Nottingham Trent University vs Heriot-Watt University

The university has five campuses: City, Clifton, Confetti, Brackenhurst and Mansfield & Ashfield.

• Heriot-Watt currently has five campuses, and also runs distance learning programmes through 53 approved learning partners to students around the world
• Heriot-Watt's main campus is located in Riccarton in South West Edinburgh on 380 acres (150 hectares) of parkland. The campus consists of: academic buildings, student residences, a postgraduate centre, shops, several library collections, childcare, healthcare, a chaplaincy, a variety of recreational and sports facilities, and a museum, as well as the Student Union's main premises.
• It is also home to the Edinburgh Conference Centre and Europe's oldest research park, Heriot-Watt University Research Park which opened in 1971.

Nottingham Trent Students' Union (NTSU) provides student activities and events, a Student Advice Centre, leisure and retail services, democratic representation and night-time entertainment at all three NTU campuses. NTU sports scholars have competed in the summer and winter Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games and world championships. NTU alumni include England Rugby player Nick Easter and GB Hockey players Crista Cullen and Alistair Wilson.

• The university is home to more than 150 social clubs and organizations. 
• The Sports Union of the university is a student-led organization where teams are exposed to various national and international sports competitions. 
• The Heriot-Watt University Student Union organizes various fests and competitions on Heriot-Watt University Campus to boost the intercultural union of the international population. 
• The university offers various international religious and cultural groups including African, Caribbean, Indian, CHinese, SPanish and many more communities.

Richard Evershed – Professor of Biogeochemistry and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Roger Carr – British businessman, current chairman of BAE Systems.
Darryl Hunt - English musician and singer-songwriter, who was best known for playing bass guitar in The Pogues.
Rayner Hoff – Public sculptor who rose to prominence in Australia.
Nene Amegatcher – Active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–)
Dame Laura Knight – First female artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire

With an active community of 27,000 students and an alumni network of 1,50,000 alumni, The Watt Club was founded in 1854 and is the oldest graduate club in the UK. Some of the Heriot-Watt University notable alumni are-

• Joanne Yeoh (Musician)
• Gary Younge (British Journalist)
• Fiona Hyslop (Former Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture), and many more.