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QS #325 (parent)Dubai, United Arab Emirates· QS World University Rankings 2027

Heriot-Watt University Dubai

Heriot-Watt University Dubai, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has 16 undergraduate courses listed on StudyPath. International tuition runs from AED 76,505 to AED 82,264 a year depending on the course. Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes its own accommodation prices, from AED 3,000 per month. 3 named scholarships are recorded against these courses. Every figure above was read from Heriot-Watt Dubai's own published pages and last checked on 13 September 2026.

Not separately listed in the QS World University Rankings. QS ranks Heriot-Watt University as a single global institution rather than profiling its Dubai campus separately — exactly as with the already-listed Heriot-Watt University Malaysia. The Dubai campus's own programme pages cite whole-institution or UK-level positions (e.g. "Ranked 6th in Scotland for Computer Science by The Complete University Guide 2023") and a five-star rating from the KHDA, Dubai's own regulator, rather than any Dubai-specific QS figure.

This is a branch campus of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh campus) (QS #325. The whole institution's figure). Degrees, fees and admission here are set by this campus. The parent's position is shown for context only, never claimed as this campus's own. See above for how QS actually treats this campus.

Courses
16
Fees verified
16 / 16
Scholarship entries
18
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International tuition across 16 courses

AED 76,505toAED 82,264a year

Lowest: MA (Hons) Business and Finance MA (Hons) and MA (Hons) Accountancy and Finance MA (Hons)Highest: BSc (Hons) Computer Science BSc (Hons) and 11 others
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Not set — every fee below is the international rate. Home and EU/EEA rates are often far lower.

courses

16 courses

BSc (Hons) Computer Science

BSc (Hons) · 4 years · Computer Science

International tuition

AED 82,264 per year

~AED 329,100 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Priced for this course · All students — no separate international rate

Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

Same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee on accepting the offer.

Show the fee on the university's site

AED 82,264 per year (roughly USD 22,400), the same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Heriot-Watt University Dubai prints one tuition figure — AED 82,264 a year, the same for UAE and international students and inclusive of VAT — on every undergraduate programme page, but states no academic year or fee period anywhere near it. Because this project refuses to infer a fee period the university has not published, the figure is recorded here as verified cost context rather than as a structured, budget-comparable fee. Heriot-Watt itself warns that "the fee-level for each programme is reviewed annually" and that a student’s fee status, once registered, normally fixes what they pay for the whole degree. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application processing fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee payable on accepting the offer. Accommodation, transport and visa sponsorship are all excluded from tuition.

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Intake
September, January
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Scholarships1 available

  • Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

    30%, 40% or 50% of the net first-year tuition fee depending on the grade band achieved, calculated after deducting any other scholarships or discounts and distributed equally across annual instalments for the duration of study. Recipients must maintain a minimum overall grade of C each academic year to keep it.

    Eligibility: Open to applicants across all undergraduate programmes at every Heriot-Watt Dubai school, banded by qualification and grade. Published bands include: A-Level BBB / ABB / AAB; UCAS Points 120 / 128 / 136; IB Diploma 28-32 / 33-36 / 37 and above; CBSE High School (12th) Marks 80-84.9% / 85-89.9% / 90% and above; American High School Diploma 85% / 90% / 95%; Tawjihiyya 85-89.9% / 90-94.9% / 95% and above; plus equivalent bands published for AS-Levels, Czech Maturita, FBISE, BTEC Extended Diploma, French Baccalaureate, Iranian, Chinese Senior National High School Certificate, and Turkey Lise Diplomasi.

    HW Dubai publishes this as a full tiered table by qualification type; only a representative subset of the bands is summarised here — see the source page for every curriculum and its exact cut-offs. No single minimumALevelGrades or coveragePercentage is recorded because the award pays out at three different rates depending on which grade band is met, not one fixed bar and payout. The page's own eligibility paragraph also describes a 'Direct Entry Merit Scholarship' tied to second-year direct entry, in what reads like reused text from a related page — recorded as published without resolving that inconsistency.

