Merchiston Tower In the centre of Merchiston Tower, you will find Merchiston Tower. Have you ever wondered what’s inside? What’s its history? Want to peek inside? Let us take you on a brief digital walk through the Tower in the blog post. History of Merchiston Tower Merchiston Tower has stood firm for over 500 years. […]
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Our Merchiston Campus is built around the historic 16th-century birthplace and home of our very own John Napier. It’s home to three schools, The School of Computing, The School of Arts & Creative Industries and The School of Engineering & The Built Environment.
Campus guide At Napier, we have three university campuses spread across the city of Edinburgh, each of them outfitted with state-of-the-art facilities to assist you in your studies, and each of them serving as the central hub to our different academic schools, with the library catalogue of each campus being focused on that campus’s academic […]
History of Napier Ever wonder how the name Napier in Edinburgh Napier University? Ever wonder about the old tower on Merchiston Campus? Or the statue placed by the tower? Well, wonder no more. We are going to look at the History of Napier. John Napier John Napier, eighth Laird of Merchiston, was born in Merchiston […]
International Museum Day The 18th of May marks International Museum Day, an event organised by the International Council of Museums to celebrate local museums and raise public awareness of the role museums play in society. Observed since 1977, International Museum Day is celebrated in hundreds of countries and tens of thousands of museums worldwide. These […]
Campus Guides First things first: the two core things a university student (or staff member for that matter!) needs are food and hydration. Our canteens on all campuses are open for Breakfast from 8am to 11am and Lunch from 11.30am to 2.45pm, serving a changing menu every day of the week, from burritos to Bolognese, […]
Edinburgh Napier Degree Show 2025 Time of year again for our Edinburgh Napier Degree Show 2025. Our annual Degree Show has arrived, back bigger and better! Starting on the 30th of May, wrapping up on the 6th of June at Merchiston Campus, open to the public. So come along and “discover our students’ unique and […]
Capturing History: A work placement photographing the Heritage Collections. From February to May 2025, the Heritage Collections welcomed Yzella Landry, a third-year student from the BA (Hons) in Photography, for a trimester-long work placement. As part of the placement, Yzella photographed objects and books from the University’s collections and took images to help promote the […]
Publishing Archive Day Last month, together with Avril Gray of the Publishing Programme and Laura Cooijmans-Keizer, Senior Curator of University Heritage Collections, I was able to celebrate Book Week Scotland by showcasing treasures from the Edward Clark Collection, held in Merchiston Library. This unique resource illustrates the development of book printing processes and changing styles […]
Explore our Heritage Collections You can now explore our Heritage Collections in one place with the launch of our Heritage Collections Discovery page! From this page you can: Search by keyword across all our Heritage Collections items. Follow the links to each individual collection to find out what the collection is about. On each individual […]
