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Well to be very honest my overall experience here has been great.I’ll be sure to prefer this university because the environment and atmosphere is really good and till what i feel,anyone can fit in and the peers are also highly motivating and make you feel at home vibes even at the university.And of course the faculty is really good.Not even exaggerating I think they are the reason I started liking studies because I don’t feel pressurised while coping up with the syllabus.
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Well to be very honest my overall experience here has been great.I’ll be sure to prefer this university because the environment and atmosphere is really good and till what i feel,anyone can fit in and the peers are also highly motivating and make you feel at home vibes even at the university.And of course the faculty is really good.Not even exaggerating I think they are the reason I started liking studies because I don’t feel pressurised while coping up with the syllabus.
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Heriot-Watt University Reputation
Heriot-Watt University is located in the city of Edinburgh on the south east coast of Scotland. 11,625 students are enrolled at Heriot-Watt University:.
- 7,130 of these students come from the UK
- 585 come from EU countries
- And 3,910 are students from non-EU countries.
(Source: HESA 2022/23)
The graduate outcomes for Heriot-Watt University show that six months after leaving university, 92% of graduates are in work or further study. The typical graduate salary six months after leaving Heriot-Watt University is £27 - £30K a year.
(Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Data Survey 2023 for 2020/21 graduates)
Updated: 4th October 2024
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Overall satisfactory. Shared kitchen spaces at student halls are sometimes too small.
An amazing university with an amazing amount of accessible resources! Top tier!
The campus is okay, the events are decent mostly sometimes really good, not too much information from the grad jobs career service but uni temp jobs have great support, wifi is really bad.
Well to be very honest my overall experience here has been great.I’ll be sure to prefer this university because the environment and atmosphere is really good and till what i feel,anyone can fit in and the peers are also highly motivating and make you feel at home vibes even at the university.And of course the faculty is really good.Not even exaggerating I think they are the reason I started liking studies because I don’t feel pressurised while coping up with the syllabus.
The campus is amazing, very pretty.
It is wonderful being a part of this university. the teaching technique is very innovative and engaging
it is convenient and comfortable！
I LOVE heriot Watt. We have everything we need and more and I am super excited to be contributing to the legacy
Just in love with this university :)
Heriot Watt is a great university.
Great university, large facilities
Amazing experience so far. I have enjoyed my time here.
Phone coverage on campus is terrible. I’m still exploring all sides of campus, but so far the food and coffee offering has been very limited and disappointing.
Love the uni experience so far
My experience at Heriot-Watt has great so far. I love the Campus and the staff is really helpful! It is amazing how many sociaties, sports Clubs and Events it has!
Good teaching by professor and 24/7 Library support is awesome
It's a good university with a huge campus and care for students
Good university experience, glad to have done my masters here
Heriot-Watt University might not be among the most famous universities. But it definitly is one of the most trust-worthy universities.
tHE DORMITORY LIVING CONDITION IS VERY BAD AT ROBIN SMITH HALL DUE TO LACK OF CLEANING
I'm doing my PhD here and I generally like my experience.
Best student accommodation in Edinburgh with great services and locations.
Incredible night life with the sports clubs, very much sports orientated along with tech and engineering with their new national robotics centre, situated on campus.
Professors are super helpful and the campus is great.
Great university and campus overall.
Heriot watt University is a great university that offers excellent teaching and facilities for student to carry out their studies
It is too far from the city making travelling a task. Not many food alternatives provided on campus and off campus as well
Heriot-Watt University are the best Uni!
I have never felt such regret in picking Heriot-Watt for my career path as since covid it has hit! Lack of support Lack of teaching Lack of learning the list is endless I haven’t learnt anything since I’ve been here for 1half years I have learnt more with collage
Good Uni. Facilities are top notch.
Love the study areas, conducive
Very nice view and environment espiecially the GRID center
Very nice environment for study. Professional lecturer and friendly staff
Great university. Union is pretty decent. Lecturers are always very helpful and normally available to help after lectures.
