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About Beng (hons) Architectural Engineering in Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

Our BEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering covers a broad range of engineering-related disciplines including mechanics, construction, energy, thermal performance, water and wastewater, acoustics, and human behaviour.

The degree is designed to give you the knowledge and skills needed by industry to design buildings of the future that not only provide sustainable and low-energy built environments that have a positive influence on the health and wellbeing of the people who use them, but buildings that are also resilient and adaptable to future climate change. The later years of the degree focus on practical inter-disciplinary design and management skills, with an emphasis on your personal development as an architectural engineer within the professional environment.

Our architectural engineering degrees are supported by the Architectural Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, which includes representatives from major multi-national employers, ensuring our degrees are exactly what industry needs.

Entry requirements

• Year 1

  Standard entry requirements

• Highers ABBB (including Mathematics)
• A-Levels BCC - BBB (including Mathematics)
• Int. Baccalaureate 28 points (including 5 in HL Mathematics)
• BTEC MMM (in relevant engineering course)
• HNC B in graded unit (including 1 unit of SCQF Level 7 Maths if you do not have Higher Maths).

• Minimum entry requirements*

• Highers BBBC (including Mathematics at B)
• A-Levels BCC - BBB (including Mathematics)

• * Minimum: under our Fair Access Policy, we will relax our standard entry requirements for some Scottish students depending on their circumstances. Our minimum requirements will apply if you:

• live in an area within the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation lowest 20% (SIMD20), or
• are care experienced.

• We can also make exceptions for some Scottish students with grades above minimum but below standard. Read more about our Minimum and standard entry requirements

  Year 2

• Advanced Highers BC (including Mathematics plus Highers ABBB)
• A-Levels BBB (including Mathematics)
• Int. Baccalaureate 33 points (including 6 in HL Mathematics)
• HNC A in graded unit (in relevant HNC, SCQF Level 7)
• HND BB in graded units (in relevant HND and Mathematics at SCQF Level 7)
• BTEC DMM in relevant engineering course
• Global College Successful completion of Bachelors Degree Accelerator Foundation - Engineering and Science

• Year 3

• HND AB in graded units (in relevant HND and Mathematics at SCQF Level 7).

Heriot-Watt University Highlights

Heriot-Watt University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

International students applying through UCAS can find their exact tuition expenses by submitting the Fee Status Enquiry form. The cost of living will be determined by the course opted as well as the applicant's nationality. Edinburgh has a comparatively lower cost than other UK cities. Estimate cost of living on and off-campus for UK Campuses is tabulated below: 

Living in a rented flat may vary according to the type of accommodation and facilities being availed. The estimated monthly cost including food and travel is £923.

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