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| logo = Heriot-Watt University logo.svg |
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| established = 1821 as [[#The School of Arts of Edinburgh|the School of Arts of Edinburgh]], 1966 as [[#Heriot-Watt University|university]] |
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| motto = Leaders in ideas and solutions |
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| established = 1821 – School of Arts of Edinburgh<br />1852 – Watt Institution and School of Arts<br />1885 – Heriot-Watt College<br />1966 – university by [[Royal Charter]] |
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| type = [[Public university|Public]] |
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| staff = 1666<ref name="Heriot-Watt University website: Key facts about Heriot-Watt University">{{cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/about/reputation/key-facts.htm |accessdate=2011-11-29 |title=Heriot-Watt University: Key facts about Heriot-Watt University }}</ref> |
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| endowment = [[Pound sterling|£]]12.2 million (2023)<ref name="annacc">{{cite web |title=Reports and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 July 2023 |url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/documents/23_HWU_Final_Financial_Statements.pdf |publisher=Heriot-Watt University | access-date = 25 March 2024}}</ref> |
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| principal = Professor [[Steve Chapman]] |
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| budget = [[Pound sterling|£]]259.5 million (2022/23)<ref name="annacc"/> |
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| chancellor = [[Susan Greenfield|Baroness Greenfield]] |
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| chancellor = [[Geoff Palmer (scientist)|Sir Geoff Palmer]] |
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| principal = [[Richard Williams (academic)|Richard Williams]] |
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| students = Global: 31,000<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: Annual statistics 2011-12" /><br /> Edinburgh: {{HESA student population|INSTID=0171}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> |
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| undergrad = Edinburgh: {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=0171}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>{{Update inline|date=December 2023}} |
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| undergrad = 5,496 on Edinburgh Campus<ref name="Heriot-Watt University website: Key facts about Heriot-Watt University" /> |
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| postgrad = Edinburgh: {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=0171}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>{{Update inline|date=December 2023}} |
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| postgrad = 1,991 on Edinburgh Campus<ref name="Heriot-Watt University website: Key facts about Heriot-Watt University" /> |
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| city = [[Edinburgh]] |
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| country = [[Scotland]], |
| country = [[Scotland]], United Kingdom |
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| free = [[Scottish Borders]]<br /> [[Orkney]]<br /> [[Dubai]]<br /> [[Malaysia]] |
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| affiliations = [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]]<br /> [[Universities Scotland]] <br /> [[Universities UK]] |
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| website = {{URL|https://hw.ac.uk}} |
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| administrative_staff = 1,737<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: Annual statistics 2011-12">{{cite web |url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/reference/annual_statistics.pdf |access-date=10 August 2012 |title=Annual statistics 2011–12. |archive-date=16 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816050217/http://www.hw.ac.uk/reference/annual_statistics.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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| faculty = 925 Scotland based (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff/working-in-he|title=Who's working in HE? |website=www.hesa.ac.uk}}</ref> |
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'''Heriot-Watt University''' ({{lang-gd|Oilthigh Heriot-Watt}}) is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] based in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. It was established in 1821 as the '''School of Arts of Edinburgh,''' the world's first [[mechanics' institute]], and subsequently granted university status by [[royal charter]] in 1966. It is the eighth-oldest higher education institution in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="uaeuni">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/education/2022/04/20/uaes-best-universities-heriot-watt-university/|title=UAE's best universities: Heriot-Watt University|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=20 April 2022 |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> The name Heriot-Watt was taken from Scottish inventor [[James Watt]] and Scottish philanthropist and goldsmith [[George Heriot]]. |
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The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £259.5 million of which £33 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £266.7 million.<ref name="annacc"/> Known for its focus on science as well as engineering, it is one of the 23 colleges being granted university status in the 1960s and sometimes considered a [[plate glass university]] similar to the likes of [[Lancaster University|Lancaster]] and [[University of Warwick|Warwick]].<ref name="tandfonline.com">{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/03054985.2015.1082905 | volume=41 | title=Are there distinctive clusters of higher and lower status universities in the UK? | journal=Oxford Review of Education | pages=608–627| url=http://dro.dur.ac.uk/14978/1/14978.pdf|issue=5| year=2015 | last1=Boliver | first1=Vikki | s2cid=143154842 }}</ref><ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/> |
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'''Heriot-Watt University''' is a teaching and research university based in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] with three satellite campuses. The eighth oldest higher education institution in the [[United Kingdom]], it began in 1821 as the '''School of Arts of Edinburgh''', the world's first [[mechanics' institute]]. In recognition of [[James Watt]], the name changed to the '''Watt Institution and School of Arts''' in 1837, and to '''Heriot-Watt College''' in 1885 after [[George Heriot]]. The school helped produce munitions during [[World War I]] and train [[radar]] operators during [[World War II]]. It became a university in 1966. |
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The university has three campuses in [[Scotland]] and one each in the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] and [[Malaysia]]. |
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Heriot-Watt is known for being research-ledand focuses on business and industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-HWU&view=basic| accessdate=2011-12-07| title=NAHSTE: Records of Heriot-Watt University }}</ref><ref name="Heriot-Watt University website: Our reputation">{{cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/about/reputation.htm| accessdate=2011-12-02| title= Heriot-Watt University: Our reputation }}</ref> The university primarily offers vocational degrees, often leading to [[engineering]] or [[business]] roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/topJobs.do|title=Unistats: Heriot-Watt University Employment Prospects|accessdate 07-12-2011}}</ref> As of 2011, it is ranked fourth in Scotland by the ''Complete University Guide''.<ref>The Complete University Guide (2011) [http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=10134 "University League Table 2012"] ''thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk''</ref> |
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[[File:Heriot-Watt Reception.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Main reception entrance on the Edinburgh campus.|Main reception entrance on the Edinburgh campus.]] |
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== History == |
== History == |
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[[File:Jameswatt.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=statue of James Watt|This statue of [[James Watt]] commissioned for the School of Arts today sits at Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh Campus.]] |
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===School of Arts of Edinburgh=== |
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=== School of Arts of Edinburgh === |
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The institution that became Heriot-Watt University was established in 1821 as the "School of Arts of Edinburgh" by local businessman [[Leonard Horner]]. Following a conversation with watchmaker Robert Bryson about the lack of technical education for the working classes throughout their city,Horner became eager to establish an institution filling that need.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|64-66}} His plan drew heavily on the example set by [[George Birkbeck]], whose lectures in [[Anderson's Institution]] in [[Glasgow]] had taught [[chemistry]] and [[natural philosophy]] to working men around the turn of the 19th century.<ref name="EPJ">{{Citation| last=Jameson|first=R,|title=Some Account of the School of Arts of Edinburgh|journal=The Edinburgh philosophical journal|volume=11|pages=203–205|year=1824|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qzowAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=%22school+of+arts+of+edinburgh%22&source=bl&ots=B3Mw76pAjG&sig=-4o8KmqUhV3TKRi2rb3VUQmtZw4&hl=en&ei=1h_eTvCWBY2HhQen3LX0BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=%22school%20of%20arts%20of%20edinburgh%22&f=false}}</ref> |
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Heriot-Watt was established as the School of Arts of Edinburgh (not to be confused with [[Edinburgh College of Art]]{{efn|That article says its roots were in 1760.}}) by Scottish businessman [[Leonard Horner]] on 16 October 1821. Having been inspired by [[Royal College of Science and Technology|Anderson's College]] in [[Glasgow]], Horner established the school to provide practical knowledge of science and technology to Edinburgh's working men.<ref name="EPJ">{{Citation| last=Jameson|first=R|title=Some Account of the School of Arts of Edinburgh.|journal=The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal|volume=11|pages=203–205|year=1824|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzowAAAAYAAJ&q=%22school+of+arts+of+edinburgh%22&pg=PA203}}</ref><ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|64–66}} The institution was initially of modest size, giving lectures two nights a week in rented rooms<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gashe.ac.uk:443/isaar/C1239.html|title=GASHE: School of Arts, Edinburgh.|access-date=2012-05-25}}</ref> and boasting a small library of around 500 technical works.<ref name="EPJ" /><ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|100}} It was also oversubscribed, with admissions soon closing despite the cost of 15 [[Shilling|shillings]] for a year's access to lectures and the library.<ref name="EPJ" /> |
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Renting rooms in St Cecilia's Hall on Niddry Street, the fledgling institution solicited Edinburgh's senior mechanics with details of classes their workers could soon attend before teaching commenced on 16 October 1821.<ref name= "EPJ" /><ref name="nahste">{{cite web|url=http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-SA&view=basic|title=NAHSTE: Records of School of Arts and the Watt Institution and School of Arts|accessdate=05-12-2011 }}</ref> |
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Although education at the School was not usually free — with yearly fees initially set at 15 shillings — it was subsidised. From its earliest days the institution's main source of income came through soliciting money via a subscription service, which allowed it to offer reduced fees to its students and eliminate them entirely in some cases.<ref name="EPJ" /><ref name="gashe">{{cite web| url=http://www.gashe.ac.uk:443/fad/F003/019/C1238-F003-019.html|title=GASHE: Student administration/Student financial aid, Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh|accessdate=06-12-2011}}</ref> In 1833 the School of Arts established its first course, awarding a Diploma of Life Membership to every student who gained proficiency in [[mathematics]], [[chemistry]] and [[physics]].<ref name="nahste" /> |
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The school was managed by a board of eighteen directors<ref name="EPJ" /> and primarily funded by sponsors from the middle and upper classes including [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]] and [[Walter Scott]]. It first became associated with the inventor and engineer [[James Watt]] in 1824, as a means of raising funds to secure permanent accommodation. Justifying the association, School Director [[Lord Cockburn]] said: |
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===Watt Institution and School of Arts=== |
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[[File:Chambers Street, Edinburgh - geograph.org.uk - 1419940.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The former site of the Watt School|The former site of the Watt School on [[Chambers Street (Edinburgh)|Chambers Street]], today occupied by the Edinburgh [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service|Crown Office]].]] |
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<blockquote>"[The building] shall be employed for the accommodation of the Edinburgh School of Arts; whereby the memory of Watt may forever be connected with the promotion, among a class of men to which he himself originally belonged, of those mechanical arts from which his own usefulness and glory arose.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|103}} "</blockquote> |
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In 1837 the School of Arts moved to rented accommodation on Adam Square, which it was able to purchase in 1852 thanks to public funds raised in the memory of inventor and engineer [[James Watt]].<ref name="nahste " /> In honour of this act, the School changed its name to the "Watt Institution and School of Arts," whereupon it received its first public funding: a scholarship of £50 a year from the Department of Science and Art.<ref name="nahste " /> |
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In 1837, the School of Arts moved to leased accommodation on Adam Square, which it was able to purchase in 1851 thanks to funds raised in Watt's name. In honour of the purchase, the School changed its name to the Watt Institution and School of Arts in 1852. The statue of Watt was added in front of the Adam Square school in 1854 and has thereafter moved as the premises moved.<ref>Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.380</ref> |