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Entry requirementsgrades

Academic offer

CCC at GCE A-Level (or AABB at AS-Level), including Mathematics as a mandatory subject. Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes equivalents for other systems on the same page (CBSE and other Indian boards 65%, American High School Diploma/SABIS 70% plus SAT I 1000, Tawjihiyya 80% or Elite/Advance 75%, IB Diploma 24 points with Maths at Higher Level, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma MMM), and notes the final decision rests with the course director.
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BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)

BSc (Hons) · 3 years · Data Science & AI, Computer Science

International tuition

AED 82,264 per year

~AED 246,800 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Priced for this course · All students — no separate international rate

Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

Same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee on accepting the offer.

Show the fee on the university's site

AED 82,264 per year (roughly USD 22,400), the same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Heriot-Watt University Dubai prints one tuition figure — AED 82,264 a year, the same for UAE and international students and inclusive of VAT — on every undergraduate programme page, but states no academic year or fee period anywhere near it. Because this project refuses to infer a fee period the university has not published, the figure is recorded here as verified cost context rather than as a structured, budget-comparable fee. Heriot-Watt itself warns that "the fee-level for each programme is reviewed annually" and that a student’s fee status, once registered, normally fixes what they pay for the whole degree. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application processing fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee payable on accepting the offer. Accommodation, transport and visa sponsorship are all excluded from tuition.

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Intake
September, January
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Scholarships1 available

  • Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

    30%, 40% or 50% of the net first-year tuition fee depending on the grade band achieved, calculated after deducting any other scholarships or discounts and distributed equally across annual instalments for the duration of study. Recipients must maintain a minimum overall grade of C each academic year to keep it.

    Eligibility: Open to applicants across all undergraduate programmes at every Heriot-Watt Dubai school, banded by qualification and grade. Published bands include: A-Level BBB / ABB / AAB; UCAS Points 120 / 128 / 136; IB Diploma 28-32 / 33-36 / 37 and above; CBSE High School (12th) Marks 80-84.9% / 85-89.9% / 90% and above; American High School Diploma 85% / 90% / 95%; Tawjihiyya 85-89.9% / 90-94.9% / 95% and above; plus equivalent bands published for AS-Levels, Czech Maturita, FBISE, BTEC Extended Diploma, French Baccalaureate, Iranian, Chinese Senior National High School Certificate, and Turkey Lise Diplomasi.

    HW Dubai publishes this as a full tiered table by qualification type; only a representative subset of the bands is summarised here — see the source page for every curriculum and its exact cut-offs. No single minimumALevelGrades or coveragePercentage is recorded because the award pays out at three different rates depending on which grade band is met, not one fixed bar and payout. The page's own eligibility paragraph also describes a 'Direct Entry Merit Scholarship' tied to second-year direct entry, in what reads like reused text from a related page — recorded as published without resolving that inconsistency.

    Source
Entry requirementsgrades

Academic offer

CCC at GCE A-Level (or AABB at AS-Level), including Mathematics as a mandatory subject. Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes equivalents for other systems on the same page (CBSE and other Indian boards 65%, American High School Diploma/SABIS 70% plus SAT I 1000, Tawjihiyya 80% or Elite/Advance 75%, IB Diploma 24 points with Maths at Higher Level, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma MMM), and notes the final decision rests with the course director.
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BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Cyber Security)

BSc (Hons) · 3 years · Cybersecurity, Computer Science

International tuition

AED 82,264 per year

~AED 246,800 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Priced for this course · All students — no separate international rate

Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

Same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee on accepting the offer.

Show the fee on the university's site

AED 82,264 per year (roughly USD 22,400), the same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Heriot-Watt University Dubai prints one tuition figure — AED 82,264 a year, the same for UAE and international students and inclusive of VAT — on every undergraduate programme page, but states no academic year or fee period anywhere near it. Because this project refuses to infer a fee period the university has not published, the figure is recorded here as verified cost context rather than as a structured, budget-comparable fee. Heriot-Watt itself warns that "the fee-level for each programme is reviewed annually" and that a student’s fee status, once registered, normally fixes what they pay for the whole degree. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application processing fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee payable on accepting the offer. Accommodation, transport and visa sponsorship are all excluded from tuition.