Due to the covid situation I could not visit the Campus quite early and I did not have classes there... The only thing I have seen is that the clubs, unions and the university staff are very present, available for any enquiry and send a lot of e-mail to keep in touch with the students. Loved that sense implication which made my life easier ! Not well integrated in the school by supported ^^
I will always love this uni, great people, great teaching and a homely environment on campus.
Had the best university experience over the last few years. Was amazing to witness the transformation of the facilities as well, particularly the library. Definitely a different year with the pandemic, however it is still nice to head out to campus from time to time as it is a fantastic space to study.
A great place for not only pursuing higher education, but also various extra-curricular activities in various societies and sports clubs. The Edinburgh campus is beautiful to live in, there's a really good gym with various sports activities available, and there are plenty catering services on campus. My particular department (physics) is well organized, has a community feel and really cares for the students. A great university experience to have, in my opinion.
Can’t really comment because of covid but what I’ve seen is impressive
The college is vast and student friendly. There a lot to explore within the campus itself and my first time experiencing a university life.
Nice environment!Hope to have offline classes soon!
Awful university with very little going on, and a really grey, boring campus atmosphere
The facility in this university Edinburgh campus are not good as it expected, administration are not very connected to each other and there is no induction training given to the lab. For example if you want to do experiments they don’t show you how many lab you are authorised to access, you will get clash with professional person who responsible for this lab, you have to search and looking and finding a way to finish your experiment There is no real connections between professional and research supervisor which makes students to be in embarrassing situations. And this confirm that there is no induction training for labs and experiments this is for the facility For students equality, the university considered okay but not perfect, they don’t respect international students as the local students are, they use passive aggressive behaviour quite often especially when students don’t have enough English speaking skills or the student is very quiet and shy sometime that happens often
Campus was upgraded and better sport facilities compared to before. The building I was in is quite old. Most lecturers know what they are doing, but depending on the courses. Favourite place is resources center with plenty of spaces go study out of hour.
This is the worst university. They don’t care about you. They put in touch with a counsellor that didn’t even bloody reply to my emails about the distress I was in. And when complained they didn’t even answer. No regard for student wellbeing at all, don’t get pulled in with propaganda articles. Honestly just the only thing they have going the fact that they market as an international university. Appalled at the lack of care for students. Most tutors can’t even speak English to an understandable level, how do you expect them to answer questions. And then lecturers don’t even have time to answer questions. They’ll give you so many hints for exams to compensate lack of teaching. But you’re not learning anything. Yeah uni is about self study but there is still help when you need it but not here, you’re on your own. With your own personal tutor giving you crap advice and the disorganised entity. They need to stop milking every penny and care about students wellbeing as well.
This university is a commercial entity, regard for academic progress is only bolstered by the fact that successful applicants pay fees, which then go to research. More importantly they strive for the international contingent, so as to gain more fees whilst subjecting candidates to failing systems, structure, lack of empathy, disregard for mental health issues not to mention but a few failings. Horrendous institution quite evident when you've circa 40% loss in staff in one year due to unresolved strike action (whilst high ranking staff receive pay rises) and a senior lecturer dismissed for sexual misconduct 'A Scottish university has dismissed one of its professors over allegations he carried out sexual and physical assaults over a 12-year period'
by far the best university ive ever been to
An absolute disgrace. The fees for distance learning (building conservation) are simply out of date pdfs and the admin is appalling. Each year they struggled to enrol me on the courses as it was being paid for by my work ("computer says no" - even though they say they accept sponsor letters you can't enrol on the courses unless you pay upfront with debit/credit card), and then admin ignored my emails until I put in a formal complaint. I sat my most recent exams at an off campus locations (Caledonian University), where they double booked the room and had to scurry around finding me somewhere to sit my exam. Don't go here.
