UCAS Clearing
What is clearing?
Clearing is your opportunity to join us in September 2025. It is a process designed to help you find an undergraduate or foundation course availability for the upcoming academic year with UCAS. You can use clearing if you didn't receive the results you wanted, or simply changed your mind about your chosen university course.
Clearing 2025
Clearing for programmes starting in 2025 will open at the Universities & Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in July 2025. Full details of the programmes available and how to apply will be available here from August 2025.
Clearing is your opportunity to join us in September 2025. It is a process designed to help you find an undergraduate or foundation course availability for the upcoming academic year with UCAS. You can use clearing if you didn't receive the results you wanted, or simply changed your mind about your chosen university course.
Your Edinburgh adventure starts here
Our Global College option
Are you worried about not getting the grades to get into university this year? Our Global College option is an alternative route to accessing your chosen degree and offers direct entry to second-year study across many of our undergraduate degrees.
Our pathwaysStudent life
Campus accommodation
Living on campus is a great way to meet others. We have a range of student accommodation conveniently located within easy reach of teaching facilities.
Campus tours
Find out how you can explore our campuses
Scholarships and bursaries
Heriot-Watt offers a range of scholarships and bursaries to students who qualify.
Life in the Scottish Borders
If you study Fashion, Textiles or Design, you will study at our Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels.
Undergraduate students
UK student profiles for Heriot-Watt University, including: Accountancy and Finance, Brewing and Distilling, Comuter Science, Fashion Technology, Chemical Engineering and Psychology
Reasons to choose Heriot-Watt University
Top UK rankings
We are ranked 256th in the World and 32nd in the UK in the QS World University Rankings.
Graduate employability
1st in Scotland and 2nd in the UK for graduate employability (Graduate Outcomes Survey, 2024) and Heriot-Watt graduates earn an average salary of £28,000.
Guaranteed Accommodation
Stay in safe and secure housing on our beautiful parkland campus in Edinburgh within walking distance of teaching buildings, library and the Student Union.
Student facilities
1st in Scotland and 5th in the UK for the amount spent on student facilities (Complete University Guide, 2025).
Where is Heriot-Watt?
Maps and directions
Our Edinburgh campus is conveniently located just six miles from Edinburgh city centre - it's easy to reachby car and public transport, whether you're travelling from elsewhere in Scotland or further afield.
Student life in Edinburgh
Discover why Edinburgh was voted the best city in the world last year (Time Out Index, 2022). It’s the ideal city with students making up one fifth of the population and its rating as the third safest city in the world (YouGov, 2022).
Travel Home Bursary
Moving away from home is a big transition. If you're from England, Wales or Northern Ireland we don't want this to be a barrier. That's why we created the no-strings attached £1,500 bursary that you will get in your first year.
Graduate Apprenticeships
Have you finished school and are looking to kickstart your career and earn money? Are you interested in studying towards an honours degree while earning a full-time salary? A Graduate Apprenticeship could be the ideal solution for you to achieve a degree while also being in full-time employment.