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On 12 May 1854, the statue of James Watt that today stands outside the entrance of Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh Campus was unveiled outside the School of Arts. At a reception to celebrate the event, a club was established with the purpose of celebrating Watt's birthday each year. This was to eventually become the Watt Club, today the oldest alumni association in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alumni.hw.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=449|title=A Short History of the Watt Club|accessdate=06-12-2011}}</ref> |
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=== Watt Institution and School of Arts === |
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Another landmark occurred in the School in 1869 when women were permitted to attend lectures for the first time. This decision came about in part due to pressure from local campaigner Mary Burton, who subsequently became the School's first female director in 1874.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|133-135}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst3796.html|title=Gazzetteer for Scotland: Mary Burton|accessdate=06-12-2011}}</ref> |
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Heriot-Watt's time as the Watt Institution marked a transitional period for the organisation, as its curriculum broadened to include several subjects beyond mathematics and the physical sciences. While the School of Arts had catered almost exclusively to working-class [[Artisan|artisans]] and technical workers, the Watt Institution admitted a large number of middle-class students, whom it attracted with new subjects in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. By 1885, the skilled working class were no longer the majority in an institution that had been created explicitly for them.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|133–135}} |
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During the 1870s redevelopment of Edinburgh resulted in the demolition of Adam Square to facilitate the construction of [[Chambers Street (Edinburgh)|Chambers Street]].<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|148-153}} After renting premises on Roxburgh Place for a brief period, the Watt School moved into a building on the newly constructed Chambers Street near where its former site had stood.<ref name="gashe" /> This was to cause the institution severe financial difficulties, which were ultimately resolved by the merger of its endowment with that of [[George Heriot's School#History|George Heriot's Hospital for Needy Orphans]].<ref name="gashe" /> In 1885 the School's name was changed to "Heriot-Watt College" in recognition of this association, with the name ''Heriot'' ultimately deriving from jeweller, financier and philanthropist [[George Heriot]]. |
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A shifting class make-up was not the only demographic change to affect the student body, as in 1869 women were permitted to attend lectures for the first time. This move put the Watt Institution some way ahead of [[Universities in Scotland|Scottish universities]], who were only permitted to allow women to graduate 20 years later following the Universities (Scotland) Act of 1889.<ref name="Constitutional & Administrative Law (8th Edition)">Barnett, H. (2011). Constitutional & Administrative Law (8th Edition). Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0415578813}}</ref>{{rp|163}} The decision to admit women was made in large part owing to pressure from local campaigner [[Mary Burton]], who later became the institution's first female director in 1874.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|133–135}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst3796.html|title=Gazetteer for Scotland: Mary Burton.|access-date=6 December 2011}}</ref> |
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===Heriot-Watt College=== |
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In 1870, the Watt Institution was forced to move following the demolition of Adam Square.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|148–153}} After a brief period on Roxburgh Place, it relocated to the newly constructed [[Chambers Street (Edinburgh)|Chambers Street]] near where its former site had stood. The move caused the institution severe financial difficulties, which were compounded by a combination of declining funds from subscribers and increased costs from its growing student body. |
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Heriot-Watt grew substantially during its time as a college, with its premises, student body and curriculum all increasing in size as the demands industry made on the institution grew greater. Academically, the College appointed its first Professors in 1887 to administer the day classes which had begun to run alongside those taught in the night.<ref name= "nahste two">{{cite web|url=http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-HWC&view=basic |title=NASTE: Records of Heriot-Watt College|accessdate=06-12-2011}}</ref> The institution's evolution into something resembling a modern university continued in 1904 with the introduction of the Associateship of Heriot-Watt College, an award conferred on the completion of certain three or four year full-time courses. |
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In 1873, the directors turned to [[George Heriot]]'s Trust for support and agreed to a merger of the Trust's endowment with the institution's own. The proposed merger was provisional to changes in the structure of the Watt Institution, which would see the organisation become a technical college with representatives of the Trust in management positions. Accepting these changes, the Watt Institution officially became '''Heriot-Watt College''' in 1885 and was subsequently on far firmer financial ground.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|160–161}} |
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Heriot-Watt's premises also grew throughout the 20th century, gradually expanding between the original Chambers Street building and the [[Cowgate]].<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|239-244}} Expansion meant that the College made increasing demands on the George Heriot's Trust, which eventually resulted in Heriot-Watt becoming an independent body in 1927. While the Trust continued to pay Heriot-Watt a fixed sum each year, from then on the institution was responsible for managing its own financial affairs.<ref name= "nahste two" /> |
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==== The Watt Club ==== |
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Global events impacted on the speed of the college's expansion, as it twice found its resources diverted to the cause of war. During [[World War I]], student numbers dropped as young men joined the army, while the engineering staff were made responsible for the organisation and supervision of shell and munitions manufacture in South-East Scotland. Teaching stalled as the engineering department was converted into a factory floor, with many women drafted in to assist in the production of shells.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|213-215}} Numbers dropped to an even greater extent during [[World War II]], where the electrical engineering department was instructed to help train servicemen and women on employing the new technology of [[radar]]. |
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{{See also|The Watt Club}} |
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The Watt Club was founded at the Watt Institution on 12 May 1854, and is today the oldest alumni organisation in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alumni.hw.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=449|title=Heriot-Watt University: A Short History of the Watt Club.|access-date=6 December 2011|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129100539/https://www.hw.ac.uk/alumni.htm?pid=449|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the unveiling of a statue of James Watt outside the institution, local jeweller J.E Vernon proposed that |
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After the establishment of the postgraduate award of Fellowship of Heriot-Watt College in 1951, it became increasingly clear that the institution's associateships and fellowships were equivalent to the degrees and doctorates awarded by universities in all practical respects. This similarity was noted by the [[Robbins Report]], which in [[1963]] recommended that the institution should be awarded university status. In [[1966]] this recommendation was acted upon, as "Heriot-Watt University" officially joined the ranks of the new [[plate glass university|plateglass universities]].<ref name= "nahste two" /> |
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<blockquote>"[a club should be formed] whose object would be to sup together on the anniversary of the birth of James Watt…and also to promote the interests of the School, by raising a fund each year to provide prizes.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|144–145}}"</blockquote> |
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===Heriot-Watt University=== |
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Watt Club Medals are still awarded by the organisation each year to Heriot-Watt's most highly achieving students, while the Watt Club Prize is awarded by The Watt Club Council to recognise student initiative and enterprise.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hw.ac.uk/students/studies/student-record.htm|title=Heriot-Watt Academic Registry: Prizes and Awards.|access-date=19 June 2012}}</ref> |
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While Heriot-Watt continued to expand in the centre of Edinburgh after attaining university status -opening a new building in the [[Grassmarket]] in [[1968]]- the institution had become big enough that relocation was felt to be desirable.<ref name="nahste two" /> In 1966, Midlothian Council gifted the Riccarton estate in southwest Edinburgh to the university, and work began in 1969 on transforming the site into a future campus.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|252}} While the university ceased operating in Chambers Street in 1989, relocation to Riccarton was not completed until 1992, with teaching and facilities divided between the new campus and the centre of Edinburgh until this time.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|381}}<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|379}} |
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=== Heriot-Watt College === |
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The university continued to grow after its move to Riccarton, and in subsequent years constructed more student halls, a sports centre and a purpose-built home for the [[Edinburgh Business School]] on the site. In 1998, it merged with the Scottish College of Textiles in Galashiels, with the latter institution becoming Heriot-Watt's [[#Scottish Borders Campus|Scottish Borders Campus]], while in 2006 it expanded further by opening a campus in [[Dubai]].<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|436-441}} |
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[[File:Chambers Street, Edinburgh - geograph.org.uk - 1419940.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The former site of the Watt School|The former site of Heriot-Watt College on [[Chambers Street (Edinburgh)|Chambers Street]], today occupied by the Edinburgh [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service|Crown Office]]]] |
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After the establishment of Heriot-Watt as a technical college, the new management committee set about extending the institution's buildings and strengthening its academic reputation.<ref name="nahste two">{{cite web|url=http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-HWC&view=basic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020906072325/http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-HWC&view=basic|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2002|publisher=NAHSTE|title=Records of Heriot-Watt College|access-date=6 December 2011}}</ref> In its new form the college was one of only three non-university institutions in the UK with the power to appoint professors, and the first of these was appointed in 1887. In 1902 the college became a [[central institution]], while in 1904 it introduced awards for graduating students which were similar to university degrees.<ref name="nahste two" /> |
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==Campuses== |
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[[File:The Loch, Heriot-Watt University - geograph.org.uk - 25700.jpg|thumb|alt=the Edinburgh campus loch|A view of the Edinburgh campus loch.]] |
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Expansion meant that the college made increasing demands on George Heriot's Trust throughout the first part of the 20th century, which ultimately led to the independence of the two bodies in 1927. While the Trust continued to pay Heriot-Watt a fixed sum each year, from then on the college was responsible for managing its own financial affairs.<ref name="nahste two" /> Heriot-Watt continued to expand after becoming independent, opening a new extension in 1935.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|243}} |
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Heriot-Watt currently has four campuses, with plans for a fifth in [[Malaysia]] announced in November 2011.<ref name= "Heriot-Watt University website: Heriot-Watt wins global tender to establish £20m campus in Malaysia">{{cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/news-events/2011/heriot-watt-wins-international-tender-establish-malaysia-campus.htm|accessdate=2011-11-29|title=Heriot-Watt University: Heriot-Watt wins global tender to establish £20m campus in Malaysia }}</ref> It also administers distance learning programmes through 50 approved learning partners to students around the world, whose studies are not linked to individual campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/student-life/international/study-in-your-own-country.htm|accessdate=2011-11-29|title=Heriot-Watt University: Study in your own country}}</ref> |
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Both World Wars impacted on the speed of the college's expansion. During [[World War I]], student numbers dropped as young men joined the army, while teaching in engineering stalled as the department was used for the manufacture of shells and munitions.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|213–215}} During [[World War II]], student numbers dropped again and the electrical engineering department became involved in training the armed services in the use of [[radar]]. |
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===Edinburgh Campus=== |
