Our founders, James Watt and George Heriot, were pioneers of the highest order in education and philanthropy, and they ...

Philanthropy also allows talented research professionals to pursue new ideas and transform lives. With your support we are ...

Today we celebrate philanthropists who have shown similar commitment and foresight to our founding philanthropists, through Giving Circles. These groups enable us to bring our donors closer to the ...

With your help, we will become an even more dynamic force for positive change and a powerful driver of meaningful global impact.

The EASIG project is an industry-science collaboration project that is undertaking rigorous testing of several modified scallop dredge designs with the aim to reduce the impact of scallop dredging on ...

Sarah Momtaz, from Egypt, is currently studying our online MSc in Business and Organisational Psychology while working as Head of HR and Talent Acquisition Manager at Bayer. What made you choose to ...

A further 10,000 oysters have been reintroduced into the Firth of Forth thanks to the help of an Edinburgh charity. It means that in total, 40,000 European flat oysters have now entered the water over ...

Scottish cleantech building materials company Kenoteq, a spinout from Heriot-Watt University, is set to transform the UK construction market as its revolutionary K-BRIQ achieves certification from the ...

Heriot-Watt University produces the highest percentage of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Managing Directors (MDs) in Scotland. That is according to a new report by the financial services company, ...

Twenty years before legislation forced Scottish universities to open their doors to women in 1889, Mary Burton (1819–1909), a pioneering campaigner for educational and social reform, led a successful ...

In October 1821 the School held its first lecture at St Cecilia's Concert Hall in Niddry Street, Edinburgh. The subject: chemistry. Over 300 people packed the venue. Several hundred were turned away.

Koyama's Spruce is named after Japanese Botanist, Mitsua Koyama. An evergreen tree growing to 25 metres (82 feet) tall. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has rated this species ...