Is Heriot Watt University hard to get into?
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Heriot Watt University as an acceptance rate of around 55%. It means that around 55 out of 100 students are accepted to the university, making the university moderately competitive. Students must work really hard on their applications and make it outperform to increase the chances of getting selected.
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Heriot Watt University has an overall acceptance rate of around 80% which makes it somewhat selective for admissions of international students. Some of the general requirements to receive admission at the university are given as follows:
- UCAS personal Statement
- Letter of Recommendations
- Average GPA requirements
- High School Ranks
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Heriot-Watt University graduates are currently working under top industries like Sales, Education, Operations, Finance, Business Development, Information Technology and Engineering. Some of the top employers for these graduates are as follows:
EY
Deloitte
AECOM
Jacobs
Turner and Townsend
ADNOC Grop
Aramco
Microsoft
Heriot Watt University consists of more than 159,000 alumni members in 190 countries in the world. Some of the notable ones are as follows:
Graham Watson (Politician)
Kirsty Smith (Football Player)
Nivetha Pethuraj (Indian Actress)
John Thomson (Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller)
Jock Clear (Engineer)
Ruaridh Mollica (Actor) and many more.
Heriot Watt University offers 123 postgraduate, 110 undergraduate, and 65 research courses to Indian students in various specializations such as MBA, MA, M.Sc, M.Des, M.Arch, B.Tech, BBA and B.Sc. Students are offered various majors such as Business & Management Studies, Engineering, IT & Software, Science, Humanities, Architecture, Design, Animation, Education, Commerce, Mass Communication & Media and Medicine & Health Science. The duration of undergraduate courses is around 3 - 5 years depending on the programme whereas PG courses have a duration of around 12 months - 2 years.
Accounting and Commerce is ranked #39 by Shiksha Popularity Ranking, #27 by CUG, #57 by Guardian and #251 by QS Ranking. Rankings for these courses by reputed ranking bodies are mentioned below:
Ranking Bodies | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
CUG - Accounting and Finance | #23 | #22 | #27 |
Guardian - Accounting and Finance | #59 | #57 | - |
QS - Accounting and Finance | #251 | - |

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