Postgraduate study in Edinburgh: new options for 2025 at Edinburgh Napier University


Further your studies and find a career that’s perfect for you with a postgraduate course at Edinburgh Napier University.
The university has just unveiled some of its new programmes for 2025, as well as new part-time options for some of its most popular courses.
Good news if you’re looking for work: when it comes to career opportunities, they’re one of the best! The university was listed among the top five modern universities for career and graduate prospects in The Guardian’s Good University Guide 2025, thanks to its amazing links with industry which means courses are completely aligned with the needs of the marketplace.
Whatever you choose to study, you can be assured it’s the best place to study at postgraduate level – plus you can study as it suits you with full-time, part-time or online options on many courses, to make it easier to juggle work and learning.
Sound good? You can find out more at the upcoming open evening on Thursday, 21 November. For more details and to register for a place, visit www.napier.ac.uk
What’s new for 2025?
There are a number of new postgraduate options for those wanting to study next year as well as the opportunity to study some existing courses part-time for the first time and fast-forward to a career in rapidly developing areas like healthcare tech or exhibition design.
Here are just some of the fresh options available at Edinburgh Napier University next year designed to help you find a job that’s perfect for you. Plus, if you’ve already completed your undergraduate studies at Edinburgh Napier, you can enjoy 20% off fees for the first year of any postgraduate programme.


Health:
With the Master of Public Health programme, you can develop your interest in, and knowledge and understanding of, public health theory and practice in a global context. You can learn entirely online over two years, or you can do the course full-time in the course of a year: both programmes have places to start in January 2025.
With Covid having provoked a physical inactivity epidemic, you can study full-time or part-time to become a Clinical Exercise Physiologist, and find a fast-paced role in this brand new area of preventative health in the NHS.
Or, if you’re looking for a career change, there are still a few places on the postgraduate pre-registration routes into nursing which begin in January. You can choose the Adult Health MSc, open to graduates from any discipline who meet the necessary entry criteria to study and work in the UK, or you can opt to specialise in mental health nursing with the Mental Health Msc.
And for clinicians, the new Clinical Healthcare Technology MScoffers the chance to take part in distance learning over three years – explore the use of health technologies to improve healthcare experiences and outcomes without giving up your day job!
Education:
Want to become a secondary school teacher? The Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) courses are designed by teachers, for teachers. You can choose between Biology, Chemistry, English, Maths or Physics and all are accredited by the General Teaching Council for Scotland, the profession's independent regulator.
Traditionally taught full-time over one year, new part-time routes are being introduced for 2025 to make it easier to gain your PGDE qualification by spreading your studies over two years.
"Teaching is a wonderfully diverse and rewarding profession and we think our Professional Graduate Diploma in Education courses provide an excellent preparation for this life-changing career," says Dr Heather Earnshaw, one of the PGDE lecturers at the university.
"Our students agree, awarding us 100% satisfaction for the last three years running. We are very excited to be able to offer part-time routes from August 2025 for anyone who would appreciate greater flexibility with gaining qualification."
Design:
Starting in September, the MSc Design Research will be one of the first of its kind in Scotland, aiming to develop your skills in research design to set you up for a career in one of the largest and fastest-growing design sectors in the UK.
Plus the new part-time options for MA Heritage and Exhibition Design or the MA in Design for Interactive Experience offer the opportunity to explore the development of public spaces and heritage sites through applied principles of exhibition and display, or to design technology-driven experiences that inspire your audience.
"Postgraduate courses in Design are scheduled to make it easier to study part-time while working," explains Dr Tom Flint, an associate professor in the School of Design. "For the part-time route on these courses the commitment to attend campus is one day a week.”
Computing:
You can find a wide range of master’s degrees at Edinburgh Napier University – after all, it was named the number one modern UK university for Computing Science in the Times/ Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.
Embark on a career in online security or study the engineering behind robotics and autonomous systems; other postgraduate courses include Digital Technologies for Smart Cities, Data Science, and Sound Design. Find out more at www.napier.ac.uk/courses/study-areas/computing.
Business:
You can gain all the skills you need to become a business-ready analytics professional with the MSc Business Analytics programme which just launched this September: join the next cohort and become an expert in transforming data into actionable insights.


Conservation:
The well-established favourite, the MSc in Wildlife Biology and Conservationis now in its 25th year. Enabling you to gain the range of knowledge and skills needed to focus on the preservation of the world’s biodiversity, this course can be done full-time or part-time, with places available for January or September starts. Whether it's the beginning of your conservation career and a route to promotion or PhD, the course has been designed with employers and professional bodies to help you fit into the roles the world needs.
"The MSc Wildlife Biology & Conservation offers students the chance to study in beautiful Edinburgh or flexibly via distance-learning from anywhere in the UK or world," says programme leader Pat White.
"The campus-based course is the only degree in Scotland to be accredited by the Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management and focuses on skills relevant for the workplace. In 2025 the MSc will be 25 years old, and we now have a network of alumni across Scotland, the UK and all over the world."
What to do next
If you’re interested in any of these courses, you can find out more and meet the academics behind them as well as chat to current postgraduate students about their experiences at the open event on Thursday, 21 November, from 4pm to 7pm.
The postgraduate information event takes place across all three campuses, Craiglockhart Campus, Merchiston Campus and Sighthill Campus, and will offer all the details you need to take the next step, from course content to fees and funding. To register for a place, visit www.napier.ac.uk