Recruit our students

Hiring Students & Graduates  

The Careers and Graduate Futures Service at Heriot-Watt University Dubai aims to assist students and graduates in making informed career choices by providing a professional, high-quality career guidance and information service.  

We work closely with a wide range of organisations across different business sectors to ensure that students from all our academic Schools can access a wealth of relevant work experience, internships and graduate opportunities to support their readiness for life once they have completed their studies.  

Careers Portal 

Our careers portal is the perfect, cost-free platform for your company to engage with our students & graduates. By creating a company profile, you’ll be able to: 

  • Autonomously upload and track the progress of job vacancies & events  
  • Receive student & graduate CVs to build up a candidate database 
  • Target specific courses and year groups (including graduates) 
  • Access students & graduates from all our campuses (Dubai, Malaysia & UK) 

When hiring current students, please ensure you uphold your legal obligation to abide by Ministerial Decree 519 of 2018: Regulations on Training and Employment of Students  which details requirements such as the length of employment, working hours, payment etc. 

Employer Events 

Throughout the academic year, we offer a variety of touch points for your organisation to engage with our students & graduates so that there is always an opportunity for you to get involved regardless of your business requirements, such as: 

  • Careers Fairs – engage with hundreds of students & graduates from all backgrounds in one place and network with other professionals as multiple companies will have their own stand in the same room 
  • Workshops – deliver a hands-on practical session to develop specific skills of our students & graduates that will aid them in the workplace  
  • Guest Lectures – educate our students & graduates about any topic of your choice to help them learn more about your industry and how to work at your company  
  • Drop-Ins – take over our careers centre to speak to students & graduates about your company, hiring process, and open roles, almost like a private careers fair 

View our Employer Events Calendar for the 2024/25 academic year 

Marketing 

We are happy to help your company advertise to our students & graduates to increase brand awareness and spread the word about job opportunities, events, and student discounts via our: 

  • Newsletter – dedicated careers email to students sent every 2 weeks 
  • Instagram – connect with us @hwudcareers 
  • Careers Centre – availability for physical and digital posters on our campus 

Get In Touch 

If you're interested in any of the opportunities above, submit the enquiry form below (including a copy of your company’s trade license) and a member of our team will be in touch with next steps.  

Contact Information: dubaicareersandgraduatefutures@hw.ac.uk 

Enquiry Form 

If you’re interested in partnering with us, please complete the enquiry form or email us at dubaicareersandgradfutures@hw.ac.uk with your company trade license and a member of our careers team will be in touch.

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