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After the college introduced a postgraduate award in 1951, it offered awards equivalent to university degrees and doctorates in all practical respects. Recognising this, in 1963 the [[Robbins Report]] recommended that it should be awarded university status. On 1 February 1966 the recommendation was enacted, as the institution officially became '''Heriot-Watt University'''.<ref name="nahste two" /> |
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Heriot-Watt's main campus is located in [[Riccarton, Edinburgh]] on a 380 acre site once occupied by the estate of Riccarton House, several features of which remain on site. In addition to student residences, teaching and research facilities, and lecture halls, the campus has a purpose-built postgraduate centre, several shops and sports facilities. The campus is home to Europe's oldest research park, which allows collaboration between the university and several private businesses.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History">O'Farrell, P. N. (2004). Heriot Watt University: An Illustrated History. Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 0-273-69605-X</ref>{{rp|386}} |
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=== Heriot-Watt University === |
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[[File:Heriot Watt University Scottish Borders Campus - geograph.org.uk - 210840.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Scottish Borders Campus|Scottish Borders Campus]] |
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The first personal chair was appointed in 1974.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=huc9AAAAIBAJ&pg=1874%2C5720115 |title=Heriot Watt's new professor |work=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |date=29 June 1974 |page=11 |access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> |
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While Heriot-Watt continued to expand in the centre of Edinburgh after attaining university status, the institution had grown big enough that relocation was felt to be desirable.<ref name="nahste two" /> In 1966 Midlothian County Council gifted the Riccarton estate north of [[Currie]] to the university and in 1969 work began on transforming the site into a future campus.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|252}} The process of relocation to Riccarton continued until 1992, with teaching and facilities divided between the new campus and the city centre until this time.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|379–381}} |
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===Scottish Borders Campus=== |
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The university has continued to grow after completing its move to Riccarton, constructing additional student halls, a sports centre and a postgraduate centre on the site. The institution also expanded beyond Edinburgh, merging with the Scottish College of Textiles to create a campus in the [[Scottish Borders]] in 1998, opening a campus in [[Dubai]] in 2006<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|436–441}} and a campus in [[Putrajaya]], [[Malaysia]], in 2012.<ref name="Malaysia">{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/news/archive/official-opening-heriot-watt-university-malaysia.htm|access-date=3 December 2012|title=Heriot-Watt University: Official Opening of Heriot-Watt University Malaysia.}}</ref> |
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The Scottish Borders Campus in [[Galashiels]] conducts teaching and research in textile and design. The campus is largely self-contained, with its own library, accommodation and catering facilities, but shares some facilities and administrative functions with the Edinburgh Campus.<ref>HWU [http://www.hw.ac.uk/student-life/campus-life/scottish-borders.htm Scottish Borders Campus]</ref> |
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In recent years, the university's campus in Edinburgh has benefited from major infrastructural projects worth £60 million, with another £68 million worth investment announced. These include the UK's first purpose-built graduate centre (£6 million),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rias.org.uk/directory/practices/hypostyle-architects-edinburgh/post-graduate-centre-heriot-watt-university/|title=Post Graduate Centre, Heriot-Watt University : RIAS|last=RIAS|website=www.rias.org.uk}}</ref> Scotland's elite Oriam Sports Performance Centre facility (£33 million),<ref name="architectsjournal.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/competitions/heriot-watt-university-seeks-architect-for-19m-innovation-centre/10014815.article|title=Heriot-Watt University seeks architect for £19m innovation centre|date=15 November 2016}}</ref> and the UK's first FlexBIO flexible downstream bioprocessing centre (£2 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.scot/business/14866353.__1_7m_new_centre_at_Heriot_Watt_University_will_let_biotechnology_firms_scale_up_in_Scotland/|title=£1.7m new centre at Heriot-Watt University will let biotechnology firms scale up in Scotland|website=The National|date=28 May 2016 }}</ref> It is also constructing a 5,000m² Watt Innovation Building supporting Global Research, Innovation and Discovery [GRID]<ref name="architectsjournal.co.uk"/> to boost 'creativity and ideas generation' on the university's growing Edinburgh campus. |
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===Dubai Campus=== |
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The university has plans to host a major £65 million film studio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15226430.Wait_years_for_a_film_studio____then_two_come_along_at_once/|title=Wait years for a film studio… then two come along at once|website=HeraldScotland|date=15 April 2017 }}</ref> and a £2.5 million academic partnership with the oil and gas firm [[TotalEnergies|Total]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39666992|title=Heriot-Watt University signs £2.5m partnership deal|work=BBC News|date=21 April 2017}}</ref> |
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However, in 2017 it was also announced that a major budget shortfall and the impact of [[Brexit]] would result in Heriot-Watt shedding 100 jobs by voluntary redundancies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39180860|title=BBC}}</ref> |
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== Campuses == |
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[[Heriot-Watt University Dubai|Heriot-Watt's Campus]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] is situated in [[Dubai International Academic City]]. Offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses similar to those found in Scotland, it facilitates student exchanges and campus transfers between Britain and the Emirates. A new expanded campus opened in November 2011, which doubled the number of students the university can offer provision for.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/news-events/2011/alex-salmond-opens-heriot-watts-new-dubai-campus.htm|accessdate=2011-12-01|title=Heriot-Watt University: Alex Salmond opens Heriot Watt's new Dubai Campus}}</ref> |
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[[File:The Loch, Heriot-Watt University - geograph.org.uk - 25700.jpg|thumb|alt=the Edinburgh campus loch|A view of the loch at Edinburgh Campus]] |
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===Orkney Campus=== |
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Heriot-Watt currently has five campuses, and also runs distance learning programmes through 53 approved learning partners to students around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/international/study-in-your-own-country.htm| access-date=2011-11-29|title=Heriot-Watt University: Study in your own country.}}</ref> |
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The Orkney Campus in [[Stromness]] is home to the International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), part of Heriot-Watt's Institute of Petroleum Engineering. The Campus provides education to a small number of postgraduate students and is host to eight members of research staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icit.hw.ac.uk/courses.htm|accessdate=2011-11-30|title=ICIT website: Courses }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icit.hw.ac.uk/ICIT_staff.htm|accessdate=2011-11-30|title=ICIT website: Staff }}</ref> |
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=== Edinburgh === |
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Heriot-Watt's main campus is located in [[Riccarton, Edinburgh|Riccarton]] in South West Edinburgh on {{convert|380|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of parkland. The campus consists of: academic buildings, student residences, a postgraduate centre, shops, several library collections, childcare, healthcare, a chaplaincy, a variety of recreational and sports facilities, and a museum, as well as the Student Union's main premises.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/edinburgh/facilities.htm|access-date=2012-05-18|title=Heriot-Watt University: Facilities at Edinburgh Campus.}}</ref> It is also home to the [[Edinburgh Conference Centre]] and Europe's oldest research park, Heriot-Watt University Research Park which opened in 1971.<ref name="Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History">O'Farrell, P. N. (2004). Heriot Watt University: An Illustrated History. Pearson Education Limited. {{ISBN|0-273-69605-X}}</ref>{{rp|386}} The university's Institute of Petroleum Engineering is based at its Edinburgh campus.<ref name="ipe">{{cite web |title=Institute of Petroleum Engineering |url=http://www.pet.hw.ac.uk/ |website=www.pet.hw.ac.uk |access-date=26 March 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126033300/https://www.pet.hw.ac.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The university is divided into six schools and one institute that coordinate research and teaching in their own specialist areas: |
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* The School of the Built Environment, incorporating [[architectural engineering]], [[civil engineering|civil]] and [[structural engineering|structural]] engineering, [[construction management]], [[surveying]] and [[urban studies]];<ref>HWU [http://www.sbe.hw.ac.uk/ School of the Built Environment]</ref> |
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* The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, incorporating [[chemical engineering]], [[chemistry]], [[electrical engineering|electrical]],[[electronic engineering|electronic]] and [[computer engineering|computing]] engineering, [[mechanical engineering]] and [[physics]];<ref>HWU [http://www.eps.hw.ac.uk/ School of Engineering and Physical Sciences]</ref> |
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* The School of Life Sciences, incorporating [[applied psychology]] and [[biology]];<ref>HWU [http://www.sls.hw.ac.uk/ School of Life Sciences]</ref> |
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* The School of Management and Languages, incorporating [[accountancy]] and [[finance]], [[business management]], [[economics]], and [[languages]];<ref>HWU [http://www.sml.hw.ac.uk/ School of Management and Languages]</ref> |
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* The School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, incorporating [[actuarial mathematics|actuarial mathematics and statistics]], [[computer science]] and [[mathematics]];<ref>HWU [http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/ School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences]</ref> |
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* The School of Textiles and Design;<ref>HWU [http://www.tex.hw.ac.uk/ School of Textiles and Design]</ref> |
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* [[Edinburgh Business School]], which offers graduate courses for business at MBA, MSc and DBA level;<ref>HWU [http://www.ebsglobal.net/ Edinburgh Business School]</ref> and |
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* The Institute of Petroleum Engineering, which offers postgraduate degrees in both petroleum engineering and [[renewable energy]] technology.<ref>HWU [http://www.pet.hw.ac.uk/ Institute of Petroleum Engineering]</ref> |
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=== Scottish Borders === |
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==Campus life== |
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[[File:Heriot Watt University Scottish Borders Campus - geograph.org.uk - 210840.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Heriot-Watt's Scottish Borders Campus|Scottish Borders Campus]] |
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Heriot-Watt's Scottish Borders Campus in [[Galashiels]] is home to the university's School of Textile and Design.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/scottish-borders.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: Scottish Borders Campus.|access-date=2012-05-25}}</ref> The school began life in 1883 when the Galashiels Manufacturer's Corporation began running classes in practical courses for its workers. The institution gradually grew both in terms of student numbers and the number of courses it offered, and it ultimately became known as the '''Scottish College of Textiles''' in 1968. In 1998 the college merged with Heriot-Watt, leading to the creation of the School of Textiles and Design in its modern form.<ref name = "Heriot-Watt University: An Illustrated History" />{{rp|436–444}} |
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The university's main campus is set on 380 acres of parkland, with an active Student Union.<ref>[http://www.hwunion.com/ Heriot-Watt University Student Union]</ref> Thirty sports clubs hold regular events.<ref>HWU [http://www.hw.ac.uk/sports/union/clubs.htm Sports Union Clubs]</ref> Thirteen music groups perform at a lunchtime music hour and regular concerts.<ref>HWU [http://www.hw.ac.uk/music/ Music at Heriot-Watt]</ref> Campus facilities include several library collections, childcare, healthcare, a chaplaincy centre, a variety of recreational facilities, and an archive and museum.<ref>HWU [http://www.hw.ac.uk/student-life/campus-life/edinburgh/facilities.htm Facilities at Edinburgh Campus]</ref> |
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The school is one of the few fashion schools in the world which offers a menswear course at bachelor's degree level, and the only school in Scotland to offer a fashion communication course. It was ranked 11th place in the UK for art and design in the 2013 Complete University Guide,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Art+%26+Design&y=2013|title=Complete University Guide 2013: Art and Design.|access-date=2012-05-25}}</ref> produced a winner and five other finalists for the [[Scottish Fashion Awards]] Graduate of the Year in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/fashion/scottish-fashion-awards-the-winners-in-full-1-2350300|newspaper=The Scotsman|title=The Scotsman: Scottish Fashion Awards: The winners in full| access-date=14 August 2015}}</ref> |
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==Notable alumni== |