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Intake
September, January
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Scholarships1 available

  • Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

    30%, 40% or 50% of the net first-year tuition fee depending on the grade band achieved, calculated after deducting any other scholarships or discounts and distributed equally across annual instalments for the duration of study. Recipients must maintain a minimum overall grade of C each academic year to keep it.

    Eligibility: Open to applicants across all undergraduate programmes at every Heriot-Watt Dubai school, banded by qualification and grade. Published bands include: A-Level BBB / ABB / AAB; UCAS Points 120 / 128 / 136; IB Diploma 28-32 / 33-36 / 37 and above; CBSE High School (12th) Marks 80-84.9% / 85-89.9% / 90% and above; American High School Diploma 85% / 90% / 95%; Tawjihiyya 85-89.9% / 90-94.9% / 95% and above; plus equivalent bands published for AS-Levels, Czech Maturita, FBISE, BTEC Extended Diploma, French Baccalaureate, Iranian, Chinese Senior National High School Certificate, and Turkey Lise Diplomasi.

    HW Dubai publishes this as a full tiered table by qualification type; only a representative subset of the bands is summarised here — see the source page for every curriculum and its exact cut-offs. No single minimumALevelGrades or coveragePercentage is recorded because the award pays out at three different rates depending on which grade band is met, not one fixed bar and payout. The page's own eligibility paragraph also describes a 'Direct Entry Merit Scholarship' tied to second-year direct entry, in what reads like reused text from a related page — recorded as published without resolving that inconsistency.

    Source
Entry requirementsgrades

Academic offer

CCC at GCE A-Level (or AABB at AS-Level), including Mathematics as a mandatory subject. Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes equivalents for other systems on the same page (CBSE and other Indian boards 65%, American High School Diploma/SABIS 70% plus SAT I 1000, Tawjihiyya 80% or Elite/Advance 75%, IB Diploma 24 points with Maths at Higher Level, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma MMM), and notes the final decision rests with the course director.
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BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Data Science)

BSc (Hons) · 3 years · Data Science & AI, Computer Science

International tuition

AED 82,264 per year

~AED 246,800 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Priced for this course · All students — no separate international rate

Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

Same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee on accepting the offer.

Show the fee on the university's site

AED 82,264 per year (roughly USD 22,400), the same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Heriot-Watt University Dubai prints one tuition figure — AED 82,264 a year, the same for UAE and international students and inclusive of VAT — on every undergraduate programme page, but states no academic year or fee period anywhere near it. Because this project refuses to infer a fee period the university has not published, the figure is recorded here as verified cost context rather than as a structured, budget-comparable fee. Heriot-Watt itself warns that "the fee-level for each programme is reviewed annually" and that a student’s fee status, once registered, normally fixes what they pay for the whole degree. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application processing fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee payable on accepting the offer. Accommodation, transport and visa sponsorship are all excluded from tuition.

Show the source
Intake
September, January
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Scholarships1 available

  • Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

    30%, 40% or 50% of the net first-year tuition fee depending on the grade band achieved, calculated after deducting any other scholarships or discounts and distributed equally across annual instalments for the duration of study. Recipients must maintain a minimum overall grade of C each academic year to keep it.

    Eligibility: Open to applicants across all undergraduate programmes at every Heriot-Watt Dubai school, banded by qualification and grade. Published bands include: A-Level BBB / ABB / AAB; UCAS Points 120 / 128 / 136; IB Diploma 28-32 / 33-36 / 37 and above; CBSE High School (12th) Marks 80-84.9% / 85-89.9% / 90% and above; American High School Diploma 85% / 90% / 95%; Tawjihiyya 85-89.9% / 90-94.9% / 95% and above; plus equivalent bands published for AS-Levels, Czech Maturita, FBISE, BTEC Extended Diploma, French Baccalaureate, Iranian, Chinese Senior National High School Certificate, and Turkey Lise Diplomasi.

    HW Dubai publishes this as a full tiered table by qualification type; only a representative subset of the bands is summarised here — see the source page for every curriculum and its exact cut-offs. No single minimumALevelGrades or coveragePercentage is recorded because the award pays out at three different rates depending on which grade band is met, not one fixed bar and payout. The page's own eligibility paragraph also describes a 'Direct Entry Merit Scholarship' tied to second-year direct entry, in what reads like reused text from a related page — recorded as published without resolving that inconsistency.

