Scholarships and discounts

A discount of AED 4,000 will be granted to any student (foundation, undergraduate, or Postgraduate) applying and submitting the tuition fee deposit by 31 July 2025, for the September 2025 intake.

To avail this discount, students must apply and pay 10% of their tuition fees as advance payment (non- refundable) against their tuition fee.

The Future Made for Success Scholarship 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, their admission and discount(s) will become void and any tuition fee paid will be refunded to the student.

The Future Made for Success Scholarship cannot be combined with the Engineering Scholars Award.

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 31 July 2025.

We are excited to offer an AED 20,000 discount in celebration of our 20th anniversary to students applying to selected programs for the September 2025 intake.
This award is valid for students who apply and pay the tuition fee deposit by 12 July 2025.

Eligibility Criteria:

The discount is applicable to students applying to the following programs:

• MACS Undergraduate
• EPS Postgraduate
• EGIS Postgraduate*
• MSc Digital Marketing

How to Apply:

• The award is available to students who apply to one of the eligible programs and pay 10% of their tuition fees as a non-refundable advance payment by the deadline.
• The AED 20,000 discount will be applied equally across the installment plan for the first year of study.

Conditions:

• Students must have received either an unconditional offer letter or a conditional offer letter from the university.
• Those with a conditional offer must provide the necessary documents to receive an unconditional offer before the academic year starts.
• If a student does not meet the conditions and their application is rejected, both their admission and early application discount will become void. Any tuition fee paid will be refunded, excluding the AED 315 application fee.
• For the avoidance of doubt, the advance payment is non-refundable once an unconditional offer letter has been issued.
• This award cannot be combined with the Future Made for Success Scholarship.

The deadline for availing the discount is 12 July 2025.

*Exclusions apply - The discount is not applicable to students applying to MSc in Construction Project Management and MSc Real Estate.

Edinburgh Business School is committed to educating tomorrow's leaders. We look to the future and create industry-focused degrees which develop the skills our graduates need to thrive and advance in an ever-changing world.

The Tomorrow's Leaders MBA Scholarship is designed for aspiring business leaders who have worked full-time for a minimum of five years. For this scholarship, Edinburgh Business School is seeking applicants who demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities and potential, with a strong vision for the future.

Criteria

• Open to applicants with a minimum of 5 years, post-qualifying, full-time professional work experience.
• Applicants must have received and accepted an unconditional offer of a place on the full or part-time MBA programme in Dubai and have paid the deposit to secure their place to start in September 2025.
• Applicants must be fully self-funded
• A separate scholarship application form is required, which includes an 800-word essay and shortlisted applicants may be invited to attend a panel interview or may be required to undergo a telephone interview.

Amount of award: Up to 50% of the MBA tuition fees

Number of awards: 1

The scholarship will be spread equally across the on-campus tuition fees for all nine MBA courses required to qualify for the MBA degree for the duration of the programme of study. The scholarship award is not applicable towards the cost of visa fees, interim award fees, graduation fees, examination defer or absent fees, accommodation whilst living in Dubai or incidental expenses such as day to day living costs.

Applications

For full terms and conditions and to receive the application form, please contact DubaiMBA@hw.ac.uk 

Closing date

Applications close at midnight on 31 August 2025.

The 30% Club GCC and Edinburgh Business School are delighted to announce a scholarship of up to 50% on tuition fees to attend the full-time or part-time MBA programme at the Heriot-Watt University Dubai campus and will be offered to an exceptional entrepreneurial woman.

Criteria

• You must be female, residing in the GCC and have received and accepted an unconditional offer of a place on the full or part-time MBA programme, and have paid the deposit, to secure their place to start in September 2025.
• Applicants must be fully self-funded.
• A separate scholarship application form is required, which includes an 800-word essay and shortlisted applicants may be invited to attend a panel interview or may be required to undergo a telephone interview.

Amount of award

• Up to 50% of the MBA tuition fees.
• Number of awards: 1

The scholarship covers the costs of all study materials, teaching sessions, revision seminars and examination fees for the nine MBA courses required to qualify for the MBA degree. The scholarship award does not cover the cost of interim award fees, examination defer or absent fees, graduation fees, accommodation whilst living in Dubai or incidental expenses such as day to day living costs.

Applications

For full terms and conditions and to receive the application form, please contact DubaiMBA@hw.ac.uk 

Closing date

Applications close at midnight on 31 August 2025.

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.

• Any Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Member applying for the MSc Civil Engineering and Construction Management is eligible for a 20% Scholarship.
• A family member of an ICE Member applying for the BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering programme is eligible to receive a flat scholarship of 20% on first year tuition fee, split across the duration of the programme. Please note : This is only applicable to immediate family members.

