Your Edinburgh Adventure

Edinburgh is closer than you think

It’s easy to travel further afield from Edinburgh, as we’re just a short bus, train or plane ride away from anywhere in the UK. If you were to hop on a plane from London, you’d be with us in just over an hour.

Heriot-Watt is based on a 380-acre green campus, six miles from Edinburgh city centre. It's well served by buses that stop outside our main entrance and that get you into the city centre in 30 minutes. As a student you can travel by bus for free with the Young Scot Card.

If you plan on having visitors there are plenty of options for hotels in Edinburgh and the Courtyard by Marriot hotel on campus.

Together We Shape Your Future

Our degrees are career-focused and relevant to the needs of business and industry. We will help you to meet some of the world’s top employers such as PwC and Cisco. They actively seek out our graduates due to our reputation for developing the right know-how and skills for today’s workplaces.

All our students, whichever campus they study at, have lifelong access to career support services. These services include  our GRADfutures vacancies platform, and our ‘Aspiring Futures’ programme which supports students who face additional employability barriers.

Our Careers and Graduate Futures Service also provides tailor-made advice and will support you with CVs, applying for jobs, selection tests and interviews.

We also try to give our students every opportunity to earn whilst studying with Unitemps. This is a campus-based job agency that places Heriot-Watt students in temporary roles within the University. It provides opportunities to work in a wide variety areas such as events, social media, hospitality, logistics and administration. Once you’re signed up, you can also apply for roles in every city where Unitemps has an office. This could mean easy access to temporary work during holidays.