    Source
Entry requirementsgrades

Academic offer

CCC at GCE A-Level (or AABB at AS-Level), including Mathematics as a mandatory subject. Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes equivalents for other systems on the same page (CBSE and other Indian boards 65%, American High School Diploma/SABIS 70% plus SAT I 1000, Tawjihiyya 80% or Elite/Advance 75%, IB Diploma 24 points with Maths at Higher Level, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma MMM), and notes the final decision rests with the course director.
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BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Software Engineering)

BSc (Hons) · 4 years · Software Engineering, Computer Science

International tuition

AED 82,264 per year

~AED 329,100 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Priced for this course · All students — no separate international rate

Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

Same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee on accepting the offer.

Show the fee on the university's site

AED 82,264 per year (roughly USD 22,400), the same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Heriot-Watt University Dubai prints one tuition figure — AED 82,264 a year, the same for UAE and international students and inclusive of VAT — on every undergraduate programme page, but states no academic year or fee period anywhere near it. Because this project refuses to infer a fee period the university has not published, the figure is recorded here as verified cost context rather than as a structured, budget-comparable fee. Heriot-Watt itself warns that "the fee-level for each programme is reviewed annually" and that a student’s fee status, once registered, normally fixes what they pay for the whole degree. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application processing fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee payable on accepting the offer. Accommodation, transport and visa sponsorship are all excluded from tuition.

Show the source
Intake
September, January
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Scholarships1 available

  • Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

    30%, 40% or 50% of the net first-year tuition fee depending on the grade band achieved, calculated after deducting any other scholarships or discounts and distributed equally across annual instalments for the duration of study. Recipients must maintain a minimum overall grade of C each academic year to keep it.

    Eligibility: Open to applicants across all undergraduate programmes at every Heriot-Watt Dubai school, banded by qualification and grade. Published bands include: A-Level BBB / ABB / AAB; UCAS Points 120 / 128 / 136; IB Diploma 28-32 / 33-36 / 37 and above; CBSE High School (12th) Marks 80-84.9% / 85-89.9% / 90% and above; American High School Diploma 85% / 90% / 95%; Tawjihiyya 85-89.9% / 90-94.9% / 95% and above; plus equivalent bands published for AS-Levels, Czech Maturita, FBISE, BTEC Extended Diploma, French Baccalaureate, Iranian, Chinese Senior National High School Certificate, and Turkey Lise Diplomasi.

    HW Dubai publishes this as a full tiered table by qualification type; only a representative subset of the bands is summarised here — see the source page for every curriculum and its exact cut-offs. No single minimumALevelGrades or coveragePercentage is recorded because the award pays out at three different rates depending on which grade band is met, not one fixed bar and payout. The page's own eligibility paragraph also describes a 'Direct Entry Merit Scholarship' tied to second-year direct entry, in what reads like reused text from a related page — recorded as published without resolving that inconsistency.

    Source
Entry requirementsgrades

Academic offer

CCC at GCE A-Level (or AABB at AS-Level), including Mathematics as a mandatory subject. Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes equivalents for other systems on the same page (CBSE and other Indian boards 65%, American High School Diploma/SABIS 70% plus SAT I 1000, Tawjihiyya 80% or Elite/Advance 75%, IB Diploma 24 points with Maths at Higher Level, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma MMM), and notes the final decision rests with the course director.
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BSc (Hons) Computer Systems

BSc (Hons) · 4 years · Computer Science

International tuition

AED 82,264 per year

~AED 329,100 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Priced for this course · All students — no separate international rate

Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

Same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee on accepting the offer.

Show the fee on the university's site

AED 82,264 per year (roughly USD 22,400), the same rate for UAE and international students, inclusive of VAT. Heriot-Watt University Dubai prints one tuition figure — AED 82,264 a year, the same for UAE and international students and inclusive of VAT — on every undergraduate programme page, but states no academic year or fee period anywhere near it. Because this project refuses to infer a fee period the university has not published, the figure is recorded here as verified cost context rather than as a structured, budget-comparable fee. Heriot-Watt itself warns that "the fee-level for each programme is reviewed annually" and that a student’s fee status, once registered, normally fixes what they pay for the whole degree. Charged on top: a non-refundable AED 300 application processing fee, a refundable AED 1,000 security deposit, and 10% of the first year’s fee payable on accepting the offer. Accommodation, transport and visa sponsorship are all excluded from tuition.

