The experience will provide you with new learning experiences and the opportunity to develop academically as well as personally. It will provide you with fantastic opportunities to travel around Scotland, the UK and Europe. You'll gain first-hand experience of a new culture, helping you become more globally literate.
Our graduates have an excellent track record in gaining employment across business, teaching, counselling, nursing, marketing, and social work. Many of our students go on to work in clinical psychology, counselling, educational psychology, forensic psychology, and as health and occupational psychologists.
Heriot-Watt University was ranked as the Number 1 place in Scotland, and 3rd in the United Kingdom, to study Economics in the Guardian University League Tables 2018, behind only Oxford and Cambridge.
With many of our programmes recognised by the relevant professional associations and institutes, a Heriot-Watt University degree is professionally valued. Our degrees are also accredited and approved by Royal Charter in the UK.
Heriot-Watt is valued for excellence in teaching and research. We are ranked 35th in the UK and 8th in Scotland for Overall Satisfaction (2019 UK National Student Survey) and in the top 10 in the UK and first in Scotland for research impact (REF 2014).
In a 2015 detail report on UK universities, Durham academic Vikki Boliver placed Oxford and Cambridge in the first tier, and included Heriot-Watt in the second tier made of the remaining 22 Russell Group universities and 17 other "pre-92" universities.
Select a subject
- Accounting and Finance.
- Adult and Continuing Education.
- Archaeology.
- Astronomy.
- Biology and Biomedical Sciences.
- Business.
- Celtic Civilisation.
- Central and East European Studies.
The Edinburgh MBA ranks Top 40 in Corporate Knights' 2020 Better World MBA.
Who founded Heriot-Watt University?
The University of Edinburgh Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA). This triple accreditation highlights the quality of teaching and excellence of research at the School.
League tables
| UK Ranking | World ranking (if available) |
|---|
| QS World University Rankings 2022 | 18 | 103 |
| ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 | 9-15 | 101-150 |
| The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 | 19 | 158 |
| The Complete University Guide 2022 | 24 | N/A |
Number of universities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2018
| Characteristic | Number of universities |
|---|
| 2018 | 143 |
| 2017 | 142 |
| 2016 | 142 |
| 2015 | 141 |
When was Heriot-Watt University founded?
1966, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date.
Heriot Watt has a well respected degree as far as Civil Engineering is concerned and so you can expect that the course is going to be intense but will ultimately put you on good standing with potential employers. My timetable is five days a week and this they say is to prepare you for the world of work.
