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A Place to Discover - Your Guide to the Campus reveals the wealth of things to explore and discover at Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh Campus. Set in 380 acres of beautiful green parkland on the outskirts of one of the most exciting and thriving cities in Europe, the campus is renowned for its open, accessible and spacious environment. Rich in nature, wildlife and art, the campus is yours to explore. With history, landscape, tree, bird and art trails just waiting to be discovered, you are invited to take a stroll and find out what makes the campus so special
A map of the Edinburgh Campus showing the main road routes to the Campus and the Gait numbers to look for once you are within the Campus perimeter. The map also shows the academic and service buildings, Edinburgh Conference Centre, Students Union, halls of residence, Sports Centre, and everything you need to find your way around. Please refer to the detailed Edinburgh Campus map as well.
A detailed map of the Scottish Borders Campus at Galashiels is provided indicating the academic and service buildings, Students Union, halls of residence, main access routes and everything you need to find your way around.
A detailed map of the Edinburgh Campus indicating the academic and service buildings, Edinburgh Conference Centre, Students Union, halls of residence, Sports Centre, main access routes and everything you need to find your way around. Ideal for current students and visitors. Please refer to the main Edinburgh Campus Map for details of the routes to the Campus and the internal road network including Gait numbers.
Direct air links to and from Edinburgh are growing all the time and the airport is only 10 minutes by car from the Edinburgh Campus. There are regular direct flights to London (which only take one hour), Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, Zurich and New York, to name but a few. Edinburgh is located on a fast, express rail line to London (with frequent services throughout the day, taking about five hours). Edinburgh is also well networked with regular rail services to the rest of Scotland and the UK.
Heriot-Watt University's Dubai Campus is a purpose-built modern campus of over 40,000 square feet in Dubai Academic City formally opened in March 2006. The campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses which reflect the University's Scottish Schools and Institutes as well as student exchanges and campus transfers.
Visit our Dubai Campus website and learn more about our purpose-built campus facilities, Dubai Academic City and Knowledge Village. You can find all the information required for current or prospective students, staff, parents, and other interested parties.
Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh campus provides a top quality living and working environment in one of the world's great cities. The Campus occupies 380 acres of mature meadow and woodland to the west of Edinburgh, just six minutes from Edinburgh airport, and some 20 minutes from the city centre by car. On site we also have the Edinburgh Conference Centre, one of the top conference venues in the country. The Campus is also home to a large Research Park, the first of its kind in Europe, demonstrating Heriot-Watt's commitment to active collaboration with industry.
The Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels is 38 miles south of Edinburgh, right at the very heart of the Borders. Historically the town's prosperity was founded in the textile industry. The best known feature of the town is the impressive war memorial with its massive Border Reiver horseman - the work of local sculptor Thomas Clapperton. Old Gala House, home of the Lairds of Gala for several centuries, is now a museum and art gallery set in landscaped gardens and is the venue for our Borders Campus graduation reception every year.
The Martindale Library serves students and staff based based at Heriot-Watt University's Scottish Borders Campus at Galashiels. It is an integral part of the University's Library and IT networks, the headquarters of which are at the main University Campus in Edinburgh. In 2003 Borders College relocated its 'care' courses to the Campus, and the Library has provided a home for the College's growing collection of resources in the 'Borders College Collection'.