Show the source
Intake
September, January
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Scholarships1 available

  • Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

    30%, 40% or 50% of the net first-year tuition fee depending on the grade band achieved, calculated after deducting any other scholarships or discounts and distributed equally across annual instalments for the duration of study. Recipients must maintain a minimum overall grade of C each academic year to keep it.

    Eligibility: Open to applicants across all undergraduate programmes at every Heriot-Watt Dubai school, banded by qualification and grade. Published bands include: A-Level BBB / ABB / AAB; UCAS Points 120 / 128 / 136; IB Diploma 28-32 / 33-36 / 37 and above; CBSE High School (12th) Marks 80-84.9% / 85-89.9% / 90% and above; American High School Diploma 85% / 90% / 95%; Tawjihiyya 85-89.9% / 90-94.9% / 95% and above; plus equivalent bands published for AS-Levels, Czech Maturita, FBISE, BTEC Extended Diploma, French Baccalaureate, Iranian, Chinese Senior National High School Certificate, and Turkey Lise Diplomasi.

    HW Dubai publishes this as a full tiered table by qualification type; only a representative subset of the bands is summarised here — see the source page for every curriculum and its exact cut-offs. No single minimumALevelGrades or coveragePercentage is recorded because the award pays out at three different rates depending on which grade band is met, not one fixed bar and payout. The page's own eligibility paragraph also describes a 'Direct Entry Merit Scholarship' tied to second-year direct entry, in what reads like reused text from a related page — recorded as published without resolving that inconsistency.

    Source
Entry requirementsgrades

Academic offer

CCC at GCE A-Level (or AABB at AS-Level). Heriot-Watt Dubai publishes equivalents for other systems on the same page and notes the final decision rests with the course director.
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“GCE A-Level - CCC (or AABB at AS-Level)”
BSc (Hons) Computer Systems | Heriot-Watt University Dubaihw.ac.uk
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How Heriot-Watt Dubai compares

Against the other universities in the United Arab Emirates on StudyPath, using each one's verified international fees and its own published housing prices. Universities are only compared with others charging in the same currency (and, for housing, for the same period), so no figure here has been converted. A ~ marks a year worked out from a per-term or whole-course fee.

Heriot-Watt Dubai's lowest undergraduate fee for international students is AED 76,505 a year, for MA (Hons) Accountancy and Finance. Of the 16 other universities in the United Arab Emirates we list with undergraduate fees in AED, 4 charge more at their lowest, 12 charge less. Their lowest undergraduate fees run from AED 34,650 (UGM RAK (formerly Bolton RAK)) to AED 134,922 (Birmingham Dubai).

Student housing. Heriot-Watt Dubai's own lowest published rate is AED 3,000 per month. Of the 5 other universities in the United Arab Emirates we list that publish housing per month in AED, 1 charges more, 4 charge less. Their lowest published rates run from AED 2,000 (Murdoch Dubai) to AED 4,600 (Birmingham Dubai).

By subject
SubjectLowest fee hereAgainst other universities in the United Arab EmiratesTheir lowest fees
Computer ScienceundergraduateAED 82,264BSc (Hons) Computer Science3 of 12 charge moreAED 34,650 to AED 149,106
Business & ManagementundergraduateAED 76,505MA (Hons) Business and Finance4 of 11 charge moreAED 34,650 to AED 134,922
Electrical & Electronic EngineeringundergraduateAED 82,264BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering4 of 10 charge moreAED 57,750 to AED 149,106
Data Science & AIundergraduateAED 82,264BSc (Hons) Actuarial Data Science2 of 9 charge moreAED 52,500 to AED 149,106
Civil EngineeringundergraduateAED 82,264BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering3 of 7 charge moreAED 38,750 to AED 149,106
Mechanical EngineeringundergraduateAED 82,264BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering3 of 7 charge moreAED 38,750 to AED 149,106

Subjects taught at Heriot-Watt Dubai

Each one opens every course in that subject, at every university we hold, with the same verified fees.

