Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & The Built Environment

We’re building the future, creating an impact, and making a difference.

Ranked the #1 UK Modern University for Engineering and Computer Science (GUG 2025), we lead innovation in a rapidly changing world through future-ready education across disciplines like cyber security, AI, renewable energy, computer/data science, engineering, building and surveying.

Home of Difference Makers

Our Cyber security programme is a recent winner of the Gold Award from the National Cyber Security Centre, a UK government organisation that promotes and maintains the country’s cyber resilience. We received the Gold award for our Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE). This award acknowledges the key role we play in promoting the advancement of cyber security, and ACE-CSE infrastructure aims to enhance the teaching and promotion of cyber security.
 
 
Our Staff

'We deliver world leading research matched by outstanding undergraduate and masters programmes and first rate impact on society worldwide. We have top scientists in many areas. I am very proud to lead a supportive and cohesive community of great colleagues.'
Professor Peter Andras, Dean of the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

Our Subject Areas

Our School brings together five thematic departments, aligned by areas of subject expertise and enriched by collaboration across disciplines. Together, we drive research, teaching, reputation-building and professional partnerships:

Research Centres and Partnerships