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Heriot-Watt University overall ranking by QS is #256 out of 1503 globally, for the year 2025.
Stream | 2025 Ranking | 2024 Ranking | 2023 Ranking |
Overall | #256 out of 1503 in Global Ranking | #201 out of 434 in Global Ranking | #281 out of 1400 in Global Ranking |
Business | - | #151 out of 626 in Global Ranking | #56 out of 252: Edinburgh Business School |
Engineering | - | #258 out of 555 in Global Ranking | #260 out of 530 in Global Ranking |
Finance | - | #251 out of 351 in Global Ranking | - |
Language | - | #201 out of 320 in Global Ranking | - |
Architecture | - | #101 out of 240 in Global Ranking | - |
Humanities | - | #392 out of 551 in Global Ranking | #74 out of 570: Edinburgh Business School |
Mathematics | - | #151 out of 553 in Global Ranking | - |
Mechanical Engineering | - | #251 out of 532 in Global Ranking | - |
Biology | - | #501 out of 670 in Global Ranking | - |
Psychology | - | #101 out of 330: Edinburgh Business School | - |
Economics | - | #351 out of 560 in Global Ranking | - |
Marine Sciences | - | #201 out of 252 in Global Ranking | - |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | - | #201 out of 533 in Global Ranking | - |
Physics | - | #301 out of 640 in Global Ranking | - |
Chemistry | - | #451 out of 652 in Global Ranking | - |
Accounting | - | #251 out of 351 in Global Ranking | - |
Information Technology | - | #351 out of 722 in Global Ranking | - |
Arts | - | #392 out of 551 in Global Ranking | #74 out of 570: Edinburgh Business School |

Edinburgh Business School overall ranking by FINANCIAL TIMES is #95 out of 100 globally, for the year 2020.
Stream | 2024 Ranking | 2020 Ranking | 2016 Ranking |
Overall | - | #95 out of 100: Edinburgh Business School | #98 out of 100: Edinburgh Business School |
Business | #92 out of 100: Edinburgh Business School | - | #54 out of 100: Edinburgh Business School |

Heriot-Watt University overall ranking by THE is #351 out of 1600 globally, for the year 2024 and for the Engineering stream, it ranks #176 out of 1374 in global ranking, for the year 2024.
Stream | 2024 Ranking | 2023 Ranking | 2022 Ranking |
Overall | #351 out of 1600 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Business | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Engineering | #176 out of 1374 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Finance | - | #501 out of 1501 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Architecture | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Humanities | #151 out of 691 in Global Ranking | - | - |
Mathematics | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Mechanical Engineering | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Biology | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | - |
Psychology | #301 out of 621 in Global Ranking | - | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Economics | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Marine Sciences | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | - |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | - | - | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Physics | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Chemistry | - | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
Accounting | - | #501 out of 1501 in Global Ranking | - |
Arts | #151 out of 691 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1502 in Global Ranking | #501 out of 1200 in Global Ranking |
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Heriot-Watt University overall ranking by US News is #663 out of 1740 globally, for the year 2023.
Stream | 2023 Ranking | 2022 Ranking | 2021 Ranking |
Overall | #663 out of 1740 in Global Ranking | #663 out of 1740 in Global Ranking | #580 out of 1499 in Global Ranking |
Engineering | - | #258 out of 949 in Global Ranking | - |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | - | #271 out of 469 in Global Ranking | - |
Physics | - | #597 out of 743 in Global Ranking | - |
Chemistry | - | #599 out of 997 in Global Ranking | - |

Heriot-Watt University overall ranking by ARWU is #801 out of 1000 globally, for the year 2022 and for the Sciences stream, it ranks #401 out of 500 in global ranking, for the year 2022.
Stream | 2022 Ranking | 2021 Ranking | 2020 Ranking |
Overall | #801 out of 1000 in Global Ranking | #801 out of 1000 in Global Ranking | - |
Sciences | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #301 out of 500 in Global Ranking | - |
Engineering | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #301 out of 500 in Global Ranking | - |
Mathematics | #151 out of 500 in Global Ranking | - | #101 out of 500 in Global Ranking |
Mechanical Engineering | #201 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #201 out of 400 in Global Ranking | #201 out of 400 in Global Ranking |
Biology | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #301 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #301 out of 500 in Global Ranking |
Psychology | - | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | #201 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #301 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #201 out of 500 in Global Ranking |
Chemistry | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking | #401 out of 500 in Global Ranking |

Heriot-Watt University overall ranking by CWUR is #699 out of 1994 globally, for the year 2022.
Stream | 2022 Ranking | 2021 Ranking | 2020 Ranking |
Overall | #699 out of 1994 in Global Ranking | #690 out of 2000 in Global Ranking | #690 out of 2000 in Global Ranking |

Heriot-Watt University overall ranking by The Guardian is #35 out of 200 globally, for the year 2021 and for the Business stream, it ranks #29 out of 150 in global ranking, for the year 2021.
Stream | 2021 Ranking |
Overall | #35 out of 200 in Global Ranking |
Business | #29 out of 150 in Global Ranking |
Engineering | #9 out of 150 in Global Ranking |
Finance | #25 out of 150 in Global Ranking |

Heriot-Watt University overall ranking by RUR is #313 out of 800 globally, for the year 2020 and for the Engineering stream, it ranks #141 out of 750 in global ranking, for the year 2020.
Stream | 2020 Ranking | 2019 Ranking | 2018 Ranking |
Overall | #313 out of 800 in Global Ranking | #340 out of 810 in Global Ranking | #320 out of 784 in Global Ranking |
Engineering | #141 out of 750 in Global Ranking | #129 out of 625 in Global Ranking | #143 out of 565 in Global Ranking |
Humanities | - | #297 out of 600 in Global Ranking | #310 out of 600 in Global Ranking |
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So Heriot-Watt, it was actually last minute decision, I must say because I was planning on going to Canada actually. And then I was going to do a food and nutrition course. Okay, but then the plan changed in the end. And then because I was interested in psychology from before, like in 10th grade and then 12. One of my close friends was joining Heriot watt University, and she told me about this university that okay, this sounds like, you know, I'm joining first year and then I had, you know, look like I saw the courses that were available in Heriot-Watt University. And that's when I thought, okay, maybe I should be going forward with psychology, because I've been wanting to do for a while. So that's how I got to go to a friend you can say
Placement
Master's program so not much as most students are working but they do have tie ups with some companies.
University accepted a bachelor degree of 3 yrs as UK curriculum and Indian are on similar structure. Applying for US, Canada or Australia all require 4 yrs of graduation or 3yrs + 2yrs work experience
Placement
There are a lot of job opportunities/research options available to the students after their studies. A number of companies have visited and still do visit the university to let students know about the job opportunities available. Also, there are various graduate programs which enable students to get a job for 2-3 years after graduation.
I chose Heriot-Watt University because of their faculty and the opportunities it offers. The teachers who teach this program are highly qualified and really helpful too. Also the course coordinators and other staff members were helpful.
Placement
Not aware of a placement process.
It was close to home (Saudi Arabia) and my siblings also attended the university.
Placement
Job opportunities are nice and plentiful. I do not know much about placements yet but I have seen a lot of alumni work at good companies on LinkedIn so I hope they are good as well. The university has a daily letterbox that you can sign up for that will send you placements the careers services receive and knows about and that has helped me for several applications. In addition, personal tutors and heads of departments also send students some opportunities for internships.
2+2 program lets me learn and go to a different part of the world and get educated at the same time which was desirable to make me a more global person. In addition to that, Heriot-Watt was a well-known university that had good accreditation like from IMechE.
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