Student Life

iSLI works alongside Heriot-Watt University to administer and manage MSc programmes. Offering the very best of academic and business worlds, the Institute and its partner universities deliver prestigious and industry-valued qualifications.

From a custom-designed building on the University’s Research Park, only a few minutes’ walk from the heart of the bustling university campus, we offer a quiet, business-focused environment for the delivery of Master’s programmes, and offering the very best in student facilities coupled with excellent customer care. It is a place for peaceful and quiet study, yet still allowing students to take advantage of everything offered by one of Scotland’s most vibrant university campuses.

Student Life @ iSLI

Our study facilities are exceptional. Recently refurbished, the 40-capacity lecture room boasts state-of-the-art audio visual and computing facilities for every student with access to a range of industry-standard design tools including Cadence and Mentor Graphics. Two meeting rooms provide space for group or lab work.

Each student is given generous printing and photocopying allowances. Close by the lecture room is the student and staff common room offering free hot drinks, and kitchen and cooking facilities.

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Student Life @ Heriot-Watt

Heriot-Watt University offers a superb environment for living and studying, offering everything students could wish for - accommodation, sports facilities, health services, banking, hairdressing, student shop, bookshop, chaplaincy, careers service, library, and a range of places to eat and drink.

The university is proud of its state-of-the-art Postgraduate Centre opened in 2009. As well as providing lecturing and study space, the centre offers postgraduates and research associates an open communal space on the top floor offering spectacular panoramic views of the local area. There are also self-catering facilities and a café.

 

HWU Student Association

The student association aims to make the postgraduate experience at HWU as enjoyable and rewarding as possible. They realise that being a postgraduate student is a very different to being an undergraduate and will again be different depending on whether you are an international or home student. The association offers a range of free advice and support services, and access to over 50 different clubs and societies, catering for all tastes and interests.

HWU Accommodation

iSLI students may apply to live in one of the residences on the Heriot-Watt campus. Over 1800 students live on campus in a variety of student residences. HWU’s accommodation service can help you consider your options, and help you decide whether you want to live on campus, or in a flat in the private rented sector or lodge with a family.

Your application for accommodation can be made at any time, and when you receive an unconditional offer for a place on the MSc, your application will be processed and your accommodation offered. The University guarantees all new students (undergraduate and postgraduate) a place in halls in their first year.  Priority is normally given to students arriving for the first time, either as an undergraduate or postgraduate.

Travel

Travelling to us couldn’t be easier. For drivers, the Institute is just minutes from the M8 motorway network, and the both the campus and the Research Park offers free car parking for students.

HWU is well served by public transport, so students who choose to not to stay on campus can be assured of fast, frequent bus services connecting the university with the city of Edinburgh, some stopping right outside the Institute. Travel time from HWU to the city centre is typically around 15 minutes. See http://lothianbuses.com/ for details.

Maps and directions to iSLI

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