Photography BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Photography BA (Hons)
We are a top 2 UK university for Film Production & Photography
The Guardian University Guide 2025
At Edinburgh Napier University we teach to a high technical standard, facilitating the translation of ideas through the art and craft of photography.
The BA (Hons) Photography is industry facing and provides the professional, technical, contextual and creative skills necessary for a career as a photographer.
Youll be encouraged to think critically and creatively, developing your skills so that you are able to convey your ideas through your practice.
We are a top 2 UK university for Film Production & Photography<br/>The Guardian University Guide 2025<br/><br/>At Edinburgh Napier University we teach to a high technical standard, facilitating the translation of ideas through the art and craft of photography.<br/><br/>The BA (Hons) Photography is industry facing and provides the professional, technical, contextual and creative skills necessary for a career as a photographer.<br/><br/>Youll be encouraged to think critically and creatively, developing your skills so that you are able to convey your ideas through your practice.<br/><br/>As you progress youll increasingly define your own area of study. By identifying and working to your strengths, youll develop an individual creative practice so that by graduation youll be capable of a high standard of creative output.<br/><br/>The course has recently moved to a newly-built specialist photography facility, which includes five fully-equipped photography studios, a black and white darkroom, dry to dry colour film processor, high-end professional digital scanners and printers, portable photography lighting and a large range of analogue and digital cameras and camera equipment.
Course Information
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
07/09/2026
Campus
Merchiston Campus
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
W640
Institution Code
E59
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
Scottish Higher
B,B,B,C
If you are eligible for an adjusted offer under our Contextual Admissions Policy, please see the ‘Minimum Qualification Requirements’ below.
Access to HE Diploma
D:6,M:39
Pass Access to HE Diploma in a related subject with 45 credits overall with minimum 33 Credits at Merit & 12 Distinction at Level 3.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
27
Award of Diploma with 27 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, 4.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MMM
Minimum grades MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H2,H3,H3,H3
H2, H3, H3, H3 at HL
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
D*D
Minimum grades D*D (Distinction*, Distinction) in a related subject.
A level
C,C,C
T Level
M
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | £1,820 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |
| England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Republic of Ireland | £9,790 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |



























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