Heriot-Watt University - HW
speciality: Psychology

I would recommend this university as it had a global approach with different campuses in Edinburgh, dubai and Malaysia. One advantage is that the professors shuffle between all three campuses do you get an all round approach to learning. I would suggest students to study in the Edinburgh campus if they want to enjoy a better university life compared to the dubai campus as it is much smaller.

Now that face-to-face learning is occuring for this academic year, so far the university and its community has been treating my social capability and academic setting pretty comfortably good! As an undergraduate student, I look forward on staying in the university until the end of my degree.

I think the school is good for someone who is either working on doing a lot of other things on the side. If you are looking for an all inclusive type of university experience then this place is not for you.

I personally attended the Dubai Campus. My personal experience was good. It wasn’t a bad atmosphere, other than the Highschool drama that happened between peers, I made great life-long friends, and that says something. Its not as diverse as it is advertised in that specific campus.

The campus itself was also small, and the courses are chosen for you, you dont choose courses, which, in my opinion was not that great. It felt that i was in a more expensive, harder school, than a university; though the Scottish Campus might be different.

Facility is okay, not the best.. Professors were good in my opinion. They were from all over the world, (American, Scottish, Turkish, Indian,

I have been enjoying my time at the university. Although it lacks a great deal of diversity, everyone got on pretty well together. I would recommend the university. There were many events and volunteer opportunities given here. Things were not too hectic and I am enjoying my university life.

The psychology department is one of the best at the university. Equipped with good professors who teach students not only about theories but have also incorporate real life examples. They are also approachable and are always open to giving students feedback

From the staff to the students Heriot-Watt university has a very friendly and welcoming community. Education wise they offer us some of the best quality material and access to thousands of resources. All of my lecturers have been very well experienced. I study psychology so I can only speak for my department but I can’t say I’ve heard any complaints from any of my friends in other departments. I study in the Dubai campus and I wish we had more facilities and equipment as in the main campus in the uk and that’s one way I’d say the Dubai campus runs short. However they constantly listen and try to provide solutions to student requests. The student council is also constantly trying to engage the students in a variety of social activities because afterall university is more than just formal education our social lives are of an equal importantance. Overall I am very satisfied with the university and I proudly carry the name everywhere I go

I was at the Dubai campus. Here are the things I wish I would have better exposure with:

1. Psychological labs: introduction to different types of psychological testing methods, softwares, face recognition softwares.

2. Opportunities to get a clinical placement internship opportunity, as a part of the program course.

3. I wish the degree in Dubai campus would also be BPS (British Psychology Society) recognized. That plays a very important role, and one of the biggest reasons why many psychology graduates choose UK universities.

4. Wish we had more optional course modules available that we could take up for extra credit: like forensics, biology, english, fundamentals of neuroscience. We only had business related optional courses (organizational skills).

Lack of facilities in the psychology department like a psychology lab. There was no structure and chaos regarding the fourth year dissertation. The psychology society had limited number of students which left the other students with less opportunities.

Heriot-Watt University has really helped me gain knowledge in different aspects of my field and has given me the right support I need to perform well! I would recommend this university to anyone looking for a well-rounded education and fun at the same time;)