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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...