Heriot Watt University

For full-time students of Heriot-Watt Dubai in MSc in AI course, the tuition fee as per the admission intakes are given below: 

• Jan 2026 intake: AED 103,350
• Sep 2026 intake: AED 113,685

The duration of this course is one-year. To take admission to this course, a relevant Honors degree (first or second class) with academic component in IT or Computing must be submitted. 

The tuition fees to study at Heriot-Watt Dubai is between INR 2.3 Lacs - INR 40 lakh. The accommodation cost in Dubai is around INR 3,000 - INR 11,500. Course-wise fees are given below: 

Heriot Watt Dubai offers 81 courses. The courses offered at Dubai campus are at UG, PG and PhD levels. Study areas at this university are Architectural Engineering, Business and Management, Computer Science, Civil and Structural Engineering, Communication and Design, Data Science and more. Popular courses of Heriot-Watt Dubai are MSc in AI, MSc in Petroleum Engineering, MSc in Finance and Management, etc. 

MSc Petroleum Engineering course of Heriot University Dubai is one-year. This course allows students to study specific-courses and take a field development project (with fellow students) and an individual research project. Also, this course is accredited by the QAA in the UK and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the UAE. For Sep 2026 intake, the fees for this course is AED 172,484 (Around INR 42.4 lakh). 

Heriot University Dubai MSc Artificial Intelligence course is 1-year long. The admission intakes of this course are Jan and Sep. Also, this course is accredited by CITP, Euro-Inf, CEng and the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) in the UK and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the UAE. For admission to this course, students are required to submit a good relevant Honors degree (first or second class) with academic component of IT or Computing. 

Tuition fee for undergraduate courses for first semester is GBP 9,000 (10.7 L), whereas tuition fee for PG courses ranges between GBP 12,088 - GBP 12,790 (INR 14.3 L - 15.2 L). Students must plan their budget according to the living expenses that include food, travel, mobile phone, entertainment, socialising, study material etc. Average cost of living for a semester ranges between GBP 2500 - 3000 (INR 2.9 L - 3.5 L).

Conversion Rate: 1 GBP = INR 119.01

Heriot Watt University organises various career fairs and workshops to prepare students for the workplace. The university also has its own career portal where students get notified about all the job vacancies. Whereas University of Birmingham oganises a career expo two times a year in which various organisations participate and students get the opportunity to present their portfolio. In Amity University Dubai, Student Success Centre prepares the students for interviews and with CVs.

Heriot Watt has five campuses in total. Apart from the one in Dubai (UAE), the university has its campuses in Edinburgh (the oldest campus), Scottish Borders, Orkney and Putrajaya (Malaysia).