Scholarships at Heriot-Watt University Dubai

A 20% discount is applicable to postgraduate taught courses across all of our global campuses for all Heriot-Watt alumni who have previously been registered for one year or more on a Heriot-Watt degree programme. This discount is also applicable to those who would like to study their postgraduate taught degree with Heriot-Watt Online.

Any Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Member applying for the MSc Civil Engineering & Construction Management is eligible for a 20% Scholarship.

A family member of an ICE Member applying for the BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering programme is eligible to receive a flat scholarship of 20% on first year tuition fee, split across the duration of the programme. Please note : This is only applicable to immediate family members.

The 30% Club GCC and Edinburgh Business School are delighted to announce a scholarship of up to 50% on tuition fees to attend the full-time or part-time MBA programme at the Heriot-Watt University Dubai campus and will be offered to an exceptional entrepreneurial woman.

Criteria

• You must be female, residing in the GCC and have received and accepted an unconditional offer of a place on the full or part-time MBA programme, and have paid the deposit, to secure their place to start in September 2025.

• Applicants must be fully self-funded.

• A separate scholarship application form is required, which includes an 800-word essay and shortlisted applicants may be invited to attend a panel interview or may be required to undergo a telephone interview.

Amount of award

• Up to 50% of the MBA tuition fees.

• Number of awards: 1

The scholarship covers the costs of all study materials, teaching sessions, revision seminars and examination fees for the nine MBA courses required to qualify for the MBA degree. The scholarship award does not cover the cost of interim award fees, examination defer or absent fees, graduation fees, accommodation whilst living in Dubai or incidental expenses such as day to day living costs.

Closing date

Applications close at midnight on 31st August 2025.

Family Scholarships of AED 3,000 will be offered when two or more students from the same immediate family enrol for any foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate programme. Immediate family members include parents, spouse, and siblings. This scholarship will not apply to the first enrolled student, but only to the second, third, etc. family members. This scholarship will only apply for every year of study if there are two or more active and enrolled immediate family members paying their fees in the same academic year but for post-graduate students enrolled on the part-time option the scholarship would apply or be eligible for just one time for their enrolment on a programme. The scholarship amount will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student.

A discount of 3% of the net annual tuition fees will be awarded to any student, (foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate) who pays their net annual tuition fees in full before 1 September 2025 for the September Intake or before 1 January 2026 for the January Intake. If an offer letter is sent to the student after the deadline, then to avail the full advance fee payment discount the student must pay the annual tuition fee within 7 days of receiving the offer. To avail this discount, fees must be paid in cash, by current dated cheque, or through bank transfer. A student who first pays 10% of their fees (and PDCs for non-international students) to confirm their place for the chosen programme, and then decides to pay the tuition fee in full will also be eligible for this discount. International students, who pay their fees in full, are also eligible to apply for this discount. The discount will be calculated on the net tuition fee, after deducting any other applicable scholarship(s) or discount(s) received by the student.

• Applicable to all Global College Programme (except Advanced DEP).

• The scholarship offered is guaranteed and will be spread equally over the duration of the Global College Programme and Undergraduate Honours degree programme.

• The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.

• All decisions regarding scholarships and year of entry are at the discretion of the academic head or regional recruitment director after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects and English language requirements.

• Recipients must maintain a minimum C grade in all courses each academic year at Heriot-Watt University Dubai to retain the award.

• Please note any lost scholarship cannot be adjusted/claimed back.

Global College Programme Merit Scholarship criteria

NB: Must include higher marks where stipulated below in core subjects.

DEP Engineering: Mathematics, English and Physics/Chemistry

DEP Management: English (and business-related subjects if taken)

DEP Design: English (and design-related subjects if taken)

Students will receive the discount evenly over the 5 years of DEP + Honours Degree.

For example: 100% scholarship for a Degree Entry Programme with tuition per year being AED 42,000 (exc. VAT) = AED 8,400 per year for five years.

Engineering degree: 62,000 AED (exc. VAT)

Students applying to the Petroleum Engineering postgraduate programme in the September Intake would be granted a 25% tuition fees waiver.

This discount cannot be combined with the Engineering Scholars Award and Future Made for Success Award.

• The scholarship is guaranteed and calculated on the net tuition deducting any other discounts that the student may have received.

