Why Study at Heriot Watt University

Heriot Watt University is a renowned public research university that was established in the year 1821. The university offers a myriad of undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes. The university has state-of-the-art campuses offering a unique educational environment in Edinburgh, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai. The main campus is located in Edinburgh spanning over an area of 380 acres with academic buildings, student residences, libraries, healthcare and sports facilities and the student union's office. The Dubai campus facilitates exchange programmes between the Emirates and the UK. The purpose-built campus in Putrajaya, Malaysia, is known for being the first 'green campus' in the country.

Heriot Watt University is divided into five distinct academic schools. The School of Energy, Geoscience, Society and Infrastructure offers undergraduate programmes in architectural engineering, civil and structural engineer, geography and urban studies, construction project management and biology. It also offers postgraduate programmes in civil, water and safety engineering, building, planning and urban design, energy and renewables, construction management, geoscience, petroleum engineering, marine, environment and climatic change and housing, real estate and social policy. The university's School of Engineering and Physical Sciences provides engineering degrees in varied fields, including chemical, mechanical, computer science, and electronics and electrical engineering. In addition, it offers Bachelor of Science in physics and chemistry.

Heriot Watt University has several notable alumni including the first architect from Ghana and developer of the port city of Tema, Theodore S. Clerk, president of Royal Academy Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Swan medal and prize-winning physicist Iain Baikie, and CEO of Aviva Maurice Tulloch.

 

Scholarships and funding

Scholarships

Value

Civil Engineers ICE scholarship:

  1. A family member of an ICE Member applying for the BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering programme is eligible to receive a flat scholarship of 20% on first year tuition fee, split across the duration of the programme.

Dubai Community Award

  1. To get the discount, students must apply and pay 10% of their tuition fees as an advance payment (non-refundable) against their tuition fees. UAE-based students must also provide the required post-dated cheques for their tuition fees. The advance payment and post-dated cheques (if applicable) must be paid on or before the discount deadline.

Edinburgh Business School-Shaping ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ Scholarship

  1. The 30% Club GCC and Edinburgh Business School are delighted to announce that a full tuition scholarship to attend the full-time or part-time MBA programme at the Heriot-Watt University Dubai campus will be offered to an exceptional entrepreneurial woman.
  2. The student must be a female, residing in the GCC and have received and accepted an unconditional offer to the full or part-time MBA programme, and have paid the deposit, before you can apply.
  3. Amount of scholarship: up to AED 100,000

Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

  1. 30%-50% on the total course fee

 

Fees

Programs

Fees

MSc in Artificial Intelligence

Duration 1Year

  1. INR 1.9 Lakh
  2. 1st Year Tuition Fees

MSc in Construction Project Management

Duration 1 Years

  1. INR 15.2 Lakh
  2. 1st Year Tuition Fees

Edinburgh & Dubai MBA

Duration 1 Years

  1. INR 22.3 Lakh
  2. 1st Year Tuition Fees

MBA with Specialism in Human Resource Management

Duration 1 Years

  1. INR 22.3 Lakh
  2. 1st Year Tuition Fees

MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Duration 1 Years

  1. INR 18 Lakh
  2. 1st Year Tuition Fees

Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA

Duration 4 Years

  1. INR 14.8 Lakh
  2. 1st Year Tuition Fees

MSc International Accounting and Finance

Duration 12 Months

  1. INR 16.6 Lakh
  2. 1st Year Tuition Fees

 

University Campuses

Heriot-Watt currently has five campuses, and also runs distance learning programmes through 53 approved learning partners to students around the world. Heriot-Watt's main campus is located in Riccarton in South West Edinburgh on 380 acres of parkland. The campus consists of: academic buildings, student residences, a postgraduate centre, shops, several library collections, childcare, healthcare, a chaplaincy, a variety of recreational and sports facilities, and a museum, as well as the Student Union's main premises.

Heriot-Watt's Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels is home to the University's School of Textile and Design. Heriot-Watt' s Dubai Campus opened in 2005. It was the first British university to set up in Dubai International Academic City. It has facilities including a library, catering, computer access and shops. Heriot-Watt University Malaysia's purpose-built campus opened in Putrajaya in September 2014, £35 million was invested in the Malaysian campus, which is the first 'green campus' in the country. It is situated in a lakeside location of 4.8 acres offering undergraduate as well as master's degree.

Heriot-Watt's campus in Stromness, Orkney, is home to the International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), part of the University's School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society. The Campus provides education to a small number of postgraduate students and is host to eight members of research staff.

 

Admission Requirements

Programs

Exams Accepted and academic requirements

MSc in Artificial Intelligence

Duration 1Year

  1. IELTS : 6.5, PTE : 58
  2. Applicants must have a good honours degree with a substantial academic component of Computing or IT with an overall score of 55% or above.

MSc in Construction Project Management

Duration 1 Years

  1. IELTS : 6.5, PTE : 58
  2. Applicants must hold a minimum of 2:2 honours degree or equivalent academic qualification in a related subject area with marks ranging from 50-59%.

Edinburgh & Dubai MBA

Duration 1 Years

  1. IELTS : 6.5, PTE : 58
  2. Applicants must hold a recognised first or second class honours degree, or a qualification deemed to be equivalent.
  3. A minimum of two years post-qualifying full-time work experience of a relevant nature is required

MBA with Specialism in Human Resource Management

Duration 1 Years

IELTS : 6.5, PTE : 58

Applicants must have a good Honours degree (first or second class), or its non-UK equivalent, in a relevant subject from a recognized British or overseas university with an overall score of 55% or above

MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Duration 1 Years

  1. IELTS : 6.5, PTE : 58
  2. Applicants must have a good Honours degree (first or second class), or its non-UK equivalent, in a relevant subject from a recognized British or overseas university with an overall score of 55% or above.

Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA

Duration 4 Years

  1. IELTS : 6.5, PTE : 50
  2. Applicants are required to have 70% overall in year 12 state board high school examinations and at least 70% in the relevant subjects
  3. Applicants taking the West Bengal State board examinations are required to have 65%
  4. Subjects required: English and Mathematics.

 

University Ranking

  1. In 2019, the university was ranked 4th in UK and 1st in Scotland for Town & Country Planning and Landscape Design by The Complete University Guide.
  2. It was also ranked 9th in UK and 1st in Scotland for Building and Town & Country Planning by The Guardian in the same year.
  3. In the 2019 The Complete University Guide national subject rankings Heriot-Watt had the following rankings: 2nd (of 34) - Building education, 17th (of 104) - Accounting and Finance, 15th (of 81) - Art and Design, 14th (of 30) - Chemical Engineering, 23rd (of 60) - Chemistry, 1 (of 56) - Civil Engineering, 25th (of 110) - Computer Science, 22nd (of 77) - Economics,[78] 23rd (of 68) - Electrical Engineering, 15th (of 72) - Mathematics,[79] 14th (of 69) - Mechanical Engineering, and 25th (of 48) - Physics and Astronomy.
  4. The university has been constantly ranked among the top 10 universities in UK for Building education since 2010.

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