Organisation Description

Heriot-Watt is a dynamic university at the forefront of the knowledge economy with a mission to:

• provide the highest quality education and training to suit the professional employment sector
• meet the aspirations of students and help them to realise their potential
• deliver world class innovative research in the fields of business and industry
• exploit knowledge for the benefit of society

Heriot-Watt, one of the UK’s leading universities for business and industry, has:

• a reputation for innovative education, enterprise and leading-edge research, educating the technologists, professionals and thinkers of tomorrow
• an established reputation and graduates who are highly sought by employers
• more than 6 300 students on campus in Scotland plus more than 9 500 on external programmes in 140 countries worldwide.