Scholarships and discounts
The University recognises the substantial investment students will make towards their education. To help ease this financial burden, we offer the scholarships listed below to Dubai campus students who qualify for them:
Bicentennial Award
- A discount of AED 5,000 will be awarded to any student, (foundation, undergraduate, or postgraduate) applying and paying tuition fee deposit by June 30, 2022 for September 2022 intake.
- The Heriot-Watt University Dubai Ramadan Community Award will be granted to any student (foundation, undergraduate, or postgraduate) applying and paying tuition fee deposit by the required deadline.
- Heriot-Watt University Dubai Degree Entry Programme (DEP) students who are progressing to their undergraduate degrees in January 2023 are eligible for AED 5,000 discount only.
- To avail of this discount, students must apply and pay 10% of their tuition fees as advance payment (non- refundable) against their tuition fee.
- The Heriot-Watt University Dubai Ramadan Community Award amount will be distributed equally across the instalment plan for the first year of study.
- This award is applicable for students who have received an unconditional offer letter or a conditional offer letter from the university. Students who have received a conditional offer letter must provide the remaining documents to receive an unconditional offer letter from the university before the start of the academic year. In case a student does not meet the conditions required and application gets rejected, his/her admission and early application discount both will become void and any tuition fee paid will be refunded back to the student.
- For the avoidance of doubt, the advance payment of the fees paid is non-refundable if an unconditional offer letter has been issued to the applicant.
- The deadline for availing the discount is June 30, 2022.
Edinburgh Business School - Shaping 'Women Entrepreneurs' Scholarship
Civil Engineering ICE Scholarship
Full Advance Fee Payment Discount
Corporate Companies Discount
Alumni Scholarship
Future Made for Success Scholarship
Alumni Scholarship
Family Scholarship
Sports and Community Engagement Scholarship
A scholarship of up to 30% of the tuition fee for up to 30 students will be offered to students who have excelled in any sport, community engagement activities, or extracurricular activities at the national or international level.
This scholarship will be open to applicants for any of the foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Students who are awarded this scholarship are expected to engage in their chosen sport, community engagement or extracurricular activities at the University’s events, and are expected to contribute to the University’s marketing efforts. This may include, but not be limited to writing blogs about their University experience, providing support at recruitment and PR events etc.
Students must apply for scholarships using the scholarship request form and must attach all required supporting documents as mentioned in the scholarship form.
The scholarship offered is guaranteed and will be spread equally over the duration of the degree.
Degree Entry Programme Merit Scholarship
- Applicable to all Degree Entry Programmes (except Advanced DEP)
- The scholarship offered is guaranteed and will be spread equally over the duration of the Degree Entry Programme and Undergraduate Honours degree programme.
- The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.
- All decisions regarding scholarships and year of entry are at the discretion of the academic head or regional recruitment director after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects and English language requirements.
Degree Entry Programme Merit Scholarship criteria
Curriculum | 100% | 70% | 50% | 20% |
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GCSE/IGCSE | 5 As (7s) | 4 As (7s) | 3 As (7s) | 3 Bs (5s) |
IB - MYP | Five 6s | Four 6s | Three 6s | Three 5s |
Kazakh/ Russian National curriculum (Attestat) |
All 5s | All 5s except one subject | All 5s except two subjects | 3 5s and 4s for every other subject |
American HSD | 90% | 85% | 80% | 75% |
CBSE - Year 11 |
85% | 80% | 75% | 70% |
WAEC | Five B3s | Four B3s | Three B3s | Three C4s |
NB: Must include higher marks where stipulated below in core subjects.
DEP Engineering: Mathematics, English and Physics/Chemistry
DEP Management: English (and business-related subjects if taken)
DEP Design: English (and design-related subjects if taken)
Students will receive the discount evenly over the 5 years of DEP + Honours Degree.
For example: 100% scholarship for a Degree Entry Programme with tuition per year being AED 42,000 (exc. VAT) = AED 8,400 per year for five years.
Engineering degree: 62,000 AED (exc. VAT)
Year | Annual fee | Discount | Net fee (exc. VAT) |
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1 | 42,000 | 8,400 | 33,600 |
2 | 62,000 | 8,400 | 53,600 |
3 | 62,000 | 8,400 | 53,600 |
4 | 62,000 | 8,400 | 53,600 |
5 | 62,000 | 8,400 | 53,600 |
Total | 290,000 | 42,000 | 248,000 |
Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
- Merit students may qualify for a direct entry into the second year of an undergraduate programme. Details of the criteria for direct admission into second year are listed on our programme pages and are available in the University’s Admissions Office. However, the decision remains at the discretion of the course director after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects.
- The scholarship offered will be calculated on the net tuition fee of the first year after deducting any other scholarships or discounts that the student may have received.
- The scholarship offered is guaranteed and will be spread equally over the duration of the degree
- The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.
- All decisions regarding scholarships and year of entry are at the discretion of the academic head after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects and English language requirements.
