Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus edinburgh

A place to build yourself for the futuristic industry.

Everything is amazing and if you have nice company you are going to have a lot of fun!

WORSE THAN PRISON. Everyone should avoid this university like the plague. The quality of some of the teaching was poor and the choice of modules for my course was very limited. Staff and students are also often rude. Bullying is rampant and includes the homophobic abuse that I was subjected to on an almost daily basis. Harassment by staff and students is condoned and tolerated even if you report it several times or make a complaint (I made several reports and complaints but none of my bullies were ever punished). Staff also seem to think that they're above the law and the rules (I was also harassed by a couple of EGIS lecturers and member of the admin staff. I reported it and made a complaint about this but none of the staff were ever punished). The worst years of my life were spent at this university, and the only reason I put up with it was because my parents wanted me to stay and finish my degree. Possibly the worst university in Scotland/UK.

The Edinburgh campus has a lot to offer. A direct (cheap) bus link to the city through a variety of services and an onsite state of the art Sports Complex. The only down side is that as this is a campus university on the outskirts of town there are no local shops or quick access to shops.

In 2012, wishing to study in a UK university, I turned toward Heriot-Watt university. University that had been recommended to me at the time by an academic advising office. I had never heard about Heriot-Watt; but I had noticed that this Uni was very present on internet and social media. Also, the University had different campuses, in Scotland (the main one), in Malaysia, in Dubai and in London. My acceptance and integration on the basis of student credits transfer has been done rapidly and easily. Once studying at Heriot-Watt London, the lectures were interesting but the academic organisation as the administration were very messy. The relationships between lecturers and academic staff were sometimes conflicting which was embarrassing for students. The academic staff turnover was incredibly high (during my degree I met more than 5 different academic advisors or registrars), and the indications given by them were most of the time strange and confusing. Also, there were not resit exams at the time and surprisingly as a current student I did not have access to my academic transcript. Then one day, we were told that the structures of the courses had to change and be lengthened while the programmes were running. Many unhappy students decided to leave the Uni; and so, Heriot-Watt academic managers tried to retain others students providing different explanations or arguments such as: “Now every student will have the opportunity to take resit exams in case of exams failure”, “Programme change will not have any impact on your promotion” or “Programme change only concerns some extra credits”. They even proposed to offer an IPad to the students. Concerning me, I had made the decision to complete my bachelor degree at Heriot-Watt trusting the academic staff. So, I spent an extra year and a half to study on campus in order to complete my degree. After graduating, when seeing for the first time my Bachelor certificate and my official transcript I realised that Heriot-Watt London had changed me promotion, even worse, nothing about my credits transferred was mentioned. When I sought for explanations from Heriot-Watt London I discovered that HERIOT-WATT LONDON WAS NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED!!! Yes!! Only a few months after the end of my degree, the campus did not exist anymore!! I even noticed on LinkedIn that the “former” academic staff had already pursued their careers somewhere else. Since, I have tried to obtain some explanations from Heriot-Watt main campus. The student services manager firstly told me that my student file had been archived and they did not have access to my admissions records. After that, they avoided answering my questions, and then, they stopped responding my emails. Scandalised by this attitude, I informed the education advising office which had suggested me this university. Of course they will no longer recommend Heriot-Watt University to their students. Logically, it can be concluded that Heriot-Watt London had been in bankruptcy for quite a certain time and had increased the duration of their running programmes in order to manage their bankruptcy. Today, I strongly recommend all those looking to integrate a new university to avoid Heriot-Watt.

Brilliant place for study. I did my Master degree there. Today has my graduation. Finally after 2 years.

The hotel was in an ideal location surrounded by lush green trees and grounds. The staff were very friendly and attentive. We had the king and twin rooms and they were just right and clean. Our stay was for 3 nights and we were expecting our room to be cleaned after day 2 but this didn't happen, I queried this with reception and they were short staffed. Overall we were very happy with the hotel and would highly recommend. If we were to visit Scotland we would book the same hotel.

Cool place and lively, but if you’re in a Masters degree / PhD don’t bother living in halls: fresher’s parties will definitely annoy you if you’re busy.

Lovely environment , polite and professional staff ,great educational institution..

Fabulous hotel. Bus stop outside which made if easier to get into Edinburgh. Bed so comfy and big. Would definitely use any of the chain again.