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[[Image:Jameswatt.jpg|thumb|right|alt=statue of James Watt|This 1854 statue of [[James Watt]] was moved from Chambers Street to Riccarton following the school's relocation.]] |
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While the Scottish Borders Campus shares some facilities and administrative functions with Edinburgh, it is largely self-contained. As well as its own library, accommodation and catering facilities,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/scottish-borders.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: Scottish Borders Campus.|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> it has its own branch of the Student Union which runs events on the site<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?section=96|title=Heriot-Watt Student Union:SBC Homepage.|access-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517053030/http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?section=96|archive-date=17 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is home to a collection of textile records and artefacts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/may/10/universityguide-heriot-watt-uni|newspaper=The Guardian |title=University guide 2013: Heriot-Watt University.|access-date=25 May 2012 | date=10 May 2009}}</ref> A new £12M student village opened at the Campus in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/borders/accommodation.htm|publisher=Heriot-Watt University| title=Accommodation at Scottish Borders Campus|access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref> |
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{{Seealso|Category:Alumni of Heriot-Watt University}} |
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The entire campus is shared with [[Borders College]], whose students make up the majority of those who study at the site. |
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===Businesspeople=== |
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*[[Robert Buchan]], founder of [[Kinross Gold Corporation]] |
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*[[Kay Cohen]], founder of lingerie apparel label Pleasure State |
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*[[Adam Crozier]], Chief Executive of [[ITV|ITV plc]] |
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*[[Roger Jenkins (banker)|Roger Jenkins]], former Chief Executive of Barclays Private Equity, Principal Investments and Structured Capital Markets |
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[[Marillion]]'s 1985 song Kayleigh was inspired by an SCT student, and refers to the snow and college halls of Galashiels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock star 'humbled' by lyrics carved into new Gala stonework |url=https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/rock-star-fish-humbled-by-lyrics-carved-into-new-gala-stonework-1-2418978 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713174904/https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/rock-star-fish-humbled-by-lyrics-carved-into-new-gala-stonework-1-2418978 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2019 |website=The Southern Reporter |access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref> |
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===Politicians=== |
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*[[Sarah Boyack]], Scottish Labour MSP |
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*[[Ingvald Godal]], former Member of the Norwegian Parliament, and former Chairman of the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya |
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*[[Bernie Grant]], Britain's first Afro-Caribbean MP |
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*[[Fiona Hyslop]], [[Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs]] in the [[Scottish Government]] |
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*[[Archy Kirkwood]], Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, former Liberal Democrat MP |
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*[[Mark MacGregor]], Conservative Party politician |
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*[[Brian Monteith]], former Conservative MSP |
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*[[Graham Watson]], Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament, and former leader of the Liberal Democrats in Europe |
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*[[Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie]], former MP and MSP |
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*[[Jock Clear]], Formula One engineer<ref>[http://www.mec.hw.ac.uk/events/news_4.htm Heriot Watt University: Mechanical Engineering - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences]. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref> |
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*[[Shirley Robertson]], double Olympic gold medallist and TV presenter |
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*[[Jack Ross]], former Scottish professional footballer (MA Economics 1998) |
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Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus opened in 2005. It was the first British university to set up in Dubai International Academic City.<ref name="uaeuni"/> |
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===Writers=== |
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*[[Muriel Spark|Dame Muriel Spark]], award winning Scottish novelist |
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*[[Irvine Welsh]], author of [[Trainspotting (novel)|Trainspotting]] |
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*[[Gary Younge]], writer and journalist |
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Offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses similar to those found in Scotland, the campus facilitates student exchanges between Britain and the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Gulf Emirates]]. It has facilities including a library, computer laboratory, cafes and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/dubai/facilities.htm |title=Heriot-Watt University: Facilities at Dubai Campus. |access-date=2012-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104002018/http://www.hw.ac.uk/student-life/campus-life/dubai/facilities.htm |archive-date=4 January 2012}}</ref> An expanded campus opened in the city on 3 November 2011, allowing double the number of students to study for a Heriot-Watt degree in the city.<ref name="THE">{{cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=418046|publisher=Times Higher Education| title=Scottish internationalism: Salmond welcomes Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus|date=4 November 2011| access-date=20 June 2012}}</ref> |
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===Others=== |
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*Peter Grant, Emeritus Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh<ref>[http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/peter-grant-110809 University of Edinburgh staff news]. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2010.</ref> |
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*[[Christina Cruickshank Miller]], chemist |
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*Richard Tait, inventor of the board game [[Cranium (board game)|Cranium]]<ref>[http://www.helensburghheroes.com/heroes/richard_tait Inventor of Cranium]. ''Helensburgh Heroes website''.</ref> |
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*[[Deepak Tripathi]], former correspondent with BBC News |
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*[[Fiona Watson]], political affairs officer |
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In April 2019, Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus was crowned 'Best University' in the [[Middle East]] at the first ever [[Forbes]] Middle East Higher Education Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2019/heriot-watt-s-dubai-campus-named-best-in.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus named best in Middle East|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portalbox|Scotland|University}} |
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*[[Edinburgh Business School]] |
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*[[Heriot-Watt University F.C.]] |
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*[[Heriot-Watt University Hockey Club]] |
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The campus received a five-star rating for three consecutive years in 2019, 2020 and 2021 from the [[Knowledge and Human Development Authority]] (KHDA), the supreme educational quality assurance and regulatory authority of the [[Government of Dubai]].<ref name="uaeuni"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/high-praise-for-uae-universities-through-khda-rankings-1.1658995962563|publisher=Gulf News|title=High praise for UAE universities through KHDA rankings|date=28 July 2022}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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In 2021, the university relocated its Dubai campus to [[Dubai Knowledge Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/dubai/campus/new-campus.htm |title=Heriot-Watt University: Dubai New Campus |accessdate=2021-06-22}}</ref> The new campus was officially opened by [[Charles III|King Charles III]] on 30 November 2023, accompanied by [[Scotland]]’s [[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]], [[Humza Yousaf]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2023/king-charles-iii-opens-heriot-watt.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: King Charles III officially opens Heriot-Watt University's campus in Dubai|accessdate=30 November 2023}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.hw.ac.uk/ Heriot-Watt University] |
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* [http://www.hwunion.com/ Heriot-Watt University Students Union] |
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* [http://www.hw.ac.uk/dubai Heriot-Watt University Dubai] |
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=== Malaysia === |
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Heriot-Watt University Malaysia's purpose-built campus opened in [[Putrajaya]] in September 2014, £35 million was invested in the Malaysian campus, which is the first 'green campus' in the country. It is situated in a lakeside location of {{convert|4+3/4|acre|ha|abbr=off}} offering undergraduate as well as master's degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/malaysia/about/location.htm|title=Location|publisher=Heriot-Watt|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225551/https://www.hw.ac.uk/malaysia/about/location.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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=== Orkney === |
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Heriot-Watt's campus in [[Stromness]], [[Orkney]], is home to the International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), part of the university's School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society. The Campus provides education to a small number of postgraduate students and is host to eight members of research staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.hw.ac.uk/s/search.html?collection=courses&query=orkney|access-date=2011-11-30|publisher=ICIT|title=Courses.|archive-date=2 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102051054/https://search.hw.ac.uk/s/search.html?collection=courses|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/energy-geoscience-infrastructure-society/research/icit/staff-profiles.htm|access-date=30 November 2011|publisher=ICIT|title=Staff|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807173750/https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/schools/energy-geoscience-infrastructure-society/research/icit/staff-profiles.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Organisation == |
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Heriot-Watt is divided into six schools and one institute that coordinate its teaching and research: |
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* The '''School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society''', incorporating geoenergy engineering and renewable energy technology, architectural engineering, civil & structural engineering, construction management & surveying, geography and urban studies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/energy-geoscience-infrastructure-society.htm|title=School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society|access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref> |
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* The '''School of Engineering and Physical Sciences''', incorporating chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical, electronic and computing engineering, mechanical engineering and physics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/engineering-physical-sciences.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> |
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* The '''School of Social Sciences''' (formerly, School of Management and Languages), incorporating accountancy and finance, business management, economics and languages<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/social-sciences.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: School of Management and Languages.|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> |
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* The '''School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences''', incorporating [[actuarial mathematics|actuarial mathematics and statistics]], [[computer science]] and [[mathematics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/mathematical-computer-sciences.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences.|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> |
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* The '''School of Textiles and Design'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tex.hw.ac.uk/|title=Heriot-Watt University: School of Textiles and Design.|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> |
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* '''[[Edinburgh Business School]]''', which offers postgraduate courses at MBA, MSc and DBA level<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebsglobal.net/|title=Edinburgh Business School.|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> |
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* '''[[The Urban Institute]]''', a research collaboration for urban studies between Heriot-Watt University and The [[University of Edinburgh]] |
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From 1 August 2016, the former '''School of Life Sciences''' was merged with other schools, with programmes transferred to the School of Management and Languages, the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society and the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: School of Life Sciences.|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref> |
