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Heriot-Watt University

MRes in Textile Science and Technology

<div><p>Overview</p><p>Research in textile science and technology has developed to reflect the expansion of the technical textiles discipline, while still maintaining activity in important traditional textiles. The establishment of the TechniTex Faraday Partnership represents a major achievement and has attracted significant financial support. Technical textiles encompass a wide variety of functional products, and a key area is their application in medical and health care products. Recently the Biomedical Textiles Research Centre (BTRC) was established within the School. Its research programmes include treatment of fibres for improved biocompatibility in medical and dental applications and the construction of textile-based membranes for cell culture.</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 Textile Science and Technology

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