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PhD studentship in Machine Learning Systems (x 10 posts)
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
CDT in Machine Learning Systems About the CDT Machine Learning has a dramatic impact on our daily lives built on the back of improved computer systems. Systems research and ML research are symbiotic. Modern systems research targets the ubiquitous need for efficient ML. ML researc…

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cosmology
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed-term: 3 years The Opportunity: We seek applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of large-scale structure cosmology. The successful candidate will join the research group led by Dr Alex Hall at the Institute for Astronomy (…

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 36 months (ending no later than 31/03/2029) The Opportunity: The Morrison group at the Roslin Institute is looking for a suitably experienced postdoctoral research fellow to join our team to study immunosuppression during trypanosome infec…

Postdoctoral Research Associate
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 3 years (1st September 2026 – 31st August 2029) Applications are invited for a three-year Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, to work on strong-field problems in gauge theory and gravity. The opport…

Research Fellow
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed-term: 4 years The opportunity: We seek to hire a post-doctoral Research Fellow, with excellent statistical, organisational, and interpersonal skills, to apply advanced causal inference methods to analyse longitudinal data on the mediating pathwa…

Postdoctoral Research Associate
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 2 years - 1st October 2026 – 30th September 2028 (third year extension possible) Applications are invited for up to two Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, to work on asymptotic expansions for highe…

Research Fellow in IC Design and Testing for Emerging Memory Technologies
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh, Hybrid
Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 36 months The opportunity: to the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies held by Regius Chair of Engineering Prof Prodromakis within the Institute for Integrated Micro Nano Systems. This role is UE08 and is available o…

Postdoctoral Research Associate
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full Time: 35 hours per week Fixed Term: 2 years (October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028, third year extension possible) The Opportunity: Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, to work on the development of effici…

Research Nurse
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full Time: 35 hours per week for first 3 months, reducing to 17.5 hours for further 9 months Fixed Term: 12 months The Opportunity: To work as part of a team who are researching ways to improve the success of in vitro fertilisation (IVF). We are looking for a clinical research nu…

Postdoctoral Researcher
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh, Hybrid
The Opportunity: The Linguistics & English Language Department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences are seeking a full time, fixed term Postdoctoral Researcher. This post is available from 1st of March 2026. The successful candidate will work alongside Dr…

Funded PhD Study in Economics at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
The School of Economics at the University of Edinburgh is offering a number of scholarships for PhD study starting in September 2026. All of the scholarships are awarded on academic merit. To obtain an award applicants must have a distinction grade in graduate level coursework eq…

Research Associate
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh, Hybrid
The Opportunity: The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh invites applications for a Research Associate. The post holder will work on the project “Optimal orchestration of heterogeneous quantum computers”. Quantum computers have reached a level of maturity that allows t…

PhD Studentship - Bottom-up Assembly of Multi-compartment Synthetic Cells
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Do you want to design and construct synthetic life-like cells? A major goal of synthetic biology is to create life-like artificial cells from non-living components, i.e. the bottom-up approach. This exciting project will focus on designing, constructing, and testing synthetic cel…

PhD Studentship - Biomimetic Membranes for Applications in Electrosynbionics and Biosensing
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Electrosynbionics [1] involves the use of biological parts to create devices that generate electricity, such as biological photovoltaics and biobatteries. Electrosynbionic systems can be sustainable power sources for electronics, supporting the Green Transition. Biosensing involv…

Director of Finance
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed-term: 18 months We are looking for a strategically focused qualified accountant with excellent people management experience. It’s important that you are team oriented, with a drive to deliver ongoing change and improvements. The Opportunity: The…

Research Fellow
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh, Hybrid
Full time: 35hrs per week Fixed Term: Available from 1 March 2026 – 31 August 2028 The Opportunity: The Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a non-clinical Post-doctoral Research Fellow to conduct original researc…

Data Management & Programming Team Lead
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh, Hybrid
The Opportunity: The Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU) at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an enthusiastic and visionary Data Management and Programming Team Lead. In this critical role you will provide leadership and expertise in technica…

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
The Opportunity: We are looking for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant to join our team based at IGC (ECRC) for a one year post. Our lab studies mutations in the metabolic isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH1/2) genes and this project focusses on how these mutations re-program liver c…

Senior Change Manager
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh, Hybrid
Full Time: 35 hours per week Fixed Term: 18 months The Opportunity: We are looking for exceptional Change Managers to join the Strategic Change Service within the Corporate Services Group, who are dedicated to supporting the people side of change We are an expert team of professi…

PhD Studentship in Quantum Error Correction for Superconducting Qubit Hardware
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
A fully funded four-year PhD position is available to work on the project titled “ Fault-Tolerant Architectures for Superconducting Qubit Quantum Computers ”. This position is a collaborative studentship between the University of Edinburgh and the National Quantum Computing Centr…

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full-time, 35 hours per week Fixed-term: 1 year The opportunity: A postdoctoral research fellow position is available in Dr. Kathryn Bowles’ lab at the University of Edinburgh UK DRI centre. We are looking for a researcher with computational expertise, who is interested in integr…

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 3 years The Opportunity: To analyse neuroimaging, cognitive, and biological data from the UKRI MRC-funded PRE term N eurodevelopment and COG nition study (PRENCOG), the Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort (TEBC), and other early life image d…

Research Technician
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 30 months The Opportunity: We are looking for a Research Technician to join the Rheumatology Research Group to support research focused on skeletal joint biology and arthritis pathology. Your main responsibilities will be to provide techni…

Research Software Engineer
The University of Edinburgh·Edinburgh
Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 2 years The Opportunity: This Innovate UK-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) bridges cutting-edge research with industrial innovation. You’ll work within PSEL’s team to develop groundbreaking software for Laue X-ray diffraction an…
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