Heriot-Watt University vs University of Edinburgh

• Heriot-Watt currently has five campuses, and also runs distance learning programmes through 53 approved learning partners to students around the world
• Heriot-Watt's main campus is located in Riccarton in South West Edinburgh on 380 acres (150 hectares) of parkland. The campus consists of: academic buildings, student residences, a postgraduate centre, shops, several library collections, childcare, healthcare, a chaplaincy, a variety of recreational and sports facilities, and a museum, as well as the Student Union's main premises.
• It is also home to the Edinburgh Conference Centre and Europe's oldest research park, Heriot-Watt University Research Park which opened in 1971.

5 campuses in Edinburgh- Central, King's Buildings, BioQuarter, Western General, Easter Bush; Comprises of 135 acres of land.

• The university is home to more than 150 social clubs and organizations. 
• The Sports Union of the university is a student-led organization where teams are exposed to various national and international sports competitions. 
• The Heriot-Watt University Student Union organizes various fests and competitions on Heriot-Watt University Campus to boost the intercultural union of the international population. 
• The university offers various international religious and cultural groups including African, Caribbean, Indian, CHinese, SPanish and many more communities.

Over 290 clubs & societies; Exhibitions; Festivals; Open Days; Gifford Lectures; 10 gyms including- spin studio, Velo-city, Katherine Grainger Rowing Gym, 102-station cardiovascular gym, etc.; 60 Sports clubs; 25-metre, six-lane swimming pool; Multi-activity sports halls; Peffermill Playing Fields.

With an active community of 27,000 students and an alumni network of 1,50,000 alumni, The Watt Club was founded in 1854 and is the oldest graduate club in the UK. Some of the Heriot-Watt University notable alumni are-

• Joanne Yeoh (Musician)
• Gary Younge (British Journalist)
• Fiona Hyslop (Former Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture), and many more.

3 UK PM’s; 19 Nobel laureates; 3 Turing Award laureates; 1 Fields Medalist; 1 Abel Prize winner; 2 Pulitzer Prize winners; 2 currently sitting UK Supreme Court Justices; several Olympic gold medallists; Robert Edwards (pioneer of in-vitro fertilization); Daniel Rutherford; Alexander Graham Bell; William Wordsworth; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Charles Darwin; Ian Charleson (Actor); J.K. Rowling; Gordon Brown (Former PM of UK)