龙比亚大学

Edinburgh Napier University

学费Tuition Fee

本地欧盟UK/EU fees £0-£1,820

其他英国RUK fees £6,630 (£26,520 max)

国际学生Fees (international) £10,690-£12,410

地址Address

Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ

Performance		Score 数值	Ranking 排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		97
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		100
World Ranking	世界排名
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	81.6%	72
Research quality	研究质量	3%	84
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	348	50
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	61.2%	80
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	67.3%	57
Completion rate	完成度	75.1%	116
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	21.6	110
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£1,019	114
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£19,536
Sports points/rank	体育	352	72

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	9,210
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	995
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	22,150／3,040
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	7.3:1
EU students	欧盟学生	11.4%
Other overseas students	海外学生	7.4%
Mature	成年学生	42.9%
State school educated	公立学校教育	94.7%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	68.7/31.3

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	％
Accounting & Finance	会计金融	88.5
Animal Science	动物学	87.8
Architecture	建筑学	91.6
Art & Design	艺术设计	63.3
Biological Science	生物科学	84.5
Building	建造学	94.7
Business Studies	商务研究	82.9
Civil Engineering	土木工程	81.1
Communication & Media Studies	传媒和媒体研究	77.6
Computer Science	计算机科学	85.5
Drama, Dance & Cinematics	戏剧舞蹈和电影研究	78.6
English	英语	89.0
French	法语	89.3
General Engineering	通用工程	76.8
Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism	酒店休闲娱乐和旅游	77.2
Law	法律	91.0
Music	音乐	85.2
Nursing	护理	79.8
Psychology	心理学	83.2
Sociology	社会学	80.7
Sport Science	体育科学	80.5
Subjects allied to medicine	医学相关	79.6

爱丁堡龙比亚大学是英国苏格兰地区最大的公立综合性大学之一。大学始建于1964年，校名源自于16世纪的哲学家、数学家及对数公式的发明人——约翰·龙比亚。大学位于苏格兰的首府爱丁堡市，这是一座拥有悠久历史的文明古城，环境优美、气候宜人，同时也是著名的旅游城市。爱丁堡不仅是欧洲重要的金融业、保险业中心，同时也是欧洲电子信息技术等高科技研究中心。

概况

龙比亚大学位于苏格兰的首府爱丁堡市。爱丁堡是英国的主要城市，也是充满活力、多姿多彩的都市，为多所大学的所在地，拥有引人的名胜古迹、剧院、餐馆和商店等各项设施。从伦敦到爱丁堡市，乘飞机不到1个小时，乘火车则需要4个小时。

龙比亚大学是以16世纪著名的数学家、对数创立者约翰·龙比亚的名字命名的，它诞生于1964年，于1992年获得大学的资格。在短短30年间，它就从一所一流的理工专科学校发展成为苏格兰地区一所重点大学，它在英国新兴大学中也名列前茅。

龙比亚大学以其课程设置范围广泛而著称，课程涵盖了从工程、科学、信息技术到商业、传媒研究、设计、社会科学及医疗保健等许多方面。

学术实力

龙比亚大学在商业、工程、新闻与出版、摄影与电影、生物和保健科学、计算机和信息技术方面具有特别雄厚的实力。最热门的专业为商业、大众传播、创作艺术、护理和助产学。新近设立的体育科学和动物生物学专业打破了学科之间的传统界限。

龙比亚大学的毕业生就业率较高，这反映了大学实现了它的首要目标，那就是为学生进入工作岗位而做好准备。大学80%的课程为职业课程，重点放在实践能力方面，教授学生必要的知识和技巧，以使他们成为雇主需要的人才

龙比亚大学拥有来自100多个国家和地区的共13,000余名在校生，共有6个主校园，下设四个学院：人文及社会科学学院、商学院、工程与计算机学院、健康和生命科学院，提供包括会计金融、商业管理、工商管理、酒店管理、工程、计算机信息技术、建筑环境、法律、传媒、设计、音乐、护理及生命科学等多领域多专业的一系列在世界范围内被广泛认可的本科、硕士及博士课程，是目前英国最优秀的年轻大学之一。

2002年至今在英国大学就业评估中，龙比亚大学都名列前茅——95%以上的毕业生在毕业后6个月之内都能找到了满意的工作或继续深造的机会。

学校优势

英国权威媒体Guardian《卫报》2005年调查结果显示，龙比亚大学综合排名在全英上百所大学中名列第58位，部分学科专业名列前茅。其中：商科：第34位；计算机科学：第33位；土木工程：第20位；建筑与建造：第19位；工程学：第17位；心理学：第5位；护理学：第24位；传媒：第37位；音乐：第31位；艺术与设计：第42位

校区分布

龙比亚大学有多个校园。三个主校园位于爱丁堡地区，它们分别为：莫奇斯顿（Merchiston）、克雷格豪斯（Craighouse）和克雷格洛克哈特校园（Craiglockhart）。每个校园都具有独特的文化和社区气氛，而同时作为这个现代化学府的一部分，又能受益于大学提供的种种设施与服务。本校还有几个小型的卫星校园，保健与生命科学院，以及艺术与社会科学院中的若干系都设在卫星校园内。

分院设置

龙比亚大学下设四个学院，分别为：艺术与社会科学学院、工程与计算机学院、保健与生命科学学院，以及商学院。

大学的商学院是苏格兰地区最大的商学院，为爱丁堡这个世界金融中心输送毕业生。龙比亚大学的计算机教育处于领先地位（苏格兰是欧洲的"硅谷"，被称为'Silicon Glen'）。本校的传播艺术学院被誉为12所杰出的媒体教育学院之一，它拥有新建的高科技媒体中心。

