Sport at Heriot-Watt

Heriot-Watt's Sports Academy and the Centre for Sport and Exercise provide a supportive environment to help develop individuals at all levels from recreational physical activity through to elite sports performance. The Sports Academy includes an indoor Astrodome, physiotherapy and rehabilitation suite, six full-sized UEFA football pitches and a Sports Science and Sports Medicine Centre. The Centre for Sport and Exercise includes three multi-purpose sports halls, three floodlit tennis courts, climbing wall, squash courts, Nautilus suite, and Cardiovascular suite. Our sportsmen and women represent their country internationally in many sports including athletics, karate, sailing, squash and swimming.

Heriot-Watt University's sportsactive Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre works with individuals, corporations or sports institutions to provide health solutions. We offer complete privacy in our five treatment rooms and have a fully equipped rehabilitation suite. Our Sports and Exercise Science Centre can offer a wide range of human performance testing designed to provide coaches and players with performance data that can be used to underpin training and improve both team and individual performance. The services we offer include physiotherapy, sport massage, podiatry, a sport doctor and nutritionist.

The Sports Union is situated upstairs in the Centre for Sport and Exercise and is run by students. We have 32 clubs to offer at varying levels of competition. From beginner to expert, there is a place for everyone.