Welcome to heidi - the Higher Education Information Database for Institutions.
heidi is a web-based information system and has been developed to ease the burden
for users in higher education institutions of accessing, extracting and manipulating
data for essential planning and reporting.
heidi is run by the Higher Education Statistics Agency on a subscription basis to
higher education institutions and approved HE-sector bodies that operate on a not-for-profit
Do you work at an higher education provider or not-for-profit national body?
All higher education providers subscribed to HESA now have access to heidi. If you work for a higher education provider and would like to access heidi,
please email email@example.com for details of your local administrators.
heidi subscriptions are also available to not-for-profit national bodies and alternative higher education providers for non-commercial purposes only.
If you work for such an organisation you can take part in a free four week trial of the system.
Email firstname.lastname@example.org to request a free trial account.
You can find out more about heidi and how to subscribe at the heidi information site.
Free public access
If you do not work at a higher education provider nor a not-for-profit national body you can register to use heidi
by supplying your name and a valid email address using the form below. You are also required to accept
the heidi terms and conditions of use. Public access to heidi is a restricted service which allows
access to a range of standard reports created and maintained by
Following successful registration your user account details including a password will be forwarded to your mailbox.