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== Academic profile == |
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=== Rankings and reputation === |
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Heriot-Watt University was named International University of the Year<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://eduadvisor.my/articles/heriot-watt-university-named-international-university-of-the-year/|title=Heriot-Watt University Named International University of the Year|date=21 November 2017 }}</ref> by ''The Times'' and ''Sunday Times Good University Guide'' 2018. Heriot-Watt is known for the strong prospects of its students, with 80% in graduate-level jobs or further study six months after leaving the institution.<ref name="STimes">The Sunday Times University Guide 2012, 11-09-2011. Leonard, Sue, "Full steam ahead for Heriot-Watt", London.</ref> |
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In 2011, Heriot-Watt was named as ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' Scottish University of the Year 2011–2012, with the paper emphasising the employability of the institution's graduates.<ref name="STimes" /> In 2012, it was again Scottish University of the Year 2012–2013 for the second year running, and also became UK University of the Year for student experience.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-19743025|title = BBC News: Scottish University of the year|work = BBC News|date = 28 September 2012|access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref> The same year it came 1st in Scotland and 4th in the UK in the 2012 [[National Student Survey]].<ref name="STimes" /> |
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''Times Higher Education''{{'}}s 'Table of Tables' is the combined results of the three main UK university league tables – the ''Good University Guide'' (published by ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''), ''The Guardian'' and ''The Complete University Guide''. In the Table of Tables 2015, Heriot-Watt was placed 27th in the UK and 3rd in Scotland. It is ranked 28th in the UK by ''The Complete University Guide 2018'' and 26th in the UK by ''The Guardian'' University League Table 2018.<ref name="Complete League Table 2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/why/our-rankings.htm |title=Our rankings|year=2018 |website=hw.ac.uk |publisher=Heriot-Watt University}}</ref> In a 2015 detail report on UK universities, [[Durham University|Durham]] academic Vikki Boliver placed Oxford and Cambridge in the first tier, and included Heriot-Watt in the second tier made of the remaining 22 [[Russell Group universities]] and 17 other "pre-92" universities.<ref name="tandfonline.com"/><ref name="timeshighereducation.com">{{cite web|last=Havergal |first=Chris |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/most-russell-group-universities-little-better-than-other-pre-92s |title=Most Russell Group universities 'little different to other pre-92s' | Times Higher Education (THE) |date=18 November 2015 |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=2016-06-14}}</ref> |
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In 2020, Heriot-Watt was ranked at 314 by ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' and at 251–300 by ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' in the world. It was ranked 243rd in the world for engineering and technology by QS Rankings in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2019/engineering-technology|title=Engineering and Technology|date=15 February 2019|website=Top Universities}}</ref> It was ranked 143rd in the world for technical sciences in 2018 by [[Round University Ranking]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roundranking.com/ranking/subject-rankings.html#world-technical-2018|title=Subject Rankings|website=roundranking.com}}</ref> |
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In 2017, ''[[Business Insider]]'' ranked Heriot-Watt the 3rd best UK university to study economics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/best-universities-to-study-economics-in-the-uk-2017-5|title=The 13 best universities in Britain to study economics|work=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> It was ranked among 201-250 globally for Business and Economics by Times in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/subject-ranking/business-and-economics|title=World University Rankings 2019 by subject: business and economics|date=8 October 2018|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]]'' ranked Heriot-Watt globally among 51–75 for Telecom Engineering and 101–150 for Civil Engineering, Mathematics and Oceanography.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/index.html|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018 – Shanghai Ranking – 2018|website=www.shanghairanking.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112070616/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Nationally, the university is ranked highly for [[Urban planning|Planning]] and Building education. In 2019, the university was ranked 4th in UK and 1st in Scotland for Town & Country Planning and Landscape Design by ''The Complete University Guide''.<ref name="thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk1">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|title=Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2020|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> It was also ranked 9th in UK and 1st in Scotland for Building and Town & Country Planning by ''The Guardian'' in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/university-guide-2019-league-table-for-building-and-town-and-country-planning|title=University league tables 2019|website=The Guardian}}</ref> In the 2019 ''The Complete University Guide'' national subject rankings Heriot-Watt had the following rankings: 2nd (of 34) – Building education,<ref name="thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Building|title=Building – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> 17th (of 104) – Accounting and Finance, 15th (of 81) – Art and Design, 14th (of 30) – Chemical Engineering,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Chemical%20Engineering|title=Chemical Engineering – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> 23rd (of 60) – Chemistry,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Chemistry|title=Chemistry – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> 1 (of 56) – Civil Engineering,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Civil%20Engineering|title=Civil Engineering – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> 25th (of 110) – Computer Science,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Computer%20Science|title=Computer Science – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> 22nd (of 77) – Economics,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Economics|title=Economics – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> 23rd (of 68) – Electrical Engineering,<ref name="thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk1"/> 15th (of 72) – Mathematics,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Mathematics|title=Mathematics – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> 14th (of 69) – Mechanical Engineering,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Mechanical%20Engineering|title=Mechanical Engineering – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2019|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> and 25th (of 48) – Physics and Astronomy.<ref name="thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk1"/> The university has been constantly ranked among the top 10 universities in UK for Building education since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?y=2010&s=Building|title=Building – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2010|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> |
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=== Admissions === |
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As of February 2017, approximately 13,700 students are enrolled at one of Heriot-Watt's campuses: 66.6% in Scotland, 24.2% in Dubai and 9.2% in Malaysia. In the Scotland campus, the university has a female:male ratio of 41:59.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heriot-Watt University Student Data Summary |url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/services/docs/StudentData.pdf |website=hw.ac.uk|publisher=Heriot-Watt University |access-date=25 January 2018 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809053821/https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/docs/StudentData.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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=== Masters in Strategic Project Management === |
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Under the framework of the European Education system and as part of the [[Erasmus Mundus]] program Heriot-Watt University offers a Masters in Strategic Project Management jointly with [[Politecnico di Milano]] ([[Italy]]) and [[Umeå University]] ([[Sweden]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Calabrese |first1=Antonio |title=Master in Strategic Project Management (European), a Worldwide Experience |journal=Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences |date=29 March 2013 |volume=74 |pages=488–497 |doi=10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.03.051 |issn=1877-0428 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Students in the program study at all three institutions over two years and at the conclusion receive degrees issued by all three. The program ranks number 11 in the [[Eduniversal]] Bests Masters Ranking and number 25 in the [[QS World University Rankings]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=MIP Politecnico di Milano School of Management – Master in Strategic Project Management (European) – MSPME |url=http://www.best-masters.com/ranking-master-engineering-and-project-management-in-western-europe/master-in-strategic-project-management-european-mspme-mip-politecnico-di-milano-school-of-management.html |website=Eduniversal Best Masters ranking worldwide|access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings: Masters in Management Rankings 2018 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/business-masters-rankings/management/2018 |website=QS World University Rankings |access-date=20 February 2018 }}</ref> |
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== Student life == |
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=== Student Union === |
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The Student Union at Heriot-Watt is a student-led organisation headed by individuals elected from the student population. The association has represented students both locally and nationally since its foundation in 1966,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?section=78|title=Heriot-Watt Student Union: History.|access-date=21 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722161121/http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?section=78|archive-date=22 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is a member of both the Edinburgh Students' Forum and the National Union of Students (NUS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?section=79|title=Heriot-Watt Student Union: What is Representation?|access-date=21 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517053012/http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?section=79|archive-date=17 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also responsible for running the university's Student Union, which runs events for students and supports student societies. Over 50 societies currently exist, including the Brewing Society which organises an annual charity [[beer festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?id=67&cat=atoz|title=Heriot-Watt Student Union: A–Z of Societies |access-date=30 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418034953/http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?id=67&cat=atoz |archive-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition, the Student Union runs many services at the Edinburgh and Scottish Borders campuses including catering facilities, a nightclub, an advice centre and a student shop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?group=12|title=Heriot-Watt Student Union: Services.|access-date=21 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517052936/http://www.hwunion.com/content.asp?group=12|archive-date=17 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Student Union also works closely with the Heriot-Watt University Dubai Student Council<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/HWUDCouncil/|title=Heriot-Watt University Dubai Student Council.|website=[[Facebook]]|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> and the Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Student Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hwumsa.com/|title=Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Student Association.|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> In 2018 the Student Union won the University Student Union of the Year and also Officer Team of the Year at the NUS Scotland Awards 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/nus-scotland-awards-2018-winners|title=Winners of NUS Scotland Awards 2018.|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> |
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=== Sports Union === |
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The Sports Union is responsible for the university's 30 sports clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/sports/union/clubs.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: Sports Union Clubs.|access-date=21 May 2012|archive-date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506160106/http://www.hw.ac.uk/sports/union/clubs.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and runs annual social events for students involved in sport. As with the Students' Association, the organisation is headed by elected Heriot-Watt students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/edinburgh/sports/sports-union.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University: Sports Union.|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> |
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== Notable alumni == |
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=== Arts === |
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* [[Theodore S. Clerk]], (1909–1965), city planner, first Ghanaian architect and developer of the port city of [[Tema]] |
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* Sir [[James Dunbar-Nasmith]] (born 1927), conservation architect and head of ECA's Department of Architecture 1978–1988 |
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* Sir [[Nicholas Grimshaw]] (born 1939), architect of the [[Eden Project]], president of the [[Royal Academy]] since 2004 |
