Heriot-Watt University
Bookmark
ShareCopied to clipboardHeriot-Watt University is a university and book publisher. It is located in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1966 and has 10,150 students. It is globally ranked #830. They published 140 books in our database by 49 different authors between 1968 and 2022.
Key facts
- country: United Kingdom
- city: Edinburgh
- total students: 10,150 people
- ranking: #830
- foundation year: 1966
- number of books published: 140
- authors: 49 people
- publication period covered: 1968 - 2022
See more facts
Location on a map: 55°95′N, -3°20′W
© Heriot-Watt University - Explore more images
Extract data
Download datasets about Heriot-Watt University:
Dataset of books published by Heriot-Watt University:
Heriot-Watt University is one of the universities in the United Kingdom, universities in Edinburgh, 2,021 universities and 168,983 book publishers in our database.
Visualize data
Get charts or maps on Heriot-Watt University:
Distribution of books by Heriot-Watt University by publication date
Description
- Heriot-Watt University is a research-led and predominantly technological university based in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. It is relatively specialised in Engineering, Mathematics, Business Management and Finance, Built Environment, Physical Sciences, and Modern Languages, including world-leading specialities in Petroleum Engineering, Actuarial Mathematics, Robotics, Photonics Science and Technology, and Interpreting and Translating. Heriot-Watt also has an outstanding School of Textiles and Design at a separate campus in the Scottish Borders. At its Scottish campuses, the University has approximately 750 academic and research staff and 10,000 students, of whom 2,500 are postgraduates including over 800 research students. Around a third of the on-campus students in Scotland are from outside the UK, making Heriot-Watt one of the most internationally diverse of the UK universities. Heriot-Watt also has a campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, providing a digitally enabled learning environment to support the delivery of the University’s portfolio of programmes including in Data Science, Computing and AI, Business, Accounting and Finance, Psychology, Architecture and Design, Construction and Engineering. There are approximately 3,700 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and across a range of research-informed degree programmes in a global study environment, with strong links to business and industry. Heriot-Watt University Dubai recently received a five-star rating for the second time in a row in the second annual Higher Education Classification ratings by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority. The University also opened a campus in Putrajaya in Malaysia in 2014, with around 2,000 students. Heriot-Watt University Malaysia offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in key areas of importance to the Malaysian economy, with excellent employment potential, including Engineering, Actuarial Science, Construction, Accounting, Psychology and Business Management. The University offers direct entry into the undergraduate degrees as well as Foundation Programmes which provide the ideal preparation for degree entry. Committed to producing future-ready graduate who will go on to make an impact in the world, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia introduced a Positive Education approach in 2017, focussing not only on academic excellence but also the holistic development of individuals. Heriot-Watt also has a large programme of international distance learning, including the Edinburgh Business School MBA, and is also particularly active in transnational education through a number of learning partner organisations which teach Heriot-Watt University programmes in approximately 50 locations on all contintents. Altogether these bring Heriot-Watt's student population to around 26,000.
Related
Connected or similar to Heriot-Watt University: .
This dashboard is based on data from: The Center for World University Rankings, Shanghai University Ranking, The British Library.
This content is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.