
University profile
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
About
Heriot-Watt University Dubai is the United Arab Emirates campus of Heriot-Watt University, opened in 2005 and based in Dubai Knowledge Park since 2021. It teaches business, engineering, computing, the built environment, design and psychology, awarding the same degrees as the Edinburgh campus. Its Go Global scheme lets students transfer between the Dubai, Edinburgh and Malaysia campuses.
At a glance
Where you'll study
A campus of roughly 218,000 square feet across seven floors occupied since 2021, with collaborative lecture theatres, pod and seminar rooms, engineering and psychology laboratories, an IT lab and a design hub.
Visit websiteSomewhere to live
Listed alternatives closer to Dubai Knowledge Park, with indicative monthly rates from around AED 2,150 for a shared room at ESAW to AED 7,500 for a studio at Al Sufouh Suites, and serviced apartments at Mercure Dubai from about AED 3,750 per person per month based on four sharing. · Dubai Knowledge Park Campus
The campus does not operate its own halls and instead lists private student residences that students book directly; indicative monthly rates at these providers are around AED 5,400 to AED 5,500 for a studio, AED 3,999 to AED 4,750 for a single room and AED 2,999 to AED 3,300 for a shared room, with transport to campus provided. · Dubai Knowledge Park Campus
Funding
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