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* [[William Kininmonth (architect)|Sir William Kininmonth]] (1904–1988), architect of Adam House and [[Pollock Halls]], both in Edinburgh |
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* [[Kygo]], Norwegian DJ and record producer (did not graduate)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youredm.com/2016/01/09/5-things-might-not-known-kygo/|title=5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Kygo|work=Your EDM, LLC|date=9 January 2016}}</ref> |
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* Sir [[Robert Matthew]] (1906–1975), designed the [[Royal Commonwealth Pool]] and founded [[RMJM]] |
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* [[John McAslan]], architect |
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* [[Taqi Nazeer]], Scottish born actor |
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* [[John Notman]] (1810–1865), architect and landscape architect |
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* [[Patrick Nuttgens]] (1930–2004), academic and writer on architecture |
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* [[Nivetha Pethuraj]], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-14|title=Dubai's Nivetha Pethuraj to Represent UAE in Miss India Worldwide|url=https://emirateswoman.com/dubais-miss-india-uae-nivetha-pethuraj-represent-uae-miss-india-worldwide/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Emirates Woman}}</ref> |
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* Dame [[Muriel Spark]], British writer (took a course in [[commercial correspondence]] and [[Critical précis|précis]] writing at Heriot-Watt College) |
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* Sir [[Basil Spence]] (1907–1976), architect of [[Coventry Cathedral]] and the [[New Zealand Parliament Building]] (nicknamed 'The Beehive') in Wellington, New Zealand |
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* [[Douglas Stuart (writer)|Douglas Stuart]], British writer, fashion designer, winner of [[2020 Booker Prize]] |
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* [[John Thomson (photographer)|John Thomson]], pioneering photographer |
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* [[Deepak Tripathi]], historian and former journalist |
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* [[Irvine Welsh]], British writer of the novel ''[[Trainspotting (novel)|Trainspotting]]'' |
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* [[Greg Wise]], British actor and producer |
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* [[Joanne Yeoh]], Malaysian violinist and music lecturer at [[Universiti Putra Malaysia]] |
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* [[Gary Younge]], writer and journalist |
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* [[:zh:源菲然|Casa Yuen]], South Africa-born Hong Kong [[TVB]] actress |
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=== Academia and science === |
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* [[:vi:Lê Hải An|Le Hai An]] (1971–2019), Deputy Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and rector of [[Hanoi University of Mining and Geology]] |
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* [[Iain Baikie]], physicist, winner of [[Swan Medal and Prize]] |
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* [[Christina Miller]], chemist |
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* [[David A. B. Miller]], applied physicist; winner of [[R. W. Wood Prize]] and [[Adolph Lomb Medal]] |
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* [[James Nasmyth]], inventor of the [[steam hammer]]<ref>Nasmyth, J. (1885, reprinted 2010). James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography. BoD – Books on Demand. {{ISBN|3867414599}}</ref>{{rp|93}} |
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* [[Evelyn Roxburgh]] (1896–1973), electrical engineer |
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* [[Sarah Tabrizi]], neurologist |
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* [[Chris Whitty]], physician; Chief Medical Advisor to the UK Government |
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=== Business === |
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* [[Robert Buchan]], British/Canadian businessman, founder of [[Kinross Gold Corporation]] |
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* [[Adam Crozier]], British businessman, chief executive and television executives; Chief Executive of [[ITV Network|ITV]] |
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* [[Roger Jenkins (banker)|Roger Jenkins]], British financier, former Chief Executive of Barclays Private Equity, Principal Investments and Structured Capital Markets |
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* [[Bob Keiller]], British businessman, Chief Executive of [[Wood Group]] |
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* [[Michael Lombardi (entrepreneur)|Michael Lombardi]], Canadian businessman, founder of [[Lombardi Media Corporation]] |
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* [[Ian Ritchie (entrepreneur)|Ian Ritchie]], British businessman, founder of [[Office Workstations Limited|OWL]], missed [[World Wide Web|WWW]] opportunity of [[Tim Berners-Lee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coppertop.co.uk|title=Coppertop: Ian Ritchie's home page.}}</ref> |
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* [[Maurice Tulloch]] (born 1969), British/Canadian businessman, CEO of [[Aviva]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Maurice Tulloch, Chief Executive Officer |url=https://www.aviva.com/about-us/leader-profiles/maurice-tulloch/ |website=Aviva |access-date=5 October 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801135145/https://www.aviva.com/about-us/leader-profiles/maurice-tulloch/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Per Valebrokk]], Norwegian editor and business man, partner of Storm Communications |
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=== Politics === |
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* [[Nathif Jama Adam]], Somali banker and politician |
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* [[Sarah Boyack]], former MSP and Minister for Transport of Scotland |
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* [[Liam Burns (NUS president)|Liam Burns]], [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|NUS UK]] president 2011–2013 |
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* [[Ingvald Godal]], former Member of the Norwegian Parliament and former Chairman of the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya |
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* [[Bernie Grant]], British Labour Party politician, the Member of Parliament for Tottenham from 1987 to 2000; Britain's first Afro-Caribbean MP (did not graduate) |
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* [[Fiona Hyslop]] MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in the [[Scottish Government]] |
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* [[Hassan Ali Khaire]], Somali politician, [[Prime Minister of Somalia]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hassan Ali Khaire, an Oil Executive, Is Picked to Be Somalia's Prime Minister|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/world/africa/hassan-ali-khaire-somalia-prime-minister.html|access-date=5 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=23 February 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Archy Kirkwood]], Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, former [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] MP |
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* [[Mark MacGregor]], Conservative Party politician |
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* [[Gillian Mackay]], [[Scottish Greens|Green Party]] MSP for [[Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Central Scotland]] |
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* [[Henry McLeish]], former [[First Minister of Scotland]] |
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* [[Brian Monteith]], former Conservative MSP |
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* [[Henning Skumsvoll]], member of the Norwegian Parliament |
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* [[Teo Ho Pin]],<!-- File under "T" --> former member of the Singapore Parliament |
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* [[Fiona Watson]], political affairs officer |
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* [[Graham Watson]], former MEP; Leader of the European Parliament's Liberal Group 2002–2009 and president of the EU's Liberal Democratic Party 2011-15 |
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* [[Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie|Lord Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie]], former MP and MSP |
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=== Sports === |
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* [[Jock Clear]], Formula One engineer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/doctorate-for-formula-one-mechanic-1-1348892| publisher=The Scotsman| title=Doctorate for Formula One mechanic|access-date=21 June 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Luke Crosbie]], [[Scotland national rugby union team]] player |
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* [[Lee Jones (rugby union)|Lee Jones]], [[Scotland national rugby union team]] player<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.edinburghrugby.org/team/back-three/lee-jones| publisher=Edinburgh Rugby| title=Lee Jones| access-date=16 April 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430054907/http://www.edinburghrugby.org/team/back-three/lee-jones| archive-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Shirley Robertson]], TV presenter and double Olympic gold medallist |
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* [[Jack Ross (footballer born 1976)|Jack Ross]], British professional footballer |
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* [[Gordon Shedden]], British [[auto racing]] driver |
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* [[Kirsty Smith]], Scottish soccer player for the [[Scotland women's national football team]] and [[West Ham United F.C. Women]]. |
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== Notable staff == |
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* Sir [[Thomas Hudson Beare]], FRSE, RSSA, chair of mechanics and engineering, 1887–1889 |
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* [[George Murray Burnett]], FRSE (1921–1980), served as principal, 1974–1980<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |title=Microsoft Word – oldfells_list_jun06.doc |access-date=2016-06-14 |archive-date=19 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919152306/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Andrew John Herbertson]], lecturer in industrial and commercial geography, 1896–1899<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/articles/150731-remembering-herbertson.html|title=Remembering Andrew John Herbertson (1865–1915) – News – School of Geography and the Environment – University of Oxford|first=Chris|last=White|website=www.geog.ox.ac.uk|access-date=13 September 2016|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724181117/https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/articles/150731-remembering-herbertson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Geoff Palmer (scientist)|Sir Geoff Palmer]], OBE, grain scientist and human rights advocate, 1977–2005 |
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=== Principals === |
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* Sir [[Francis Grant Ogilvie]], CB, FRSE, 1886–1900 |
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* [[Arthur Pillans Laurie]], FRSE, 1900–1928 |
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* [[James Cameron Smail]], OBE, FRSE, 1928–1950 |
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* [[Hugh Bryan Nisbet]], CBE, FRSE, 1950–1967 |
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* [[Robert Allan Smith]], CBE, FRS, PRSE, 1968–1974 |
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* [[George Murray Burnett]], FRSE, 1974–1980 |
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* [[Thomas L. Johnston|Thomas Lothian Johnston]], PRSE, 1981–1988 |
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* [[Alistair MacFarlane|Sir Alistair George James MacFarlane]], CBE, FRS, FRSE, 1989–1996 |
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* [[John Stuart Archer]], CBE, FRSE, 1997–2006 |
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* [[Anton Muscatelli|Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli]], CBE, FRSE, 2007–2009 |
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* [[Steve Chapman (chemist)|Steven Kenneth Chapman]], CBE, FRSE, 2009–2015 |
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* [[Richard Williams (academic)|Richard Andrew Williams]], OBE, FRSE, 2015–present |
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== See also == |
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* [[Armorial of UK universities]] |
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* [[Edinburgh Business School]] |
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* [[Heriot-Watt University F.C.]] |
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* [[List of UK universities]] |
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Oilthigh Heriot-Watt | |
Motto | Leaders in ideas and solutions |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1821 – School of Arts of Edinburgh 1852 – Watt Institution and School of Arts 1885 – Heriot-Watt College 1966 – university by Royal Charter |
Endowment | £12.2 million (2023)[1] |
Budget | £259.5 million (2022/23)[1] |
Chancellor | Sir Geoff Palmer |
Principal | Richard Williams |
Academic staff | 925 Scotland based (2023)[2] |
Administrative staff | 1,737[3] |
Students | Global: 31,000[3] Edinburgh: 11,155 (2019/20)[4] |
Undergraduates | Edinburgh: 8,150 (2019/20)[4][needs update] |
Postgraduates | Edinburgh: 3,005 (2019/20)[4][needs update] |
Location | , Scotland, United Kingdom |
Campus | Suburban |
Other campus locations | Scottish Borders Orkney Dubai Malaysia |
Affiliations | Association of Commonwealth Universities Universities Scotland Universities UK |
Website | hw |
Heriot-Watt University (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted university status by royal charter in 1966. It is the eighth-oldest higher education institution in the United Kingdom.[5] The name Heriot-Watt was taken from Scottish inventor James Watt and Scottish philanthropist and goldsmith George Heriot.
The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £259.5 million of which £33 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £266.7 million.[1] Known for its focus on science as well as engineering, it is one of the 23 colleges being granted university status in the 1960s and sometimes considered a plate glass university similar to the likes of Lancaster and Warwick.[6][7]
The university has three campuses in Scotland and one each in the UAE and Malaysia.
