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Postgraduate opportunities in Life Sciences and Health
Choosing the right University has never been more important. You want to be sure that it will equip you with the skills to get a good job quickly upon graduation. You want to make sure your investment and hard work pays off.
At Edinburgh Napier University, 93.7% of our graduates are in employment or further study within six months of leaving.
Our formula for success is simple but effective. Our courses are informed by exciting developments in industry, so we have developed close links with companies and organisations relevant to our subject areas such as large drug design companies.
This means that you will learn both theory and practice so that upon graduating you can literally hit the ground running with your career.
Not only do our courses give you those real life work skills, but we also offer work placements plus workshops in entrepreneurship and the softer skills sought by employers such as networking and good communication.
Be Taught By Experts
Our enthusiastic and skilled teaching staff within the Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences deliver courses leading to awards in nursing and midwifery; biological, biomedical and environmental sciences; sport and exercise science; social sciences including psychology, criminology, sport and exercise science, toxicology, drug design, pharmaceutical science, animal biology and environmental science, as well as unique programmes such as ecotourism and forensic biology.
We have a strong research profile, as demonstrated in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008, which assessed the quality of our research in both our Nursing and Midwifery and Biomedicine and Sports Science research groups as world leading.
State Of The Art Facilities
Our new Sighthill Campus opened in January 2011 and is home to the Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences. This modern, purpose-built, sustainable building houses premier teaching and learning facilities, as well as a brand new sports centre. Inside you will find:
- Innovative crime scene and forensics laboratories
- Nine modern clinical skills laboratories which simulate real life hospital environments
- Biomechanics laboratories and an environmental chamber for Sports and Exercise Science students
Edinburgh: A Cosmopolitan City
Edinburgh is Scotland’s vibrant and inspiring capital. It truly deserves its reputation as one of the most beautiful locations in the world and frequently tops the list of European cities where people would most like to live. Voted one of the most student-friendly cities in the United Kingdom, its four universities attract around 100,000 students, giving the city its own unique buzz. At Edinburgh Napier University, there are 17,600 students from 115 countries, of which 28% are from outside the UK and European Union.
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