Where these figures come from

10 sentences from Heriot-Watt Dubai's own site each back several figures above. Each is quoted once here; every course that uses one still opens it and links to its own source page.

  1. Used for scholarship on 12 courses

    “The scholarship is based on the net first-year tuition fee , calculated after deducting any other scholarships or discounts, and is distributed equally across annual instalments for the duration of study.”
    Undergraduate Merit Scholarship | Heriot-Watt University Dubaihw.ac.ukread 17 Aug 2026
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  2. Used for cost note on 12 courses, international fee on 12 courses

    “Status Full Time UAE and International AED 82,264 All tuition fees inclusive of VAT.”
    The same sentence appears on 12 pageshw.ac.ukread 16 Aug 2026
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  3. Used for start dates on 11 courses

    “Start date September, January”
    The same sentence appears on 11 pageshw.ac.ukread 16 Aug 2026 to 19 Aug 2026
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  4. Used for start dates on 5 courses

    “Start date September”
    The same sentence appears on 5 pageshw.ac.ukread 16 Aug 2026
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  5. Used for entry requirements on 5 courses

    “GCE A-Level - CCC (or AABB at AS-Level), Including mandatory subject Math”
    The same sentence appears on 5 pageshw.ac.ukread 16 Aug 2026
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  6. Used for scholarship on 5 courses

    “The Undergraduate Engineering Merit Scholarship recognises high-achieving students eligible for direct entry into the second year of an undergraduate engineering programme at Heriot-Watt University Dubai.”
    Undergraduate Engineering Merit Scholarship | Heriot-Watt University Dubaihw.ac.ukread 17 Aug 2026
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  7. Used for entry requirements on 4 courses

    “GCE A-Level - CCC (or AABB at AS-Level), including mandatory subjects Math and Physics”
    The same sentence appears on 4 pageshw.ac.ukread 16 Aug 2026
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  8. Used for course length on 3 courses

    “Scottish degrees typically take four years and include a broader range of study, allowing you to choose more elective modules, take time to gain work experience and study abroad.”
    Studying a 3 year honours | Heriot-Watt University Dubaihw.ac.ukread 13 Sept 2026
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  9. Used for international fee on 2 courses

    “Status Full Time UAE and International AED 78,650 All tuition fees inclusive of VAT.”
    The same sentence appears on 2 pageshw.ac.ukread 19 Aug 2026
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  10. Used for international fee on 2 courses

    “Status Full Time UAE and International AED 76,505 All tuition fees inclusive of VAT.”
    The same sentence appears on 2 pageshw.ac.ukread 19 Aug 2026
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More about Heriot-Watt Dubai

About & contact

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Accommodation

AED 3,000–AED 5,400per month

The Myriad Dubai, the purpose-built student residence Heriot-Watt Dubai lists first among its accommodation providers; starting rate per person per month, by room type

  • Double Room (shared, en-suite)AED 3,000
  • Single Room (en-suite)AED 4,600
  • Studio Room (en-suite, with sitting area)AED 5,400

Rates are quoted per person per month and described as All Inclusive, subject to VAT and applicable levies. Rooms are en-suite with an in-room fridge, study desk, built-in wardrobe, telephone and a dedicated WiFi access point. Heriot-Watt's own accommodation table lists the same three Myriad room types at 5400 (studio), 4750 (single) and 3200 (sharing), but prints those figures with no currency and no period: the "Price per person, per month" footnotes on that page belong to the Mercure hotel-apartment rows beneath, so the currency and period here come from The Myriad's own page.

Published by the university itself, not a live listings price. Actual cost depends on room type, availability and when you apply.

