Heriot-Watt University vs University of Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Business School creates tomorrow's leaders for tomorrow's markets. 

This one-year postgraduate programme, MSc International Business Management, allows you to study specialist subjects from across the business sphere, including:

International Business Context
Competitive Strategy
Research Philosophy and Practice
Business Economics.
These four courses provide insight into relevant social, political, legal, and macroeconomic conditions affecting international business and develop skills in decision-making, people management, leadership and team working. 

In addition, you will select two optional courses in Semester 1 and two optional courses in Semester 2. Shaping your MSc study in this way allows you to develop knowledge and skills that reflect your unique career aspirations.

This degree prepares you for the social, political, environmental and cultural challenges facing contemporary businesses, governments and not-for-profit organisations.

Taught by world-leading industry professionals and researchers, you will develop personal and professional competencies such as:

authentic leadership
ethical, responsible, sustainable business behaviour
entrepreneurial practice
effective communication

2:1 honours degree, or its non-UK equivalent, in a relevant subject from a recognised British or overseas university.

• Must have a bachelors degree from an accredited university

Students choose Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University’s online MBA for its academic rigour, its intellectual challenge and its proven ability to greatly enhance student career prospects.

They’re also drawn by its sheer flexibility; no other MBA gives you as much freedom. You can study the subjects you want, in the order you wish. You can begin and end whenever you choose.

This MBA covers key management disciplines, including economics, financial decision making, leadership, marketing, people skills, project management and strategy.

The Full-time MBA suits professionals who:

• Are able to take a year away from work
• Wish to relocate and immerse themselves in a new location
• Prefer to focus efforts and learn best in an intensive environment
• Are motivated by frequent in-person interaction with peers and faculty
• Want to work in a different country and use the opportunity of the graduate visa route into the UK

• Typically you will hold a recognised first or second class honours degree, or equivalent professional qualification.

Modern civil engineering professionals often require an extensive understanding of construction management due to the strategic benefits it can bring to both individuals and project teams.

As the industry becomes more competitive, organisations and their clients are increasingly demanding the combined time, cost and quality assurances that good project management practice provides. Furthermore, the industry now recognises that there is a need for engineers to gain specialist technical knowledge which compliments their academic and professional background.

Civil and Structural Engineering at Heriot-Watt is ranked in the top 150 universities in the world, top 18 in the UK and 2nd in Scotland. This course uses experience from the internationally recognised Construction Project Management course and combines it with the high-profile Civil Engineering postgraduate course to provide a broad and valuable education. As a result, the recent graduates have been employed by a range of both national and international employers.

Civil engineers design, build and operate the physical infrastructure that we often take for granted; from bridges and buildings to water treatment and waste management systems.

Civil engineering involves:

creatively applying your physics and mathematics knowledge to deliver unique solutions to complex problems
selecting and using the appropriate engineering and computational tools to ensure safe and sustainable solutions
This programme will train you to be a civil engineer for the future, giving you the knowledge and skills you need to shape and sustain our ever-changing world.

You will have the opportunity to specialise in many technical streams including:

structural engineering
environmental engineering
construction management
geotechnical engineering
fire safety engineering

• Minimum of 2:2 honours degree or equivalent academic qualification in a related subject area
• For postgraduate conversion courses, non-related degrees will be considered

• Bachelors degree in an engineering subject