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 innovative approaches as our school of Arts and Creative Industries presents a week-long celebration of undergraduate and postgraduate work, in this colourful show of originality and technique”

Degree Show 2025 Exhibition

Eli Johnson of the degree show details, “As Above, So Below’ explores the mysterious and grotesque humour presented within the Prestongrange Ceiling mural, currently housed in Merchiston Tower. The exhibit features modernised interpretations of some of the characters depicted on the ceiling and employs them in a variety of contexts that reimagine how these characters could exist in a modern pop culture. Sections of the Ceiling that haven’t been available to the public before have been digitally archived and reassembled so that the mural can be viewed for the first time since its initial reconstruction. Visitors can look forward to interactive projections, animated displays, and merchandise and models inspired by the creatures on the ceiling.

The 2024/25 (MA) Heritage and Exhibition Design & Design for Interactive Experience cohort invite you to visit our exhibition at the 2025 Napier Degree Show from May 30th – June 6th at the Merchiston Campus. A companion exhibition will be held in the GlassBox on the first floor of the West Wing for those requiring additional mobility access. We look forward to introducing you to our merry band of mischievous characters!”

The Merchiston Tower has stood for 500 years and is home to one of Scotland’s last Renaissance ceilings. Read more about the tower here 

If you want to read about previous degree shows, have a look at napierdegreeshow.co.uk