Doing my postgraduate in Heriot-Watt Malaysia. Excellent lecturer, able to link theories and current business conditions. The lecturer very helpful (willing to guide you anytime). Internet connection stable, online library accessible any part of the world!!(you not require to physically in the campus). Student portal; vision is user friendly and systematic. If you working adult, this university able to add value in your career.
This is an absolute pleasure service from the management and you'll get necessary suggestions from the management in time when need. All the campuses are helpful to serve you information and this is really a great platform to learn.
I absolutely love attending Heriot-Watt University! It is such a beautiful campus and the people are incredible. Everyone should come here. The best hall is Anna Macleod. Come visit me sometime in room F18.
The campus is pretty and welcoming, if not a little boring, however it is what you make of it and it is extremely good at teaching things practically rather than idealistically
Best univ for actuarial science!
In 2012, wishing to study in a UK university, I turned toward Heriot-Watt university. University that had been recommended to me at the time by an academic advising office. I had never heard about Heriot-Watt; but I had noticed that this Uni was very present on internet and social media. Also, the University had different campuses, in Scotland (the main one), in Malaysia, in Dubai and in London. My acceptance and integration on the basis of student credits transfer has been done rapidly and easily. Once studying at Heriot-Watt London, the lectures were interesting but the academic organisation as the administration were very messy. The relationships between lecturers and academic staff were sometimes conflicting which was embarrassing for students. The academic staff turnover was incredibly high (during my degree I met more than 5 different academic advisors or registrars), and the indications given by them were most of the time strange and confusing.
In general good facilities, there are some incidents of clear abusement of PhD students and bossy behavior by lectures with he university taking no action towards the lecturers and covered the situtation for reputation reasons.
Do not consider going here for a postgraduate! You will regret it, as I do.
Very modern and always working hard to improve facilities and student experience. Wide range of facilities from a shop to cafes to a state of the art sports facility. A lovely place with very helpful staff
This uni is terrible went to all the lectures and learnt nothing. Teachers seemed as though they could not be bothered to teach they always ended lessons 15-30 mins early. Teachers took weeks to reply to emails. No learning took place it was a teacher reading word for word of a slide that we had access to online most people barely ever went to the lectures and I dont blame them. It seems as though everything is about money with this school take my advice and think twice before coming here waste of money waste of time
As a HW MBA alumnus with a specialism (2003 and 2005) and 6 doctor-level courses completed I am reminded everyday how much I have benefited from their most topical and challenging academic standards. It has really helped me to develop 'mental mettle'.
Not a lot on in the student union but sports facilities and clubs are good. There is WiFi across the campus and there are good food facilities on campus. The buildings are all connected and are at most a 15 minute walk from one side to the other.
Very bad value for money Depressing campus, remote from the city Very old student malls still from the seventies Bad food I paid about 7800 pounds for a Masters programme. Bad support and communication by university staff, nothing individual, very superficial. Your grade heavily depends on how smartly you chose your supervisor. Some of the staff of the School of Life Sciences cannot be bothered to reply to emails relating to their courses. Campus: Pretty depressing atmosphere, student halls in very old buildings (Campus was build in the seventies). I hope that other British Universities offer top quality for the money they take.
The campus is very relaxed with a good atmosphere! Compared to other universities though, the Students Union isn't as active and there are not that many active societies.
Heriot Watt is a good "international" university, where you can explore and experience different culture form all international students. Although I only give one star on some parts, the uni is aspiring and expending. After all, I still recommend here. Welcome to HW!
Even though the uni is rather average I'm really enjoying my time here and have met some great people
A very good standard of teaching and a very diverse range of programmes to chose from. Opportunities to travel and study abroad at Heriot watt Malaysia or dubai campus.The library is 24/7 during term time, a facility that is used by many students.
Great University in a lovely location!
Bit far from things, on campus supermarket would be good, as well as more union events. But teaching really good and campus really beautiful