Heriot-Watt University - United Kingdom

International success for a global university

Heriot-Watt’s global status has been underlined by our highest ever ranking in the QS World University Rankings, rising to 318th in the world, up from 352 last year. This is Heriot-Watt’s highest position to date in any international ranking, and particularly pleasing in a league table which is itself becoming increasingly prominent.

The leap in the University’s ranking relates to measurable improvements in the University’s performance and is also influenced by changes in QS weighting and methodologies. Professor Julian Jones, Vice-Principal, said, “This is a tremendous result for Heriot-Watt as a global player, and reflects the efforts of colleagues at all levels of the University, in the UK and abroad.”

The University was also ranked in the world’s top ten for our proportion of international students, with Imperial College, the London School of Economics and St Andrews, and is top in Scotland and in the UK top ten for our proportion of international faculty.

Overall, Heriot-Watt is ranked joint 38th (up 3 places from 41st last year) and we are 5th in Scotland (same as last year)

In the individual subject tables, we are ranked in the UK top ten for five subjects

• Building (4th, up from 5th last year
• Chemical Engineering (5th, up from 7th)
• Art & Design (8th, up from 29th)
• Mechanical Engineering (8th, up from 15th)
• General Engineering (9th, down from 6th)

Similarly, we are top in Scotland for four subjects and are ranked in the top 3 in Scotland for seven subjects:

• 1st in Scotland: Building (up from 2nd last year), Chemical Engineering (same as last year), Mechanical Engineering (up from 2nd), Town & Country Planning and Landscape (same as last year)
• 2nd in Scotland: Art & Design (up from 4th), General Engineering (same as last year
• 3rd in Scotland: German (up from 4th)

MACS Scholarships: The School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences are delighted to offer the following scholarships for 2015/16. Colin Maclaurin Scholarship - scholarships of £3,500 will be awarded to outstanding applicants to our MSc in Actuarial Science and MSc in Actuarial Management. Jacob Bernoulli Scholarship - scholarships of £2,500 will be awarded to outstanding applicants to our MSc in Quantitative Financial Risk Management. Thomas Gresham Scholarship - scholarships of up to £5,000 will be awarded to outstanding applicants to our MSc in Quantitative Financial Engineering. There is no need to apply - these will be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit. Complexity Scholarship for Mathematics - 3 scholarships of £3,000 will be awarded to outstanding overseas applicants to any of our Mathematics MSc programmes. 1 scholarship of £1,000 will be awarded to an outstanding Home/EU applicant to any of our Mathematics MSc programmes. Computer Science Scholarship - some scholarships of £2,500 will be awarded to outstanding applicants to any of our Computer Science MSc programmes. Terms and conditions: Scholarships will only be awarded to self-funding applicants. Applications must be submitted by 31st March 2016 and an academic reference is required. For more information, please contact/visit your nearest JM Office today                                                                                                                                                                                  Article is courtesy of  Heriot-Watt University