Scottish Borders Campus

The Scottish Borders Campus at Galashiels is just an hour's drive from Edinburgh and a regular bus service operates to the town. There are three international airports within one to two hours' travel: Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle. Whether you are visiting the Scottish Borders Campus by air, train or road, you will find the guidance you need here.

Our Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels offers a unique learning environment. The website provides information for current and prospective students as well as staff, parents, the media and interested parties.

Heriot-Watt University's Scottish Borders Campus will soon share its campus with Borders College as part of a ground breaking co-location project to create a centre for educational excellence in the Scottish Borders. The University and College will both benefit from a range of shared facilities as well as providing a perfect environment for students and staff and a strong focus for higher education withing the Scottish Borders.

The Scottish Borders Campus is set in beautiful countryside, interspersed with historic market towns offering a wonderful slice of Scottish rural life. The combination of rural idyll and cutting edge technology is truly embodied at the campus. In addition, Edinburgh is only one hour away by road. It's the best of both worlds. The Scottish Borders Campus is home to the School of Textiles and Design and facilities include bright and airy studios, workshops and well-equipped chemistry laboratories. It also runs number of courses from the School of Management and Languages.

The Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels is 38 miles south of Edinburgh, right at the very heart of the Borders. Historically the town's prosperity was founded in the textile industry. The best known feature of the town is the impressive war memorial with its massive Border Reiver horseman - the work of local sculptor Thomas Clapperton. Old Gala House, home of the Lairds of Gala for several centuries, is now a museum and art gallery set in landscaped gardens and is the venue for our Borders Campus graduation reception every year.

Scotland is a small and friendly northern European country of around 5 million people. We are part of the United Kingdom, but we have our own devolved parliament based in the capital, Edinburgh, and our own very distinctive culture. From majestic glens and tranquil lochs to exciting concerts and pulsing city night-life, Scotland offers an unrivalled range of things to see and do. As well as being a popular destination for students, Scotland is a fantastic place to live and work.

The Martindale Library serves students and staff based based at Heriot-Watt University's Scottish Borders Campus at Galashiels. It is an integral part of the University's Library and IT networks, the headquarters of which are at the main University Campus in Edinburgh. In 2003 Borders College relocated its 'care' courses to the Campus, and the Library has provided a home for the College's growing collection of resources in the 'Borders College Collection'.

The School of Management and Languages (SML) at the Scottish Borders Campus is a division of the main SML based on the Edinburgh Campus. SML classes at the Scottish Borders Campus tend to be smaller than at the Edinburgh Campus and have a higher staff to student ratio resulting in a relaxed and friendly teaching environment. The Scottish Borders Campus is the University's only provider of the Bachelor of Arts with Industrial Experience which includes a work placement in the third year allowing students to experience the working environment and so enhance their future career prospects.