Essential Edinburgh Competitors

Edinburgh Napier University is proud to be the #1 modern university in Scotland (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025) and the leading university in Edinburgh for student satisfaction for five years in a row (National Student Survey 2020–2024). We are also recognised as the top Scottish modern university for research power and impact (Research Excellence Framework 2021). We pride ourselves on being the home of difference makers—an enterprising and innovative community, renowned internationally, with an unrivalled student learning experience. With more than 250 undergraduate and postgraduate courses and nearly 20,000 students from over 145 countries studying on campus in Edinburgh, online and at partner universities worldwide, we deliver meaningful, difference-making education and research for a rapidly changing world.

Based in Scotland's capital city, we provide a range of public services to over 498,800 citizens.

The Scotsman has played a vital part in forming and reporting national opinion for nearly 200 years. Having first published in 1817, The Scotsman is firmly established as a quality daily Scottish newspaper, with a reputation for original thinking and thought-provoking writing. The title continues to provide the Scottish market with quality reporting that attains loyalty and respect. Follow us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/scotsmandotcom Join us on Facebook - http://facebook.com/scotsmanonline