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Heriot-Watt University
Oilthigh Heriot-Watt
Heriot-Watt University logo.svg
MottoLeaders in ideas and solutions
TypePublic
Established1821 - School of Arts of Edinburgh
1852 - Watt Institution and School of Arts
1885 - Heriot-Watt College
1966 – university by Royal Charter
Endowment£8.9m (2017)[1]
Budget£196.0 million (2016-17)[1]
ChancellorRobert M Buchan
PrincipalRichard Williams
Chairman of CourtFrances Cairncross
Administrative staff
1,737[2]
StudentsGlobal: 31,000[2]
Edinburgh: 10,500 (2016/17)[3]
UndergraduatesEdinburgh: 7,415 (2016/17)[3]
PostgraduatesEdinburgh: 3,090 (2016/17)[3]
Location
Edinburgh
,
Scotland, United Kingdom
CampusSuburban
Other campus locationsScottish Borders
Orkney
Dubai
Malaysia
AffiliationsAssociation of Commonwealth Universities
CESAER
ERASMUS
Universities Scotland
Universities UK
Websitewww.hw.ac.uk

Heriot-Watt University (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university. It is in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was created in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh. It is the eighth oldest higher education institute in the UK.

The name Heriot-Watt was taken from Scottish inventor James Watt and Scottish philanthropist and goldsmith George Heriot.

Heriot-Watt University Media

  • This statue of James Watt commissioned for the School of Arts today sits at Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh Campus.

  • The former site of Heriot-Watt College on Chambers Street, today occupied by the Edinburgh Crown Office

  • Main entrance to reception at Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh campus.

  • A view of the loch at Edinburgh Campus

  • Heriot Watt University Scottish Borders Campus, Galashiels. Formerly known as The Scottish Textile College

  • Heriot-Watt University's national league table performance over the past ten years

  • Irvine Welsh. * Date: 19th August 2004 20:43 * Camera: Canon Digital IXUS II * Exposure: 1/50 sec. * Focal Length: 11mm * Aperture: F/3.9 * ISO: unknown

  • James Hall Nasmyth by George Bernard O'Neill

  • ITV Chief Executive Adam Crozier gives his keynote address at the Nations & Regions Media Conference, organised by the University of Salford, at The Lowry 13 March 2012.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Annual Accounts 2017" (PDF). Heriot-Watt University. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Annual statistics 2011–12" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2016/17 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile" (CSV). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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