We have launched an ambitious and decisive strategy to set our direction to 2015 and to place Heriot-Watt University at the forefront of research and research-led education in the UK and internationally. Through our strategy we intend to set the agenda to reshape the University and, in so doing, grow our academic base by 50% in ten years.
Heriot-Watt University has a special place in Edinburgh and Scottish education. We are currently a leading institution in Science, Technology and Business and excel as Scotland’s most international university. Furthermore, the university provides more graduates per year across the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering and in the built environment than any other Scottish university.
In the areas of life sciences, business, languages and design, we make further major contributions to the successful progression of highly qualified individuals. Our vision for the next decade is to become a world-leading university - a university which will produce the next generation of global leaders in business and technology.
In order to deliver this ambition, we are committed to growth and investment, both in staff and infrastructure.
Please click on the link below to download the full strategy:
http://www.hw.ac.uk/reference/focus-on-the-future.pdf
The University has many partnerships both in industry and with other universities. Some links to these are shown below:
- The Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics (SRP)
- The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA)
- ScotCHEM , in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (sicsa)
- The ScotgriD Advanced grid-computing environment
- The Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (sire)
- Scottish Institute of Policing Research
More information on these areas can be found on the themed pages above, or to read the full strategy, please click here.