• The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.

• All decisions regarding scholarships are at the discretion of the academic head or regional recruitment director after evaluating Undergraduate degree grades, work experience if applicable to the programme, and English language requirements.

Please note that all scholarship decisions are subject to the Scholarship Committee approvals.

Postgraduate Merit Scholarship Criteria

A scholarship of up to 30% of the tuition fee for up to 30 students will be offered to students who have excelled in any sport, community engagement activities, or extracurricular activities at the national or international level.
 
This scholarship will be open to applicants for any of the foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
 
Students who are awarded this scholarship are expected to engage in their chosen sport, community engagement or extracurricular activities at the University’s events, and are expected to contribute to the University’s marketing efforts. This may include, but not be limited to writing blogs about their University experience, providing support at recruitment and PR events etc.

Edinburgh Business School is committed to educating tomorrow’s leaders. We look to the future and create industry-focused degrees which develop the skills our graduates need to thrive and advance in an ever-changing world.

The Tomorrow’s Leaders MBA Scholarship is designed for aspiring business leaders who have worked full-time for a minimum of five years. For this scholarship, Edinburgh Business School is seeking applicants who demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities and potential, with a strong vision for the future.

Criteria

• Open to applicants with a minimum of 5 years, post-qualifying, full-time professional work experience.

• Applicants must have received and accepted an unconditional offer of a place on the full or part-time MBA programme in Dubai and have paid the deposit to secure their place to start in September 2025.

• Applicants must be fully self-funded

• A separate scholarship application form is required, which includes an 800-word essay and shortlisted applicants may be invited to attend a panel interview or may be required to undergo a telephone interview.

Amount of award: Up to 50% of the MBA tuition fees.

Number of awards: 1

The scholarship will be spread equally across the on-campus tuition fees for all nine MBA courses required to qualify for the MBA degree for the duration of the programme of study. The scholarship award is not applicable towards the cost of visa fees, interim award fees, graduation fees, examination defer or absent fees, accommodation whilst living in Dubai or incidental expenses such as day to day living costs.

Closing date

Applications close at midnight on 31st August 2025.

• Merit students may qualify for a direct entry into the second year of an undergraduate programme. Details of the criteria for direct admission into second year are listed on our programme pages and are available in the University’s Admissions Office. However, the decision remains at the discretion of the course director after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects.  Please note that these scholarships are exclusively for Undergraduate Engineering programmes. 

• The scholarship offered will be calculated on the net tuition fee of the first year after deducting any other scholarships or discounts that the student may have received.  

• The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year.  For example: 50% scholarship for Civil Engineering = AED 32,550 = 8,137.5 per year for 4 years 

• All decisions regarding scholarships and year of entry are at the discretion of the academic head after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects and English language requirements.  

• Recipients must maintain a minimum C grade in all courses each academic year at Heriot-Watt University Dubai to retain the award. 

• Please note any lost scholarship cannot be adjusted/claimed back.    

Undergraduate Engineering Merit Scholarship criteria  

All Undergraduate Engineering Programmes  

• Merit students may qualify for a direct entry into the second year of an undergraduate programme. Details of the criteria for direct admission into second year are listed on our programme pages and are available in the University’s Admissions Office. However, the decision remains at the discretion of the course director after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects.   

• The scholarship offered will be calculated on the net tuition fee of the first year after deducting any other scholarships or discounts that the student may have received.   

• The scholarship offered will be distributed equally across the instalment payments made by the student per year. For example: 50% scholarship for Civil Engineering = AED 32,550 = 8,137.5 per year for 4 years  

• All decisions regarding scholarships and year of entry are at the discretion of the academic head after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects and English language requirements.   

• Recipients maintain a minimum overall grade of C at the end of the academic year for which they are on probation, the rest of the award will be cancelled.   

• Please note any lost scholarship cannot be adjusted/claimed back.  

Undergraduate Merit Scholarship criteria

All Undergraduate Programmes (All Heriot-Watt Schools)

Students who achieve the above grades in DEP will be entitled to upgrade their scholarship to 30-50% of the annual fee for their chosen undergraduate degree if applicable.

For example: 50% scholarship for Civil Engineering = AED 32,550 = 8,137.5 per year for 4 years