Is it hard to take admission at Heriot Watt University?
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Yes, it can be considered moderately difficult for international students as the Heriot Watt University acceptance rate stands at 60%, sugegsting that out of every 100 applications, only 60 students were able to recieve an offer from this university.
Below mentioned are the admission requirements to Heriot Watt University:
• Bachelor's Degree from NAAC accredited University.
• Two written essays
• Updated resume
• Two letters of recommendation
• English proficiency test score
• Transcripts of Academic Qualifications
• Evaluation Report proving the validity of Bachelor's degree or other equivalent
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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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