A discount of 3% of the net annual tuition fees will be awarded to any student, (foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate) who pays their net annual tuition fees in full before 1 September 2025 for the September Intake or before 1 January 2026 for the January Intake. If an offer letter is sent to the student after the deadline, then to avail the full advance fee payment discount the student must pay the annual tuition fee within 7 days of receiving the offer.
  To avail this discount, fees must be paid in cash, by current dated cheque, or through bank transfer.
  A student who first pays 10% of their fees (and PDCs for non-international students) to confirm their place for the chosen programme, and then decides to pay the tuition fee in full will also be eligible for this discount.
  International students, who pay their fees in full, are also eligible to apply for this discount.
  The discount will be calculated on the net tuition fee, after deducting any other applicable scholarship(s) or discount(s) received by the student.

Heriot-Watt University, Dubai has partnered with leading organisations in the UAE to offer bespoke learning opportunities and discounts. To learn more about the exclusive discount for your employees, please contact Ms. Vibhuti Thanki – v.thanki@hw.ac.uk

A 20% discount is applicable to postgraduate taught courses across all of our global campuses for all Heriot-Watt alumni who have previously been registered for one year or more on a Heriot-Watt degree programme. This discount is also applicable to those who would like to study their postgraduate taught degree with Heriot-Watt Online.

Family Scholarships of AED 3,000 will be offered when two or more students from the same immediate family enrol for any foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate programme.

Immediate family members include parents, spouse, and siblings.

This scholarship will not apply to the first enrolled student, but only to the second, third, etc. family members.

This scholarship will only apply for every year of study if there are two or more active and enrolled immediate family members paying their fees in the same academic year but for post-graduate students enrolled on the part-time option the scholarship would apply or be eligible for just one time for their enrolment on a programme.

The scholarship amount will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student.

• Applicable to all Global College Programme (except Advanced DEP)
• The scholarship offered is guaranteed and will be spread equally over the duration of the Global College 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.
• Recipients must maintain a minimum C grade in all courses each academic year at Heriot-Watt University Dubai to retain the award.
• Please note any lost scholarship cannot be adjusted/claimed back.  

Global College Programme Merit Scholarship criteria

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)

• 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 will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year. For example: 50% scholarship for Civil Engineering = AED 32,550 = 8,137.5 per year for 4 years  
• 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.   
• Recipients maintain a minimum overall grade of C at the end of the academic year for which they are on probation, the rest of the award will be cancelled.   
• Please note any lost scholarship cannot be adjusted/claimed back.  

Undergraduate Merit Scholarship criteria

All Undergraduate Programmes (All Heriot-Watt Schools)

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

• 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.  Please note that these scholarships are exclusively for Undergraduate Engineering programmes. 
• 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 will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.  For example: 50% scholarship for Civil Engineering = AED 32,550 = 8,137.5 per year for 4 years 
• 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.  
• Recipients must maintain a minimum C grade in all courses each academic year at Heriot-Watt University Dubai to retain the award. 
• Please note any lost scholarship cannot be adjusted/claimed back.    

Undergraduate Engineering Merit Scholarship criteria

All Undergraduate Engineering Programmes

• 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

Students applying to the Petroleum Engineering postgraduate programme in the September 2024 Intake would be granted a 25% tuition fees waiver.

This discount cannot be combined with the Engineering Scholars Award and Future Made for Success Award.

A scholarship of up to 50% of the tuition fee will be offered to a maximum of 50 students from China.
This scholarship will be open to applicants for any of the foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

These scholarships will be awarded based on a range of criteria including merit, sports, service to community and industry etc. and will only be applicable to applicants who are nominally resident in China.

Students who are awarded this scholarship are expected to voluntarily contribute to the University's marketing efforts. This may include, but not be limited to writing blogs about their University experience, managing a country specific social media page, providing support at international recruitment 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 by 1 September 2024.

1. Students cannot apply for and receive more than one type of scholarship award. Students however can qualify for more than one discount.
2. Unless otherwise stated, all scholarships apply to programmes commencing in 2024, at Heriot- Watt University Dubai and cannot be used for study at other campuses.
3. Unless otherwise stated, all scholarships are to be offered once, for the first year only
4. 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, 2024 (or applicable date as mentioned).
5. 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)
6. Scholarships cannot be exchanged for cash or be transferred
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. The decisions made by the University are final and there are no provisions or processes for appeal.
10. All scholarships and discounts apply to study option at Heriot-Watt University Dubai only and cannot be transferred to other campuses.
11. Other terms and conditions may apply.

Please note: All fees exclude any VAT that is applicable or may become applicable in the future.