Undergraduate Merit Scholarship criteria
All Undergraduate Programmes (All Heriot-Watt Schools)
High School (12th) Marks | 80% - 84.9% | 85% - 89.9 % | 90% and above |
Scholarship | 30% | 40% | 50% |
A level Grades | BBB | ABB | AAB |
Scholarship | 30% | 40% | 50% |
AS Level grades | AAAA |
Scholarship | 30% |
High School (12th) Marks + SAT Scores | AHSD 70% + Minimum SAT 1’s 1250 OR AHSD 70% + 3 AP’s with grade 4 OR Minimum 3 SAT 2’s 500 each |
AHSD 80 % + 3 AP’s with grade 4 OR Minimum 3 SAT 2’s 500 each |
AHSD 90% + 3 AP’s with grade 4 OR Minimum 3 SAT 2’s 500 each |
Scholarship | 30% | 40% | 50% |
Points | 28 – 32 | 33-36 | 37 and above |
Scholarship | 30% | 40% | 50%/td> |
Grade 12 marks | 85% - 89.9% | 90% – 94.9% | 95% and above |
Scholarship | 30% | 40% | 50% |
DEP | 75% | 80% | 85% |
Scholarship | 30% | 40% | 50% |
Students who achieve the above grades in DEP will be entitled to upgrade their scholarship to 30-50% of the annual fee for their chosen undergraduate degree if applicable.
For example: 50% scholarship for Civil Engineering = AED 32,550 = 8,137.5 per year for 4 years
Must include minimum of required percentage in relevant subjects:
- EPS/EGIS: Mathematics and Physics/Chemistry
- MACS: Mathematics and/or Computer Science
- SoSS: Business Management and English
- TEX: Design Studies
Postgraduate Merit Scholarship
- The scholarship is guaranteed and calculated on the net tuition deducting any other discounts that the student may have received.
- The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.
- All decisions regarding scholarships are at the discretion of the academic head or regional recruitment director after evaluating Undergraduate degree grades, work experience if applicable to the programme, and English language requirements.
Please note that all scholarship decisions are subject to the Scholarship Committee approvals.
Postgraduate Merit Scholarship Criteria
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree (Hons) – 2:1 Bachelor’s degree (Ordinary) – Credit |
Bachelor’s degree (Hons) - First Bachelor’s degree (Ordinary) overall 75% |
Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree (4 years) (with or without Honours) GPA 3.0/4 or Grade B |
Bachelor’s degree (4 years) (with or without Honours) GPA 3.7/4 or Grade A |
Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree (4 years) (with or without Honours)
Bachelor’s degree (3 years)
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Bachelor’s degree ( 4 years) (with or without Honours)
Bachelor’s degree ( 3 years)
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree/Licence (4 years)
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Bachelor’s degree/Licence (4 years)
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
4/5 or 80% |
4.5/5 or 90% |
Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s Degree with 2:1 (Hons) equivalent |
Bachelor’s Degree with First Class equivalent |
Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
Degree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree
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Scholarship | 10% | 15% |
PhD Mathematical and Computer Sciences Scholarship
The School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences in Dubai is offering a limited number of PhD scholarships in advanced areas of Computer Science.
Students who are successful in being awarded this scholarship are expected to be involved in teaching and learning activities of students. This may include supporting lab sessions, marking or preparing course material. On occasion there might be teaching opportunities. Overall, candidates will not be expected to dedicate more than 400 hours/year in such paid activities.
The scholarship will cover tuition fees for the 36 months. An hourly rate (currently 60 AED) will be paid for computer lab support. Renumeration for the other activities will vary.
Scholarships will be awarded by competitive merit, taking into account the academic excellence of the applicant and his/her research and teaching abilities.
Interested applicants should apply for the scholarship no later than 15 February 2021.
Applicants MUST be available to start the course of study and their teaching commitment as of 1 May 2021.
For details on entry requirements and application procedure please refer to the PhD Mathematical and Computer Sciences webpage.
In addition to the required documents, applicants are requested to include a personal statement outlining their academic excellence and their interest in research and teaching that would qualify them to obtain this scholarship.
For any further enquiries please contact Nizamuddin Khaja Abdul, Student Recruitment Manager on k.abdul@hw.ac.uk or +971 52 190 48 08.
Real Estate Undergraduate and Postgraduate Scholarship
- The first 20 students accepted to the Real Estate undergraduate and postgraduate programme for the January 2022 intake would be granted a 25% waiver on their tuition fees.
- Postgraduate students cannot combine this scholarship with other discounts.
- For all undergraduate students, the scholarship offered will be calculated on the net tuition fee of the first year after deducting any other discounts that the student may have received.
- The scholarship offered is guaranteed and will be spread equally over the duration of the degree.
- The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.
Petroleum Engineering Scholarship
Vice Chancellor's Scholarship
Terms and conditions for all scholarships/discounts above
- Students cannot apply for and receive more than one type of scholarship award. Students however can qualify for more than one discount.
- Unless otherwise stated, all scholarships apply to programmes commencing in 2022, at Heriot- Watt University Dubai and cannot be used for study at other campuses.
- Unless otherwise stated, all scholarships are to be offered once, for the first year only
- Students must apply for scholarships using the scholarship request form and must attach all required supporting documents as mentioned in the scholarship form by the deadline of 1 September, 2022 (or applicable date as mentioned).
- Additional forms and supporting documents may be required to decide on a scholarship/discount request and must be in English (certified translated documents must be provided if the documents are not in English)
- Scholarships cannot be exchanged for cash or be transferred
- There is a set budget for scholarships every year and the University reserves the right to withdraw, amend or discontinue any scholarship/discount from time to time.
- The University reserves the right to cancel any award of scholarship/discount if a student is found in breach of any guidelines set by the University or has falsified any information.
- The decisions made by the University are final and there are no provisions or processes for appeal.
- All scholarships and discounts apply to study option at Heriot-Watt University Dubai only and cannot be transferred to other campuses.
- Other terms and conditions may apply.
Please note: All fees exclude any VAT that is applicable or may become applicable in the future.
Key information
Dubai enquiries
- Phone
- +971 4 571 7000
- dubaienquiries@hw.ac.uk