20) |
| Postgraduates | 3,675 (2019/20) |
| Location | , Scotland, UK |
| Campus | Urban |
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| Affiliations | Million+ EUA Universities UK Universities Scotland |
| Website | napier |
The university is based around its three main Edinburgh campuses: Merchiston, Craiglockhart and Sighthill. It has over 19,500 students, including those on-campus in Scotland and others studying on transnational programmes abroad and online. In 2018 this included nearly 9,500 international and EU students, from more than 140 nations worldwide.