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UE03: £23,114.00 per annum (£12.67 per hour)

College of Science and Engineering / School of Engineering

Full-time: 35 hours per week, part time will be considered (minimum 28 hours).

Fixed-term: for 10 weeks; starting 9th June 2025 - 15th August 2025

The Opportunity:

We are looking for enthusiastic students from the School of Engineering to work on projects with either a teaching or research focus. Further details of the specific projects are supplied in the pdf available at: https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/etohub/Careers#Careers-SchoolSummerInternships

The internship will be 10 weeks starting on the 9th June. There will be around 8 interns working on projects from areas all over the School.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time (minimum 28 hours). We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

The salary for this post is £23,114 pro rata (£12.67/hour)

Your skills and attributes for success:

• School of Engineering undergraduate student (2nd year to penultimate year)
• Good knowledge of relevant engineering field and completion of required courses.
• An understanding of the technical skills and topics useful to the project and ability to identify and solve problems within the current project.
• Can work effectively in teams.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Click here to view a copy of the full job description

Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV

• Cover sheet, available at https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/etohub/Careers#Careers-SchoolSummerInternships , indicating which projects you would like to be considered for

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

Programme Information

The School of Engineering Internship Programme offers summer internships within the School for 2nd year to penultimate year undergraduate students from the School of Engineering at The University of Edinburgh. In addition to the project work the interns will be supported through a programme of events run by the School. There will also be the opportunity to take part in events run by the Careers Service.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 27 th February 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

Interviews will be held between 3 rd March 2025 and 20 th March 2025.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.