作为一所现代化大学，龙比亚大学同工商企业密切合作，提供高质量的职业化课程，并因此获得良好声誉。这种“学以致用”的教学方法，确保了龙比亚大学毕业生在各行各业中的领先地位。龙比亚大学毕业生的就业率一直在英国上百所大学院校中名列前茅，在2002年的英国大学就业评估中，龙比亚大学再次名列前茅——95%的龙比亚大学的毕业生在毕业后6个月之内都能找到了满意的工作或继续深造的机会。

住宿条件

龙比亚大学的宿舍基本设施包括：

4-5个单人学习卧室；公用的厨房、生活空间、卫生间、可淋浴浴室；中央供热系统；配套家具；通过电话对讲系统方可进入宿舍，增加了安全性。

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

For RUK students, household income below £25K, £2,000 a year; household income £25K–£42.6K, £1,000 a year. RUK merit award of £1,000 a year for students with at least BBB at A level or equivalent.

Scholarships and other bursaries available.

大学概况University Profile

Within an overall score for student satisfaction under our Sunday Times analysis that is only average, there are pockets of excellence at Edinburgh Napier, according to the findings of the National Student Survey (NSS), published last month.

Accounting achieved the top score – 98% – for student satisfaction in the subject across the UK, while building, computer science, English and drama all made the top 10s in their subjects. Building, law, biology and human resources management were all first for teachers making the subjects interesting.

This year’s NSS represents something of a comeback for the university in the NSS after a dip in scores in 2013 led to a sharp drop in the Edinburgh Napier’s  overall ranking in our league table.

This summer the university also recorded another fillip when it was one of just four universities in the UK – the others being Oxford, Lancaster and Royal Holloway – to gain full certification from GCHQ for its postgraduate MSc in Advanced Security and Digital Forensics.

The seal of approval from the Cheltenham-based intelligence and security operation is part of the Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy and recognises the expertise being built at Edinburgh Napier in this crucial area of computer science.

The university has recently celebrated its 50^th anniversary, now as one of the largest universities in Scotland with 17,500 students, including more than 4,000 international students from 109 different countries. A further 4,000 international students take courses delivered by the university with partners in China, Hong Kong, India and Singapore.

It has invested more than £100m in its Edinburgh campuses, the most recent development being a new student residence in the city centre, which opened in 2013.

At Sighthill, the Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences has been brought together on one site for the first time. The student-focused campus includes a five-storey learning resource centre, 25 specialised teaching rooms including clinical skills laboratories, an environmental chamber and biomechanics laboratory, a crime scene room, three IT-enabled lecture theatres and seminar rooms, as well as integrated sports facilities.

The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries has been brought together on the Merchiston campus, where there is a new student hub and reception area, as well as fully soundproofed music studios. The library has been refurbished and is now open 24 hours a day.

Once Scotland’s first and largest polytechnic, the university is named after John Napier, the inventor of logarithms. The 500-seat computing centre is open all hours and students have access to online lecture notes and study aids via Moodle, the university’s Virtual Learning Environment. The web-based system supports learning, teaching and assessment via the student portal and is accessible from smart phones and tablet computers.

The university has plans for continued development of study spaces to access technology-based learning. There are fully networked libraries on each campus and a multimedia language laboratory and adaptive learning centre for students with special needs.

The Craiglockhart campus houses the business school. It features a glass atrium containing a cyber café and two spherical lecture theatres. The Craiglockhart studio has been refurbished and is the venue for an assortment of fitness classes. The Screen Academy Scotland, run in partnership with Edinburgh College of Art, reflects the university’s strong reputation in film education.

There are several smaller sites, mainly in the leafy south of Edinburgh, ranging from a converted church to a former school, as well as outposts in Melrose and Livingston.

For two successive years, the university enjoyed among the biggest increases in applications in the UK, defying the national trend. Although partly fuelled by changes in art and design and nursing qualifications, the demand for places reflected the university’s growing popularity. However, enrolments dropped by around 10% in 2012 and 2013.

The modular system allows movement between courses at all levels, and the option of starting courses in February, rather than September. A model to other universities trying to reduce non-completion rates, Edinburgh Napier uses its students to mentor newcomers, runs bridging programmes and offers pre-term introductions to staff and information on facilities, as well as running summer top-up courses in a variety of subjects and teaching employability skills and personal development.

The latest projected dropout rate of 12.1% represents continued improvement on previous years (when the university at one point had among the highest non-completion rates in the UK) and almost matches the UK average for the subjects on offer.

Agreements with a number of partner universities and colleges enable students to complete their qualifications as undergraduates or postgraduates overseas. A dual degree with the State University of New York (Suny) allows students to complete a degree from Edinburgh Napier and Suny in four years, for example.

Closer to home, some 2,000 “college articulation routes” enable students to use their college qualifications to gain direct entry into year two or three of a university degree.

Widening participation is high on the university’s list of priorities, and more than 31% of undergraduate places go to students from working-class homes.

Many courses include a work placement and Edinburgh Napier students and the Stand Out project aims to improve graduate employment levels, partly by increasing the uptake of opportunities to study abroad as well as by improving links with small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Another employability programme, Confident Futures, is said to be unique in higher education. Workshops are designed to improve students’ confidence and help them to develop skills, attributes and attitudes that will enhance their chances of being successful while at university, and in their careers.

学生观点Student view

Dan Smith, students’ union president

First impressions

Despite being in the capital of Scotland there are few Scottish people around campus. 

Worst feature

There are three campuses here but minimal interaction between them so I am campaigning for a better networking system.

Making a difference

This year we’re launching a volunteer hub where anyone can sign up to be a part of 7 charities across Edinburgh. 

Deal clincher

In August Edinburgh has the biggest comedy festival in the world and the zoo’s got pandas.