Heriot-Watt University

Established in 1821, Heriot-Watt University is an internationally recognized public research institution in the UK. It offers a broad spectrum of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research courses in multiple disciplines and is globally ranked for its Civil Engineering, Oceanography, and Mathematics programs.

Heriot-Watt University is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the UK, with its main campus situated in South West Edinburgh, Scotland. Its Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels is home to the university's School of Textile and Design. Heriot-Watt's Dubai Campus was the first British university to be set up in Dubai International Academic City. £35 million were invested in the Malaysian campus of Heriot-Watt University. Finally, the Heriot-Watt's Campus in Stromness, Orkney, is home to the International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), a specialist arm of the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society.

Heriot-Watt attracts brilliant minds from all over the world and is valued for its pioneering academic excellence and research. The institution’s notable alumni include former premiers of British Columbia - Gordon Campbell and Ujjal Dosanjh, the Vancouver Canucks NHL team owner, Francesco Aquilini, Prime Minister of Lesotho, Robert Turner, humanitarian and cancer research activist Terry Fox, and Pakalitha Mosisili, director at the Max Planck Institute.