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Foundation
Heriot-Watt is a vibrant and exciting University that recognizes that what
matters are the people within it. We want bright, imaginative and
self-motivated people to come and study at postgraduate level and we look
for the same qualities when recruiting top-level research -active academic
staff. It makes for a community of staff and students that is tight-knit,
friendly and forward thinking and it is the reason for the academic and
research successes illustrated on the following pages.
High quality relevant courses, excellent facilities, beautiful
surroundings, pioneering research. Heriot-Watt University has it all. This
prospectus should give you a taste of the kind of things that are going on
here today and how you could take part in it tomorrow.
Heriot-Watt University is recognized internationally as a centre for high
caliber research in science, engineering and business. A strong commitment
to the continuing expansion of high quality research across all sectors of
the University is a major feature of institutional strategy at Heriot-Watt.
In
recent years, Heriot-Watt University has been in the top 20 Universities
in Research Grant Awards from the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council.

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