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COURSESPHYSICAL SCIENCESHERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY

Combined Studies

BSc · Heriot-Watt University · 4 years

Combined Studies

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Heriot-Watt University

AI IMPACT
MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£31,000
SATISFACTION89%
CONTINUATION86%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS60%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 42% of the work its graduates go into (High).

Entry tariff of real entrants

UCAS points the actual intake arrived with: "people like this got in", not a cut-off.

<480% of entrants
48-632% of entrants
64-796% of entrants
80-954% of entrants
96-11116% of entrants
112-1275% of entrants
128-1438% of entrants
144-1599% of entrants
160-1758% of entrants
176-19112% of entrants
192-2079% of entrants
208-2231% of entrants
224-2394% of entrants
240+7% of entrants

Student satisfaction

Overall satisfaction is 89% (National Student Survey). Continuation past year one: 86%.

What you actually study

YEAR 1

Introduction to Social Theory · Research Methods in Social Science · Global Political Economy · Comparative Politics

YEAR 2

Advanced Social Theory · Research Methods II · Public Policy Analysis

YEAR 3

Specialism: Gender / Race / Class / Migration · Dissertation Workshop

YEAR 4

Dissertation

MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).