Welcome Back Week 2026

We are excited to bring you 18 events for Welcome Back Week, running from 17–25 January 2026. All Edinburgh Napier students are welcome — whether you’re an undergraduate or postgraduate, a returning student, or joining us as part of the January intake.

Welcome Back Week is the perfect chance to meet new people, make new friends (or reconnect with existing ones), and settle into the new trimester. With events such as a culture crawl, welcome fair, speed friending, quiz, pub crawl, club nights, crafts, and even puppy yoga, there’s something for everyone!

Spaces are limited for many events, so be sure to check out the full schedule and book your tickets in advance.

Tickets are available NOW for:

• Noughties Bangers Sing-Along: 17^th January from 10pm at Potterrow
• Paint & Sip: 19^th January from 7pm at The Three Sisters
• Welcome Fair: 20th January 12-4PM at Engage, Sighthill Campus – open to all Napier students! 
• Napier Quiz Night: 20th January from 7pm at Potterrow Bar
• Traitors Game: 21^st January from 3pm at The Chapel, Craiglockhart Campus
• Pub Crawl: 22^nd January from 5.30pm, meet at Potterrow Bar
• Goals & Lattes: 24^th January from 2pm at Soderberg Pavillion
• Around the World in One Night - International Party: 24th January from 10pm at Hangar 5, Potterrow 
• Postgraduates' Brunch: 25^th January from 11am at The Chanter

Register now for reminders on tickets released 72 hours before the event:

• Postgraduates' Speed Friending: 19^th January at 2pm at Upper Apex Merchiston Campus
• International Students' Speed Friending: 20^th January at 11am at ENSA Hangout Sighthill Campus 
• Book Lovers Exclusive Shopping Evening: 21^st January from 6.30pm at Book Lovers
• Culture Crawl: 23^rd January at 11am, meet at the National Gallery
• Postgraduates' Speed Friending: 23^rd January at 3pm, Craiglockhart Campus 
• Postgraduates' Game Night: 23^rd January from 7pm at The Three Sisters
• Charity Shop Crawl: 24^th January from 11am, meet outside Potterrow Bar

Event Listings & Tickets