Edinburgh Napier University is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university, was founded in 1964, taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher John Napier. The technical college was inaugurated as a university in 1992 by Lord Douglas-Hamilton, becoming Napier University. In 2009, the university was renamed Edinburgh Napier University.[4] The university is based around its three main Edinburgh campuses: Merchiston, Craiglockhart and Sighthill. It has over 19,500 students, including those on-campus in Scotland and others studying on transnational programmes abroad and online.[5] In 2018 this included nearly 9,500 international and EU students, from more than 140 nations worldwide. Edinburgh Napier offers subjects including engineering, computing, nursing and midwifery, science, business, timber engineering and transport studies. It offers a range of creative courses, including film, graphic design, music, acting, publishing and product design. Edinburgh Napier University is an internationally award-winning institution that has been twice recognised by the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education (in 2009[16] and 2015[17]) for its work in timber engineering, sustainable construction and wood science. Edinburgh Napier ranks 601-800th in the Times World University rankings.[24] It is also rated five stars for teaching, internationalisation and employability by the QS Stars international university rankings.