Heriot-Watt University is a product of the Scottish Enlightenment. A pioneer in bringing education to working people in 1821 and founder of a global movement through the creation of the world's first ...

Twenty years before legislation forced Scottish universities to open their doors to women in 1889, Mary Burton (1819–1909), a pioneering campaigner for educational and social reform, led a successful ...

Our Dubai campus cultivates a truly multi-cultural environment in which our students and employees live to the full, make lasting friendships and enjoy everything that one of the world's greatest ...

Online students and alumni studying an Edinburgh Business School programme are able to access Coursera Career Academy free of charge during or after their studies. Students can supplement their ...

The Royal Charter, which gave Heriot-Watt its University status, was granted by Queen Elizabeth II on 4 March 1966. The Royal Charter was awarded in recognition of Heriot-Watt's long-standing heritage ...

To maintain our high level of achievement in research innovation, industry collaboration and enterprise, we continually invest in the resources and infrastructure that support a research-led ...

This world-leading MSc/MS joint degree programme is presented by two of the world’s oldest and most esteemed textile institutions: Heriot-Watt University and Thomas Jefferson University (USA). In the ...

The unique opportunity to carry your studies to new places and experience new cultures, expanding your horizons on the way. You'll discover what it means to be a true global citizen and emerge ...

We are welcoming arrivals for 2025/ 2026 from Saturday 30 August 2025- Saturday 13 September 2025. All students must complete the mandatory online accommodation induction and book a time slot through ...

The Integrated Quantum Networks Hub will address the challenges underpinning the establishment of a “quantum internet”, by developing the novel technologies, protocols and industry standards necessary ...

Engineering students from Heriot-Watt University are spearheading calls to reopen a rail route that last served neighbourhoods in the south of Edinburgh over 60 years ago. The six-strong team of civil ...

A groundbreaking new quantum research hub that aims to develop technologies for an ultra-secure 'quantum internet' of the future is being led by Heriot-Watt University. The Integrated Quantum Networks ...