HWU

Leaders in ideas and solutions

Our heritage dates back to 1821 since when our community of scholars has been developing transformational solutions to specific global problems. We are specialists in engineering, business and science and leaders in innovative global education for a future world.

We have five campuses across the world: Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia, as well as 53 Approved Learning Partners (ALPs) and educational collaborative partners in 150 countries. We have over 30,000 students studying with us at our campuses and online through distance learning (year end 2017). One third of our on-campus students studying in Scotland are from outside the UK, making Heriot-Watt one of the most internationally diversified of any UK university.

We are experts and leaders

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 ranked Heriot-Watt 22nd in the UK, with 82% of our research as world-leading or internationally excellent. We are 9th in the UK and 1st in Scotland for research impact. Over 80% of our academic staff are currently engaged in research at internationally recognised levels.

We are in the top 2% of universities globally, based on approximately 10,000 universities in the world (QS World’s University Rankings 2017/18). The National Student Survey 2016 placed us 28th in the UK and joint 3rd in Scotland, with 90% of students satisfied overall with their course in over half of the University’s subject areas.

We are 39th in the world and 13th in the UK for our international outlook based on THE World University Rankings 2016/17. 95% of graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduation.

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