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Heriot-Watt University, ELIXIR UK

University in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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About

instance of
inception
  • 1821
native label
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Heriot-Watt University (en-gb)
language used

Location and contact

country
located in the administrative territorial entity
headquarters location
location
coordinate location
  • 55.9094, -3.3201
historic county
official website

People and numbers

count of students
  • 29,000

Rankings and recognition

ranking
  • 287 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
Earlier figures (3)
  • 235 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
  • 281 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
  • 270 · QS World University Rankings · 2022

Finances

total revenue
  • £308,456,000 · 2025
Earlier figures (5)
  • £292,278,000 · 2024
  • £273,214,000 · 2023
  • £260,621,000 · 2022
  • £235,069,000 · 2021
  • £230,690,000 · 2020
donations
  • £2,156,000 · 2025
Earlier figures (5)
  • £1,278,000 · 2024
  • £1,779,000 · 2023
  • £2,117,000 · 2022
  • £1,749,000 · 2021
  • £1,431,000 · 2020

Structure and memberships

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child organization or unit
has part(s)
affiliation
member of
Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)
coat of arms image
image
Wikimedia and technical details (7)
Commons category
  • Heriot-Watt University
topic's main category
category for alumni of educational institution
IPv4 routing prefix
  • 137.195.0.0/16
API endpoint URL
archives at
social media followers
  • 31,476 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 22604156 · 3 February 2023
Earlier figures (3)
  • 29,566 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 22604156 · 8 January 2022
  • 27,768 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 22604156 · 1 January 2021
  • 26,589 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 22604156 · 25 April 2020
Identifiers in other databases (36)
Art UK venue ID
ARWU university ID
Baidu Tieba name
BBC News topic ID
BBC Things ID
Crunchbase organization ID
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
Freebase ID
GND ID
Google Scholar organization ID
GRID ID
ISIL
ISNI
J9U entity ID
KISTI ID
Library of Congress Authorities ID
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
Open Funder Registry funder ID
OpenAlex ID
QS World University ID
Quora topic ID
Ringgold ID
  • 3120 · subject named as: Heriot-Watt University
ROR ID
Scottish Charity number
SNARC ID
subreddit
  • heriotwatt · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Heriot-Watt University · 24 May 2023
Times Higher Education World University ID
U-Multirank university ID
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
  • 36043 · subject named as: Heriot-Watt University
UK Provider Reference Number
VIAF cluster ID
Wellcome Collection concept ID
WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID
X (Twitter) username
  • HeriotWattUni · country: United Kingdom · number of subscribers: 26,589 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 22604156 · 25 April 2020
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