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“Starting from AED 3000 : per person per month All Inclusive Subject to VAT & applicable levies Book Now Single Room A cozy and private room designed to keep you comfortable and free from distractions for you to succeed. Features Built-in Wadrobe 140 ft² / 13 m² Single Bed En-suite Bathroom In-room Fridge Dedicated Wifi Access Point Telephone Study Desk Starting from AED 4600 : per person per month All Inclusive Subject to VAT & applicable levies Book Now Studio Room A spacious single room with an additional sitting area and television for you to relax in comfort. Features 180 ft² / 17 m² Large Single Bed En-suite Bathroom In-room Fridge Dedicated Wifi Access Point Telephone Study Desk Built-in Wadrobe 43' Smart Tv Sofa Starting from AED 5400 : per person per month All Inclusive”
The Myriad Dubai - Roomsthemyriad.com
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After you graduate

Rules read 19 Aug 2026. Check the current rules, this may be out of date

What United Arab Emirates's own immigration authority currently publishes. Not a ranking, not a guarantee, and not the same as what any agent or forum will tell you. Whether someone actually obtains residence depends on occupation, points, funds and policy that can change between application and graduation.

Post-study work visa

Visit visa to explore job opportunities (job-seeker entry permit) . Up to 4 months
A foreigner may be granted a visit visa to explore employment opportunities, for one or more visits, without needing a host or guarantor inside the country — issued by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) for a chosen length of 60, 90 or 120 days (a separate fee applies to each length: AED200, AED300 and AED400 respectively). To qualify, the applicant must either be a skilled worker at the first, second or third professional level under the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation's own occupational classification, or have graduated — with at least a bachelor's degree — from one of the world's top 500 universities under the classification approved by the Ministry of Education. This is a visit visa granted for the purpose of searching for work, not a work permit in its own right; the UAE's separate standard work visa (see residencyRoute) must still be obtained, through an employer, once a job is found.

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“1. The applicant must be a skilled worker at the first, second or third professional level of the occupational classification approved by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation 2. The applicant must have graduated from one of the top 500 universities in the world, according to the Ministry of Education's classification.A bachelor's degree or its equivalent must be the minimum level of education.”
Issuing a visit visa to explore job opportunities - GDRFA Dubaigdrfad.gov.ae
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Route to permanent residence

The UAE has no separate, distinctly named 'permanent residence' status that a graduate advances toward over a fixed number of years the way most other countries on StudyPath describe. Most graduates who find work move onto the standard employment-sponsored residence visa, which the UAE's own government portal states is valid for two years and renewable subject to the visa-issuing authorities' terms and conditions, applied for by the employer — a status that is renewed indefinitely rather than converting into an unconditional permanent one. Separately, and without requiring employer sponsorship at all, the Golden Residence system grants a renewable long-term residence visa directly to an 'outstanding student': the federal government's own published eligibility table states that a top university student is granted a 10-year Golden visa on production of certificates of excellence and recommendation letters from their school or university, while a top high-school achiever is granted 5 years — both without the 'no sponsor needed' Golden visa carrying a further path to a distinct citizenship status of its own (see citizenshipRoute).

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“Outstanding students 5 years for high school achievers 10 years for top university students Certificates of excellence, recommendation letters from school or university”
Golden visa | The Official Platform of the UAE Governmentu.ae
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Route to citizenship

Emirati nationality is governed by the Executive Regulation of the Citizenship and Passports Law, administered federally. The UAE's own government portal states plainly that it does not operate a general residence-based naturalisation open to any long-term foreign resident: since amendments approved in January 2021, only specific, named categories of foreigner can be nominated for citizenship — investors, doctors, specialists, inventors, scientists, intellectuals, and talents/artists (plus their spouses and children) — each against its own published criteria. An investor must own property in the UAE; a doctor or specialist must work in a scientific discipline of high demand in the UAE with at least 10 years of acknowledged practical experience and membership of a reputable professional organisation; a scientist must be an active researcher with at least 10 years' experience and a recommendation letter from a recognised UAE scientific institution; an inventor needs a Ministry of Economy-approved patent and its recommendation letter; and an intellectual/creative-talent nominee must be a pioneer in art or culture who has won at least one international award. Nomination itself can only come through the Rulers' and Crown Princes' Courts, the Offices of the Executive Councils and the Cabinet, on the recommendation of federal entities — there is no route by which an individual applies directly. Successful nominees take an oath of allegiance, must abide by UAE law, and must inform the government if they acquire or lose any other citizenship. Dual nationality is explicitly permitted for this route: the same amendment 'allows the naturalised citizen to retain his original nationality.'

