1,039 Heriot-Watt University reviews

Not much personal tutor time and no opportunities for work experience. Course it taught well with lots of additional work too to enhance the grade!

Rooms are big enough for studying and living in. Bathrooms rather old fashioned and small however fully functional so can’t really complain. Hall is close fo everything on campus. Opportunities to be very social with flatmates.

The course is generally great, I had a range of lecturers who are both helpful. and engage with the class. I loved those classes, and thankfully they were programming classes so I understood programming more with excellent teaching by those lecturers. Unfortunately, there were a few classes where it was really bad, with poor lecturers. These lecturers were either reading the slides word by word as if they saw these slideshows for the first time (literally) or lecturers who were not interested in the particular area that were assigned to teach the module, ending up not learning anything and not caring about this module, and praying to just "scrape a pass". I also had the case of one lecturer not coming up to lab sessions until the last one in the semester. This is extremely unacceptable. There's more I can add to teaching but I will just leave those points. The facilities are really good - I love the GRID building with its modern look, and its lab with 2 screens which makes it easier to manage my assignments etc. In case of tutoring, I am not sure what is the experience since my tutor has never contacted me even to check on me so I cannot comment on that. Note: I finished 1st year and I am going into 2nd year this september so my opinion may change.

Sustainability helps me broaden my placement aspects. Since I am a student right now, I have a lot of fields I can work for and a lot of industries I can work in. I love my subject and it helps me induce my engineering knowledge in the vital aspects of processes.

So far the contents are good!

While in lockdown, we were very much online, but now it is all face to face which is brilliant. The teachers, as I said, really know what they're talking about, but aren't very amenable to helping different ways of learning, like me.

I wouldn't say these halls were value for money, I got a tiny en suite for a very high price, the cleaners were either on strike or had quit, so it was generally messy. The other people didn't seem to know how to look after their living space which was very stressful. There were security individuals around most of the time, they were generally lovely, but on some occasions they were very much not. In addition, we had a four hour power cut, where there were no staff around because they were on a work night out and hadn't arranged any cover. We were left alone in a power cut for the first two hours of four while waiting for a member of staff to come down from the Edinburgh campus. The halls are lovely and it was an experience I won't forget, but I would recommend it for the student experience, not the halls themself.

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There isn’t much marine biology in the first two years of the course, however, this changes into third and fourth year. The course staff are great and lab facilities are also really good.

One of the outstanding aspects that I felt of Heriot-Watt University is the depth of knowledge and expertise the teachers have. They are not only accomplished educators but also actively involved in cutting-edge research. Their research contributions, which often get published as guidelines for design and innovative product development, showcase their commitment to solving real-life problems. Despite their busy schedules, the teachers prioritize their students' learning and dedicate time to provide high-quality education.

Course is well structured. Broad range of subjects studied in first year which allows for flexibility down the line.

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