Heriot-Watt University open days
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Open days at Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University is a specialist, pioneering university, with a global presence, world renowned, innovative research and highly employable graduates.
Heriot-Watt has been producing career-ready graduates for over 200 years. The university is well known for its courses in business, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, design and textiles. 鈥�
Heriot-Watt has a community of over 27,000 students and an alumni network of more than 152,000 in 192 countries.
Facilities
Oriam, Scotland's Sports Performance Centre on the Edinburgh Campus is recognised as one of the best university sports centres in the UK. Facilities include sports halls, playing pitches, squash courts, gyms and fitness classes. There are also physiotherapy, podiatry, sports massage, and sports science testing services.
Completely refurbished in 2019, Edinburgh campus library opens 24/7 in term time and has 1,000 individual and group study places.
Why go to an open day?
When you attend an open day, you'll get a gut feeling about the university. Open days will help give you clarity if you're not sure what course to choose. You'll be able to visit different departments and chat with lecturers and other department staff, there are often subject talks too. You'll also get to speak to current students. They can tell you whether they're satisfied with the teaching, what the local nightlife is like, what the best halls of residence are 鈥� pretty much anything.鈥疍on't forget to look at the accommodation for yourself and make time to walk around the surrounding area to see if you like it.
Where is it located?
Heriot-Watt University has鈥痶hree鈥痗ampuses in the UK: Edinburgh, the Scottish Borders, and Orkney. The other two campuses are overseas in Malaysia and Dubai.
The main campus outside Edinburgh is easily accessible by public transport and is about a 40-minute bus journey from Edinburgh Waverley Station.
Edinburgh is the historic capital city of Scotland, famous for internationally renowned cultural attractions such as art, architecture, museums, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The place is popular with students and in 2021 NatWest named Edinburgh as one of the top ten most affordable student cities. This affordability, along with Edinburgh's mix of city, countryside and coastline means students from both urban and rural areas quickly feel at home.鈥��
Rankings
Heriot-Watt University is a consistent performer in our UK university league tables, taking a top 50 spot for the past five years. It recently scored particularly well for entry standards and facilities spend. To see all the metrics, visit their profile page.
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