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“In January 2021, the UAE Government approved amendments to the ‘ Executive Regulation of the Citizenship and Passports Law ’ (page in Arabic) allowing specific categories of foreigners, their spouses and children to acquire the Emirati nationality . The amendment stipulates certain conditions for each category and allows the naturalised citizen to retain his original nationality.”
Emirati nationality | The Official Platform of the UAE Governmentu.ae
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What the government currently prioritises

The UAE's Golden Residence system is also StudyPath’s clearest published signal of federally prioritised fields: alongside outstanding students, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security's own account of the long-term residency system names 'all PhD holders, doctors and engineers in the fields of computer engineering, electronics, programming, electricity and biotechnology, and those who hold specialized degrees in artificial intelligence, big data or epidemiology and viruses' as eligible categories for Golden residency, alongside investors, entrepreneurs and leaders in science, knowledge or sport. This is a residency-eligibility list rather than a labour-shortage list of the kind Canada, Australia, the UK or Germany publish — it names fields the UAE has chosen to fast-track into long-term residency, not occupations it has found itself short of.

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“all PhD holders, doctors and engineers in the fields of computer engineering, electronics, programming, electricity and biotechnology, and those who hold specialized degrees in artificial intelligence, big data or epidemiology and viruses.”
What is Golden Residency? | Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Securityicp.gov.ae
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New entry added 19 August 2026. workDuringStudy is deliberately left null: mohre.gov.ae (Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, the authority for work permits including the 'Student Training and Employment Permit') was unreachable by every collection method tried — this project's plain-HTTP fetcher (curl-fallback: 'Could not connect to server'), automated fetching (ECONNREFUSED), and the project's real-browser fallback (the navigation silently failed to a non-page state) all failed against mohre.gov.ae specifically, while every other UAE domain used in this entry (u.ae, gdrfad.gov.ae, icp.gov.ae) worked normally — so this looks like a network-level block on that one host from this collector's environment rather than the page not existing. A future collector with different network conditions should retry mohre.gov.ae directly for the Student Training and Employment Permit page (found via search at mohre.gov.ae/en/our-services/training-and-work-permit-for-students-2022.aspx) rather than treat this as confirmed absent. Four UAE domains were accepted as a government source here: u.ae (the federal government's own citizen-facing portal, used as the course link and for most citations here), icp.gov.ae (Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security, the actual visa/citizenship-granting federal authority), gdrfad.gov.ae (General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs — Dubai, an Emirate-level government immigration authority whose own published service pages carried the job-seeker-visa detail more precisely than the federal portal did), and mohre.gov.ae (the labour-permit ministry, recorded even though it was unreachable on). GDRFA Dubai's rules on the job-seeker visit visa and the golden residence permit for graduates are Dubai-specific service pages rather than a single federal rulebook — the UAE's residency system is administered with real variation between Emirates (Dubai's GDRFA versus Abu Dhabi's ICP-run system elsewhere), and this entry cites the federal u.ae portal as authoritative wherever its own account was available, falling back to GDRFA Dubai only for the job-seeker-visa figures that u.ae's own pages did not state as precisely. naturalisationStatus set to 'published-route': the UAE's own government portal publishes real, followable criteria (10 years of professional experience and a recognised specialisation, a patent, an international award, or property ownership) rather than nothing at all — a genuine exception among Gulf states, several of which (see Qatar and Saudi Arabia on StudyPath) publish no comparable route. This is recorded honestly as narrow, nomination-only and not something a person applies for directly, rather than as easy or guaranteed — see the doc comment on ResidencyPathway.naturalisationStatus for why this field records only whether a route is published, not how attainable it is. citizenshipTerms records route nomination and minimumResidenceYears null: the UAE’s own portal publishes no general residence-based naturalisation at all, only named categories (investors, doctors, specialists, inventors, scientists, intellectuals, creative talents) who must be nominated through the Rulers’ and Crown Princes’ Courts, the Offices of the Executive Councils or the Cabinet. There is no period for an ordinary resident to accumulate, so null here means "no published general period", not "unknown". The 10-year experience figures in citizenshipRoute are professional-experience conditions inside two of those categories, not a residence period.

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