History
School of Arts of Edinburgh
Heriot-Watt was established as the School of Arts of Edinburgh (not to be confused with Edinburgh College of Art[a]) by Scottish businessman Leonard Horner on 16 October 1821. Having been inspired by Anderson's College in Glasgow, Horner established the school to provide practical knowledge of science and technology to Edinburgh's working men.[8][9]: 64–66 The institution was initially of modest size, giving lectures two nights a week in rented rooms[10] and boasting a small library of around 500 technical works.[8][9]: 100 It was also oversubscribed, with admissions soon closing despite the cost of 15 shillings for a year's access to lectures and the library.[8]
The school was managed by a board of eighteen directors[8] and primarily funded by sponsors from the middle and upper classes including Robert Stevenson and Walter Scott. It first became associated with the inventor and engineer James Watt in 1824, as a means of raising funds to secure permanent accommodation. Justifying the association, School Director Lord Cockburn said:
"[The building] shall be employed for the accommodation of the Edinburgh School of Arts; whereby the memory of Watt may forever be connected with the promotion, among a class of men to which he himself originally belonged, of those mechanical arts from which his own usefulness and glory arose.[9]: 103 "
In 1837, the School of Arts moved to leased accommodation on Adam Square, which it was able to purchase in 1851 thanks to funds raised in Watt's name. In honour of the purchase, the School changed its name to the Watt Institution and School of Arts in 1852. The statue of Watt was added in front of the Adam Square school in 1854 and has thereafter moved as the premises moved.[11]
Watt Institution and School of Arts
Heriot-Watt's time as the Watt Institution marked a transitional period for the organisation, as its curriculum broadened to include several subjects beyond mathematics and the physical sciences. While the School of Arts had catered almost exclusively to working-class artisans and technical workers, the Watt Institution admitted a large number of middle-class students, whom it attracted with new subjects in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. By 1885, the skilled working class were no longer the majority in an institution that had been created explicitly for them.[9]: 133–135
A shifting class make-up was not the only demographic change to affect the student body, as in 1869 women were permitted to attend lectures for the first time. This move put the Watt Institution some way ahead of Scottish universities, who were only permitted to allow women to graduate 20 years later following the Universities (Scotland) Act of 1889.[12]: 163 The decision to admit women was made in large part owing to pressure from local campaigner Mary Burton, who later became the institution's first female director in 1874.[9]: 133–135 [13]
In 1870, the Watt Institution was forced to move following the demolition of Adam Square.[9]: 148–153 After a brief period on Roxburgh Place, it relocated to the newly constructed Chambers Street near where its former site had stood. The move caused the institution severe financial difficulties, which were compounded by a combination of declining funds from subscribers and increased costs from its growing student body.
In 1873, the directors turned to George Heriot's Trust for support and agreed to a merger of the Trust's endowment with the institution's own. The proposed merger was provisional to changes in the structure of the Watt Institution, which would see the organisation become a technical college with representatives of the Trust in management positions. Accepting these changes, the Watt Institution officially became Heriot-Watt College in 1885 and was subsequently on far firmer financial ground.[9]: 160–161
The Watt Club
The Watt Club was founded at the Watt Institution on 12 May 1854, and is today the oldest alumni organisation in the UK.[14] Following the unveiling of a statue of James Watt outside the institution, local jeweller J.E Vernon proposed that
"[a club should be formed] whose object would be to sup together on the anniversary of the birth of James Watt…and also to promote the interests of the School, by raising a fund each year to provide prizes.[9]: 144–145 "
Watt Club Medals are still awarded by the organisation each year to Heriot-Watt's most highly achieving students, while the Watt Club Prize is awarded by The Watt Club Council to recognise student initiative and enterprise.[15]
Heriot-Watt College
After the establishment of Heriot-Watt as a technical college, the new management committee set about extending the institution's buildings and strengthening its academic reputation.[16] In its new form the college was one of only three non-university institutions in the UK with the power to appoint professors, and the first of these was appointed in 1887. In 1902 the college became a central institution, while in 1904 it introduced awards for graduating students which were similar to university degrees.[16]
Expansion meant that the college made increasing demands on George Heriot's Trust throughout the first part of the 20th century, which ultimately led to the independence of the two bodies in 1927. While the Trust continued to pay Heriot-Watt a fixed sum each year, from then on the college was responsible for managing its own financial affairs.[16] Heriot-Watt continued to expand after becoming independent, opening a new extension in 1935.[9]: 243
Both World Wars impacted on the speed of the college's expansion. During World War I, student numbers dropped as young men joined the army, while teaching in engineering stalled as the department was used for the manufacture of shells and munitions.[9]: 213–215 During World War II, student numbers dropped again and the electrical engineering department became involved in training the armed services in the use of radar.
After the college introduced a postgraduate award in 1951, it offered awards equivalent to university degrees and doctorates in all practical respects. Recognising this, in 1963 the Robbins Report recommended that it should be awarded university status. On 1 February 1966 the recommendation was enacted, as the institution officially became Heriot-Watt University.[16]
Heriot-Watt University
The first personal chair was appointed in 1974.[17]
While Heriot-Watt continued to expand in the centre of Edinburgh after attaining university status, the institution had grown big enough that relocation was felt to be desirable.[16] In 1966 Midlothian County Council gifted the Riccarton estate north of Currie to the university and in 1969 work began on transforming the site into a future campus.[9]: 252 The process of relocation to Riccarton continued until 1992, with teaching and facilities divided between the new campus and the city centre until this time.[9]: 379–381
The university has continued to grow after completing its move to Riccarton, constructing additional student halls, a sports centre and a postgraduate centre on the site. The institution also expanded beyond Edinburgh, merging with the Scottish College of Textiles to create a campus in the Scottish Borders in 1998, opening a campus in Dubai in 2006[9]: 436–441 and a campus in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in 2012.[18]
In recent years, the university's campus in Edinburgh has benefited from major infrastructural projects worth £60 million, with another £68 million worth investment announced. These include the UK's first purpose-built graduate centre (£6 million),[19] Scotland's elite Oriam Sports Performance Centre facility (£33 million),[20] and the UK's first FlexBIO flexible downstream bioprocessing centre (£2 million).[21] It is also constructing a 5,000m² Watt Innovation Building supporting Global Research, Innovation and Discovery [GRID][20] to boost 'creativity and ideas generation' on the university's growing Edinburgh campus. The university has plans to host a major £65 million film studio[22] and a £2.5 million academic partnership with the oil and gas firm Total.[23] However, in 2017 it was also announced that a major budget shortfall and the impact of Brexit would result in Heriot-Watt shedding 100 jobs by voluntary redundancies.[24]
Campuses
Heriot-Watt currently has five campuses, and also runs distance learning programmes through 53 approved learning partners to students around the world.[25]
Edinburgh
Heriot-Watt's main campus is located in Riccarton in South West Edinburgh on 380 acres (150 hectares) of parkland. The campus consists of: academic buildings, student residences, a postgraduate centre, shops, several library collections, childcare, healthcare, a chaplaincy, a variety of recreational and sports facilities, and a museum, as well as the Student Union's main premises.[26] It is also home to the Edinburgh Conference Centre and Europe's oldest research park, Heriot-Watt University Research Park which opened in 1971.[9]: 386 The university's Institute of Petroleum Engineering is based at its Edinburgh campus.[27]
Scottish Borders
Heriot-Watt's Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels is home to the university's School of Textile and Design.[28] The school began life in 1883 when the Galashiels Manufacturer's Corporation began running classes in practical courses for its workers. The institution gradually grew both in terms of student numbers and the number of courses it offered, and it ultimately became known as the Scottish College of Textiles in 1968. In 1998 the college merged with Heriot-Watt, leading to the creation of the School of Textiles and Design in its modern form.[9]: 436–444
The school is one of the few fashion schools in the world which offers a menswear course at bachelor's degree level, and the only school in Scotland to offer a fashion communication course. It was ranked 11th place in the UK for art and design in the 2013 Complete University Guide,[29] produced a winner and five other finalists for the Scottish Fashion Awards Graduate of the Year in June 2012.[30]
While the Scottish Borders Campus shares some facilities and administrative functions with Edinburgh, it is largely self-contained. As well as its own library, accommodation and catering facilities,[31] it has its own branch of the Student Union which runs events on the site[32] and is home to a collection of textile records and artefacts.[33] A new £12M student village opened at the Campus in September 2012.[34]
The entire campus is shared with Borders College, whose students make up the majority of those who study at the site.
