School of Arts and Creative Industries

Create, Connect, Collaborate: Inspiring and empowering minds to think for tomorrow.

In the School of Arts and Creative Industries, our mission is to unlock innovation and growth, nurture talent and opportunities for collaboration, and enable graduates and staff to develop sustainable careers in tomorrow’s creative and connected communities.

School of Arts and Creative Industries

Our programmes are intrinsically linked with industry, from expert staff to student placements, and world-changing research.

We educate and research across the entire breadth of creative practices, with programmes in Design, Music, Acting, Publishing, Advertising, Film, Journalism, Photography and so much more.

School of Arts & Creative Industries

Degree Show 2026

Join us to uncover the world of Design and Visual Arts at Edinburgh Napier’s 2026 Degree Show.

Witness our next generation of designers and creatives tear up the rulebook as they reveal their final year projects.

Our Courses

Explore our Undergraduate, Postgraduate and online courses in Design, Media, Photography and much more.

Our Courses

Explore our Undergraduate, Postgraduate and online courses in Design, Media, Photography and much more.

Our Students in Action

Learn about what our students get up to outside of their studies.

Our Students in Action

Learn about what our students get up to outside of their studies.

Industry-led Learning

Find out about the ways we engage with industry to give our students more exposure.

Industry-led Learning

Find out about the ways we engage with industry to give our students more exposure.

Our Staff

"Our School is a vibrant place for staff and students, and it gives me enormous pleasure and pride to see our students succeed and watch them flourish here and across the world."
Professor Diane MacLean, Dean of the School of Arts and Creative Industries

Research Centres and Collections

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Centre For Arts, Media & Culture

Centre for Creative Practice

Centre for Mind, Creativity, and Environment Research

Archive Collections

News & Events

20 years of Screen Academy Scotland

Screen Academy Scotland will be celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, check back for updates

Bright Red Triangle

We offer free lifelong enterprise support to staff, students, and alumni, helping them develop enterprise skills and boost entrepreneurial activity

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Keep up-to-date with news from our school of Arts and Creative Industries

Students involved in gutterpunks winning their award

Gutter Punks win Creative Edinburgh Award

Gutter Punks is a student collective designed to bring students together and foster a studio environment at the University

Student project wins two awards at Student Media Art Festival

Out of 1000 submissions, Connections won Best Drama Film and Best Screenplay

Student wins Interior Future Award

Laura Finch's Undergrowth is an innovative urban farming project

Lewis Gribben accepting his Scottish BAFTA

Acting alum Lewis Gribben wins Scottish BAFTA

Find out more about how Lewis's Napier training helped him win Actor Television for 'Somewhere Boy' in 2023

MS Screenwriting student publishes her novel before graduation

Laura Goodwin's graduation coincided with the publication of her debut, 'One Last Mission'

Alumni at the 10th anniversary broadcast of radio enrg

Radio ENRG turns 10

Staff, students and alumni reunited to celebrate the impact of our radio station run for and by students

School of Arts and Creative Industries