Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Heriot-Watt University
Electrical and Electronic Engineering (BEng (Hon), H600) at Heriot-Watt University asked for BBC - BBB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 176–191 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on hw.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~BBB
Selective120 points · around BBB
Published as BBC - BBB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check hw.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 120
The middle entrant had 176–191 points.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 70%, other higher education 25%, a degree 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H600 · H6 electronic and electrical engineering
- Duration
- 3 - 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
60%
still studying
UK 83%
10%
left higher education
UK 10%
30%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
15 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%86%
Learning opportunities84%83%
Assessment and feedback75%78%
Academic support77%90%
Organisation and management80%79%
Learning resources98%90%
Student voice69%79%
15 final-year students · 63% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£30.5k5 years£37.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 90 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
60% working25% working and studying15% unemployed
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
95%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 80%
100%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
85%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Engineering professionals80%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals10%
- Elementary occupations5%
- Business and Financial Project Management Professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- EH14 4AS
Subjects
electrical and electronic engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- EdinburghCampus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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