Combined Studies BSc (Hons)
Heriot-Watt University
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Edinburgh Campus

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Full Time

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Start date

08-SEP-25

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Duration

4 Years

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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Edinburgh Campus

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08-SEP-25

Duration

4 Years

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The BSc (Hons) Combined Studies provides you the unique opportunity to design your own bespoke degree, depending on your specific interests and career aspirations. The programme provides flexibility and a fully customisable experience, allowing you to create a bespoke, academically ambitious degree based upon your individual interests, strengths, and career ambitions. You will have the opportunity to work closely with the director of studies to plan your learning accordingly and pick the right ...Read more

The BSc (Hons) Combined Studies provides you the unique opportunity to design your own bespoke degree, depending on your specific interests and career aspirations. The programme provides flexibility and a fully customisable experience, allowing you to create a bespoke, academically ambitious degree based upon your individual interests, strengths, and career ambitions.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with the director of studies to plan your learning accordingly and pick the right set of subjects to meet your individual learning goals. You will be able to study a whole range of subjects, or focus in on a specialist programme mixing two disparate subjects which relate to your career ambitions.

The multidisciplinary approach of the programme means that you’ll gain a flexible and versatile skillset of transferable and practical skills and knowledge, to set you up for life after graduation. Due to the breadth of learning, students studying combined studies outperformed students on the discipline-specific undergraduate degrees on pass rate, graduate outcomes, and level of degree classification.

You will gain the foundational knowledge across science and engineering, which you can build upon and tailor to your specific interests. By tailoring your learning to the specific needs of industry (in the field you are interested in working in) will make you highly employable upon graduation, as you can evidence the career-focused nature of the programme and course choice.

Key stats

WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
90/101
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
42nd
Physical Sciences (Non-Specific)
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 85 = 15% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
15%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
96%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Physical Sciences (Non-Specific) graduate salary at this uni
£20,000
UK Physical Sciences (Non-Specific) graduate salary
£20,000
What students say
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Marissa
01 Feb 24

There was a time when students were struggling with a certain lecture and upon complaint there was little help offered towards those in need...Read more

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Matthew
28 Feb 23

Contact with personal tutor has been great, access to plenty of study spaces is good, however the prism membership is very expensive and the one time payment can be..Read more

Entry requirements

Exam type

A level

A level:

BCC - ABB Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

AABB Grades / Points required

Foundation Apprenticeship (SCQF Level 6):

Pass Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

29 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DMM Grades / Points required

Scottish HNC:

Pass Grades / Points required

Scottish HND:

Pass Grades / Points required

T Level:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Maths and relevant science/language for all combinations, with one at B. For language route, grade B in language to be studied is required. Year 1 entry only.

including Mathematics and one relevant science. For language route, grade A in language to be studied is required.

We accept Foundation Apprenticeships in combination with other qualifications such as SQA Highers and Advanced Highers.

including a relevant science and Mathematics at Higher Level 5. For language route Higher Level 5 is also required in language to be studied.

in a relevant subject (including sufficient Maths and science) for entry to Year 1.

Please contact Admissions Office to discuss suitability of HNs - must contain Maths and relevant Science. Additional language required for all language routes.

Please contact Admissions Office to discuss suitability of HNs - must contain Maths and relevant Science. Additional language required for all language routes.

We will consider T Levels as suitable for entry to our degree programmes, however, certain subject requirements may be required for entry to specific programmes. Where this is not evident as part of the T Level studies, we may ask for additional qualifications.

Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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Students from England

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£1,820 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Northern Ireland

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Channel Islands

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Channel Islands. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£25,008 per year

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Students from EU

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This is the fee you pay if you live within the European Union. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£25,008 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from International

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Marissa
01 Feb 24
Combined Studies BSc (Hons)
There was a time when students were struggling with a certain lecture and upon complaint there was little help offered towards those in need....
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Matthew
28 Feb 23
Combined Studies BSc (Hons)
Contact with personal tutor has been great, access to plenty of study spaces is good, however the prism membership is very expensive and the one time payment can be...
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