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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new report, authored by Heriot-Watt University, found that in England the highest levels of homelessness risks are experienced by people from Black and minoritised ethnic backgrounds. Black people ...

Heriot-Watt University is celebrating success with three funded projects in the first round of awards from the inaugural Photonics and Quantum Accelerator (PQA), a pioneering initiative aimed at ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...

A new type of porous material that can store carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases has been developed by a team of scientists jointly led by Heriot-Watt University. In a collaboration with the ...

New research published by Heriot-Watt University has found that Romanian Roma people are disproportionately affected by ‘hidden homelessness' and are more at risk than white people of living in ...

International scientists, including a team from Heriot-Watt University, has announced plans to develop a revolutionary new way of harvesting solar energy in space. The team aim to realise a new ...