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Heriot-Watt University offers a uniquely flexible online learning experience with industry-informed degrees, short courses and certificates designed by the same leading academics who teach on campus. Study at your own pace and schedule your learning around your life.

Degrees

Choose from reputable, fully flexible online MSc or MBA degrees to achieve your career aspirations.

Courses and Certificates

Build in-demand skills, faster, with our range of career-aligned short courses and certificates. 

Edinburgh Business School

Study with our leading business school – global experts in accessible, practice-oriented education. 

Why Heriot-Watt Online?

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Fully flexible

Study online at your own pace, where and when it suits you best.  

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Performance-based admissions 

Pathways to entry based on your ability to succeed, not your qualifications.

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Pay as you learn

Spread your tuition fees over the lifetime of your studies with modular payment. 

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Built for careers

Earn while you learn and build critical, industry-aligned skills to change or accelerate your career.  

1st in Scotland and 2nd in the UK for graduate employability

(Graduate Outcomes Survey, 2024)

Our students

We welcome learners from around the world and from all walks of life. Read their stories and see how they are transforming their futures.

Meet our students

Leaders in online education

With over 30 years of delivering distance and online education, we're experts in designing our programmes to meet the needs of our diverse, global student community. During your time with us, you’ll get access to career resources, student support and networking opportunities to ensure you thrive personally, professionally and academically.

Online MBA with Specialism in Professional Practice

Shape the future of your organisation

Gain in-demand research skills and deliver measurable impact through the Business Project, solving real-world challenges based on topics relevant to your current role.

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