Business

Why Edinburgh Business School?

Edinburgh Business School operates within Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, maintaining campuses across three continents—in Edinburgh, Dubai, and Malaysia. This global presence supports its distinctive approach: the school launched the world’s first distance MBA and has since built its programs around direct industry connections, working alongside major companies and consulting with sector-specific advisory boards to shape what students actually learn.

Practice at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh

Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh holds Bloomberg accreditation as a practical training partner, which means its campus houses a Bloomberg Trading Room where students access professional terminals and work with live financial data. The university also runs startup incubators—the first opened in 2018, followed by locations in Dubai and Malaysia in 2022—giving students space to develop business ideas while they’re still immersed in their studies.

BA (Hons) Business with Foundation

The undergraduate program with a foundation year offers a less pressured entry point: students spend their first year building foundations before choosing their specialization for the degree that follows. Throughout, they’ll work independently, collaborate on group projects, and present their findings—a gradual progression that prepares them for full undergraduate demands.

Available pathways:

• Business Administration
• International Management (with a year abroad)
• Economics
• Finance
• Marketing

BBA (Hons) Bachelor of Business Administration

The BBA (Hons) spans management, accounting, finance, and economics, with courses ranging from marketing and HR to organizational behavior and business consulting. Its structure allows flexibility: students can spend a semester or full year at campuses in Dubai or Malaysia, while final-year candidates complete an extended dissertation in their chosen area, deepening their expertise before graduation.

Heriot-Watt: Two Master’s Programs

The MSc in Intercultural Business Communication prepares graduates for international teams by combining cultural studies with business psychology—notably, the department that created it also founded CIUTI, one of the world’s oldest associations for translation faculties. Meanwhile, the MSc in Business Analytics and Consultancy carries Institute of Analytics accreditation, letting students analyze real company data and optionally replace their dissertation with a live organizational project.

MA Business and Finance

This joint degree at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh balances both disciplines equally, centering work around the Bloomberg Trading Lab where students handle data analysis, risk management, and financial modeling on professional terminals. The program also partners with CFA Institute: graduates emerge well-prepared for CFA Level I, while those who’ve passed Level II can enter directly into the third year of study.