Marillion's 1985 song Kayleigh was inspired by an SCT student, and refers to the snow and college halls of Galashiels.[35]
Dubai
Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus opened in 2005. It was the first British university to set up in Dubai International Academic City.[5]
Offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses similar to those found in Scotland, the campus facilitates student exchanges between Britain and the Gulf Emirates. It has facilities including a library, computer laboratory, cafes and restaurants.[36] An expanded campus opened in the city on 3 November 2011, allowing double the number of students to study for a Heriot-Watt degree in the city.[37]
In April 2019, Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus was crowned 'Best University' in the Middle East at the first ever Forbes Middle East Higher Education Awards.[38]
The campus received a five-star rating for three consecutive years in 2019, 2020 and 2021 from the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), the supreme educational quality assurance and regulatory authority of the Government of Dubai.[5][39]
In 2021, the university relocated its Dubai campus to Dubai Knowledge Park.[40] The new campus was officially opened by King Charles III on 30 November 2023, accompanied by Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf.[41]
Malaysia
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia's purpose-built campus opened in Putrajaya in September 2014, £35 million was invested in the Malaysian campus, which is the first 'green campus' in the country. It is situated in a lakeside location of 4+3⁄4 acres (1.9 hectares) offering undergraduate as well as master's degree.[42]
Orkney
Heriot-Watt's campus in Stromness, Orkney, is home to the International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), part of the university's School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society. The Campus provides education to a small number of postgraduate students and is host to eight members of research staff.[43][44]
Organisation
Heriot-Watt is divided into six schools and one institute that coordinate its teaching and research:
- The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, incorporating geoenergy engineering and renewable energy technology, architectural engineering, civil & structural engineering, construction management & surveying, geography and urban studies[45]
- The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, incorporating chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical, electronic and computing engineering, mechanical engineering and physics[46]
- The School of Social Sciences (formerly, School of Management and Languages), incorporating accountancy and finance, business management, economics and languages[47]
- The School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, incorporating actuarial mathematics and statistics, computer science and mathematics[48]
- The School of Textiles and Design[49]
- Edinburgh Business School, which offers postgraduate courses at MBA, MSc and DBA level[50]
- The Urban Institute, a research collaboration for urban studies between Heriot-Watt University and The University of Edinburgh
From 1 August 2016, the former School of Life Sciences was merged with other schools, with programmes transferred to the School of Management and Languages, the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society and the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.[51]
Academic profile
Rankings and reputation
National rankings | |
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Complete (2025)[52] | 40= |
Guardian (2024)[53] | 85 |
Times / Sunday Times (2024)[54] | 64 |
Global rankings | |
ARWU (2023)[55] | 901–1000 |
QS (2024)[56] | 235 |
THE (2024)[57] | 351–400 |
Heriot-Watt University was named International University of the Year[58] by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. Heriot-Watt is known for the strong prospects of its students, with 80% in graduate-level jobs or further study six months after leaving the institution.[59]
In 2011, Heriot-Watt was named as The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2011–2012, with the paper emphasising the employability of the institution's graduates.[59] In 2012, it was again Scottish University of the Year 2012–2013 for the second year running, and also became UK University of the Year for student experience.[60] The same year it came 1st in Scotland and 4th in the UK in the 2012 National Student Survey.[59]
Times Higher Education's 'Table of Tables' is the combined results of the three main UK university league tables – the Good University Guide (published by The Times and The Sunday Times), The Guardian and The Complete University Guide. In the Table of Tables 2015, Heriot-Watt was placed 27th in the UK and 3rd in Scotland. It is ranked 28th in the UK by The Complete University Guide 2018 and 26th in the UK by The Guardian University League Table 2018.[61] In a 2015 detail report on UK universities, Durham academic Vikki Boliver placed Oxford and Cambridge in the first tier, and included Heriot-Watt in the second tier made of the remaining 22 Russell Group universities and 17 other "pre-92" universities.[6][7]
In 2020, Heriot-Watt was ranked at 314 by QS World University Rankings and at 251–300 by Times Higher Education World University Rankings in the world. It was ranked 243rd in the world for engineering and technology by QS Rankings in 2019.[62] It was ranked 143rd in the world for technical sciences in 2018 by Round University Ranking.[63]
In 2017, Business Insider ranked Heriot-Watt the 3rd best UK university to study economics.[64] It was ranked among 201-250 globally for Business and Economics by Times in 2019.[65] In 2018, ARWU ranked Heriot-Watt globally among 51–75 for Telecom Engineering and 101–150 for Civil Engineering, Mathematics and Oceanography.[66]
Nationally, the university is ranked highly for Planning and Building education. In 2019, the university was ranked 4th in UK and 1st in Scotland for Town & Country Planning and Landscape Design by The Complete University Guide.[67] It was also ranked 9th in UK and 1st in Scotland for Building and Town & Country Planning by The Guardian in the same year.[68] In the 2019 The Complete University Guide national subject rankings Heriot-Watt had the following rankings: 2nd (of 34) – Building education,[69] 17th (of 104) – Accounting and Finance, 15th (of 81) – Art and Design, 14th (of 30) – Chemical Engineering,[70] 23rd (of 60) – Chemistry,[71] 1 (of 56) – Civil Engineering,[72] 25th (of 110) – Computer Science,[73] 22nd (of 77) – Economics,[74] 23rd (of 68) – Electrical Engineering,[67] 15th (of 72) – Mathematics,[75] 14th (of 69) – Mechanical Engineering,[76] and 25th (of 48) – Physics and Astronomy.[67] The university has been constantly ranked among the top 10 universities in UK for Building education since 2010.[77]
Admissions
As of February 2017, approximately 13,700 students are enrolled at one of Heriot-Watt's campuses: 66.6% in Scotland, 24.2% in Dubai and 9.2% in Malaysia. In the Scotland campus, the university has a female:male ratio of 41:59.[78]
Masters in Strategic Project Management
Under the framework of the European Education system and as part of the Erasmus Mundus program Heriot-Watt University offers a Masters in Strategic Project Management jointly with Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and Umeå University (Sweden).[79] Students in the program study at all three institutions over two years and at the conclusion receive degrees issued by all three. The program ranks number 11 in the Eduniversal Bests Masters Ranking and number 25 in the QS World University Rankings worldwide.[80][81]
Student life
Student Union
The Student Union at Heriot-Watt is a student-led organisation headed by individuals elected from the student population. The association has represented students both locally and nationally since its foundation in 1966,[82] and is a member of both the Edinburgh Students' Forum and the National Union of Students (NUS).[83] It is also responsible for running the university's Student Union, which runs events for students and supports student societies. Over 50 societies currently exist, including the Brewing Society which organises an annual charity beer festival.[84] In addition, the Student Union runs many services at the Edinburgh and Scottish Borders campuses including catering facilities, a nightclub, an advice centre and a student shop.[85] The Student Union also works closely with the Heriot-Watt University Dubai Student Council[86] and the Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Student Association.[87] In 2018 the Student Union won the University Student Union of the Year and also Officer Team of the Year at the NUS Scotland Awards 2018.[88]
Sports Union
The Sports Union is responsible for the university's 30 sports clubs.[89] and runs annual social events for students involved in sport. As with the Students' Association, the organisation is headed by elected Heriot-Watt students.[90]
Notable alumni
Arts
- Theodore S. Clerk, (1909–1965), city planner, first Ghanaian architect and developer of the port city of Tema
- Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith (born 1927), conservation architect and head of ECA's Department of Architecture 1978–1988
- Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (born 1939), architect of the Eden Project, president of the Royal Academy since 2004
- Sir William Kininmonth (1904–1988), architect of Adam House and Pollock Halls, both in Edinburgh
- Kygo, Norwegian DJ and record producer (did not graduate)[91]
- Sir Robert Matthew (1906–1975), designed the Royal Commonwealth Pool and founded RMJM
- John McAslan, architect
- Taqi Nazeer, Scottish born actor
- John Notman (1810–1865), architect and landscape architect
- Patrick Nuttgens (1930–2004), academic and writer on architecture
- Nivetha Pethuraj, Indian actress[92]
- Dame Muriel Spark, British writer (took a course in commercial correspondence and précis writing at Heriot-Watt College)
- Sir Basil Spence (1907–1976), architect of Coventry Cathedral and the New Zealand Parliament Building (nicknamed 'The Beehive') in Wellington, New Zealand
- Douglas Stuart, British writer, fashion designer, winner of 2020 Booker Prize
- John Thomson, pioneering photographer
- Deepak Tripathi, historian and former journalist
- Irvine Welsh, British writer of the novel Trainspotting
- Greg Wise, British actor and producer
- Joanne Yeoh, Malaysian violinist and music lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Gary Younge, writer and journalist
- Casa Yuen, South Africa-born Hong Kong TVB actress
Academia and science
- Le Hai An (1971–2019), Deputy Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and rector of Hanoi University of Mining and Geology
- Iain Baikie, physicist, winner of Swan Medal and Prize
- Christina Miller, chemist
- David A. B. Miller, applied physicist; winner of R. W. Wood Prize and Adolph Lomb Medal
- James Nasmyth, inventor of the steam hammer[93]: 93
- Evelyn Roxburgh (1896–1973), electrical engineer
- Sarah Tabrizi, neurologist
- Chris Whitty, physician; Chief Medical Advisor to the UK Government
Business
- Robert Buchan, British/Canadian businessman, founder of Kinross Gold Corporation
- Adam Crozier, British businessman, chief executive and television executives; Chief Executive of ITV
- Roger Jenkins, British financier, former Chief Executive of Barclays Private Equity, Principal Investments and Structured Capital Markets
- Bob Keiller, British businessman, Chief Executive of Wood Group
- Michael Lombardi, Canadian businessman, founder of Lombardi Media Corporation
- Ian Ritchie, British businessman, founder of OWL, missed WWW opportunity of Tim Berners-Lee[94]
- Maurice Tulloch (born 1969), British/Canadian businessman, CEO of Aviva[95]
- Per Valebrokk, Norwegian editor and business man, partner of Storm Communications
Politics
- Nathif Jama Adam, Somali banker and politician
- Sarah Boyack, former MSP and Minister for Transport of Scotland
- Liam Burns, NUS UK president 2011–2013
- Ingvald Godal, former Member of the Norwegian Parliament and former Chairman of the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya
- Bernie Grant, British Labour Party politician, the Member of Parliament for Tottenham from 1987 to 2000; Britain's first Afro-Caribbean MP (did not graduate)
- Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in the Scottish Government
- Hassan Ali Khaire, Somali politician, Prime Minister of Somalia[96]
- Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, former Liberal Democrat MP
- Mark MacGregor, Conservative Party politician
- Gillian Mackay, Green Party MSP for Central Scotland
- Henry McLeish, former First Minister of Scotland
- Brian Monteith, former Conservative MSP
- Henning Skumsvoll, member of the Norwegian Parliament
- Teo Ho Pin, former member of the Singapore Parliament
- Fiona Watson, political affairs officer
- Graham Watson, former MEP; Leader of the European Parliament's Liberal Group 2002–2009 and president of the EU's Liberal Democratic Party 2011-15
- Lord Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie, former MP and MSP
Sports
- Jock Clear, Formula One engineer[97]
- Luke Crosbie, Scotland national rugby union team player
- Lee Jones, Scotland national rugby union team player[98]
- Shirley Robertson, TV presenter and double Olympic gold medallist
- Jack Ross, British professional footballer
- Gordon Shedden, British auto racing driver
- Kirsty Smith, Scottish soccer player for the Scotland women's national football team and West Ham United F.C. Women.
Notable staff
- Sir Thomas Hudson Beare, FRSE, RSSA, chair of mechanics and engineering, 1887–1889
- George Murray Burnett, FRSE (1921–1980), served as principal, 1974–1980[99]
- Andrew John Herbertson, lecturer in industrial and commercial geography, 1896–1899[100]
- Sir Geoff Palmer, OBE, grain scientist and human rights advocate, 1977–2005
Principals
- Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, CB, FRSE, 1886–1900
- Arthur Pillans Laurie, FRSE, 1900–1928
- James Cameron Smail, OBE, FRSE, 1928–1950
- Hugh Bryan Nisbet, CBE, FRSE, 1950–1967
- Robert Allan Smith, CBE, FRS, PRSE, 1968–1974
- George Murray Burnett, FRSE, 1974–1980
- Thomas Lothian Johnston, PRSE, 1981–1988
- Sir Alistair George James MacFarlane, CBE, FRS, FRSE, 1989–1996
- John Stuart Archer, CBE, FRSE, 1997–2006
- Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli, CBE, FRSE, 2007–2009
- Steven Kenneth Chapman, CBE, FRSE, 2009–2015
- Richard Andrew Williams, OBE, FRSE, 2015–present
See also
- Armorial of UK universities
- Edinburgh Business School
- Heriot-Watt University F.C.
- List of UK universities
Footnotes
- ^ That article says its roots were in 1760.
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