Engineering Undergraduate Intern

Grade UE03: 24729 per annum pro rata (13.55/hour)

School of Engineering / College of Science & Engineering

Full Time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: 10 weeks

The Opportunity:

Where curiosity becomes impact.

Join theUniversity of Edinburgh andyoullbe making a difference to everything around you. Be part of something bigger whereyoulldo meaningful work grow and progress be rewarded and recognised and benefit from our strong commitment to your wellbeing. There are so many reasons to join us.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities supporting the Universitys research and teaching offering many career and role specialisms.

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: internship will be 10 weeks starting on the8thJune. There will be around8interns working on projects from areas all over theSchool.

Yourskills andattributes forsuccess:

• 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 toidentifyand solve problems within the current project.

• Can work effectively in teams.

• Good oral and written communication skills.

Are you inspired by innovation and excited to bring new ideas to life

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Leading-edge research
• Interesting work
• Contributing to the work and purpose of the University.

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How to apply

Please include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Coverletter

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits including generous annual leave entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme a wide range of staff discounts family-friendly initiatives and flexible work options. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits pageand use our reward calculator to discover the 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 ourright to work webpages

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is February 27 2026.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. 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 March 2 and March 19 2026.