Heriot-Watt University

MRes in Housing Design, Development and Regeneration

<div><p>Overview</p><p>The Housing Design, Development and Regeneration research theme deals with the processes and outcomes of development in both urban and rural settings. There is a particular focus on affordable housing, regeneration, housing quality and sustainability of environments. Researchers are not only interested in the physical elements of development, but also the process of design and development. On-going work for the Scottish Government is evaluating the effectiveness of a particular approach to procuring affordable housing and considers issues of cost, quality and governance, and previous work has examined the role of design in private developer housing in Scotland.</p></div>

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<p>Heriot-Watt University is based in Edinburgh and was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh. It became a university in 1961 by royal charter and took its name from inventor James Watt and philanthropist George Heriot. Along with its main Edinburgh campus it has campuses in the Scottish Borders and Orkney as well as Dubai and Malaysia.</p><p>It hosts around 7,000 students and a third of these are international students from more than 150 countries around the world. It has been ranked in the top 300 global universities in the QS World University Rankings 2023. It’s also in the top 50 UK universities from the Complete University Guide and guides from The Guardian and The Times/Sunday Times.</p><h2>What is the Heriot-Watt University acceptance rate for International Students?</h2><p>The Heriot-Watt University acceptance rate is 80-85%.</p>

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MRes in Housing Design, Development and Regeneration

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