Edinburgh - postgraduate open week
Our postgraduate virtual open week takes place from Monday 23 to Friday 27 November, at 4.30pm till 7.30pm daily.
While you are unable to visit our campuses in person, our virtual open week is the ideal and safe way for you to find out all you need to know about PG study at Heriot-Watt. Attendees are invited to join a series of webinars about subject areas, the admissions process, careers support, accommodation and student-led Q&A sessions.
How it works
Once you have registered using the form below, you will be invited to download our event app, which has an array of useful information, including bite-sized lectures, video presentations, welcome talks and advice from support services – everything you need to help with your decision-making.
Subject area webinars
Subjects are grouped by day as follows:
| Monday 23 November | Edinburgh Business School subjects |
| Welcome talk - Edinburgh Business, School of Social Sciences | 16:00-16:30 |
| Psychology | 16:30-17:15 |
| Languages and Intercultural Studies | 16:30-17:15 |
| Business | 17:15-18:00 |
| Logistics | 17:15-18:00 |
| Marketing | 18:00-18:45 |
| Economics | 18:00-18:45 |
| Accounting and Finance | 18:45-19:30 |
| Tuesday 24 November | Construction, Earth Sciences, Urban Design, Engineering, Real Estate, Marine Environment and Climate Change |
| Building, Planning and Urban Design | 17:00-17:30 |
| Admissions | 17:30-18:00 |
| Marine, Environment and Climate Change | 18:00-18:30 |
| Construction Management and Surveying | 18:00-18:30 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 18:30-19:00 |
| Civil/Safety/Water Engineering | 18:30-19:00 |
| Wednesday 25 November | Actuarial Science, Computer Science, Mathematics |
| Mathematics | 16:00-17:00 |
| Careers Service | 16:30-17:00 |
| Accommodation | 17:00-17:30 |
| Computer Science | 17:00-18:00 |
| Admissions | 17:30-18:00 |
| Actuarial Science | 18:00-19:00 |
| Student panel | 18:30-19:00 |
| Thursday 26 November | Brewing and Distilling, Robotics, Energy and Renewables, Mechanical Engineering |
| Global Sustainability Engineering | 16:00-17:00 |
| Brewing and Distilling | 16:00-17:00 |
| Energy | 17:00-18:00 |
| Renewable Energy Engineering | 17:00-18:00 |
| Robotics | 18:00-19:00 |
| Friday 27 November | Fashion, Textiles and Design |
| Design Management | 10:30-11:30 |
| Accommodation | 16:00-16:30 |
| Fashion and Textiles Design | 16:30-17:30 |
| Digital Design and Innovation | 16:30-17:30 |
| Careers | 17:30-18:00 |
| Interior Architecture and Design | 17:30-18:30 |
| Student panel | 18:00-18:30 |
| Fashion and Textiles Management | 18:30-19:30 |
In the meantime, you can find out more on our postgraduate study webpages
Registration form
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