Welcome to the Science & Technology Facilities Council Hub

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a place where curiosity-driven, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. STFC is home to an incredibly diverse array of research, technology and engineering projects – and each one promises to fire the imagination. Read more »

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  • Civil/Building
  • Computing/Technology
  • Electronic & Electrical
  • Materials & Minerals
  • Mechanical/Manufacturing
  • Sciences/Maths
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The facts

To find out more about our organisation please visit:
www.stfc.ac.uk

The UK invests around £460 million a year in science and technology research.
STFC is one of Europe's largest multi-disciplinary research organisations.
We were founded in April 2007.
STFC employs 1,700 people.
3,600 people access the UK science facilities.
We recruit over 20 graduates each year into a development programme.
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Explore SCD in 60 seconds
Explore SCD in 60 seconds
Debbie Greenfield
Debbie Greenfield
Claire Devereux
Claire Devereux
Darkness in the Universe
Darkness in the Universe
Year of Engineering: Jamie Nutter
Year of Engineering: Jamie Nutter
Graduate Scheme
Graduate Scheme
Welcome to STFC
Welcome to STFC
STFC RAL Space R100.
STFC RAL Space R100.
A Glimpse of our Big Science
A Glimpse of our Big Science

Ffion Whitehouse

Graduate Software Engineer

"I love working at STFC. I’m never bored, the work is challenging and interesting, I work with some great people and as a graduate I now have a great network of friends."

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Kai Souchon-Parow

Graduate Millimetre Wave Engineer (RAL Space)

"Working at STFC is challenging and interesting – every day we are pushing the edges of research and development."

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UK joins World Leading X-Ray Laser Facility

The UK has today become the latest member state of the European XFEL, the international research facility that is home to the world’s largest X-ray laser.

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UK scientists help solve mystery of why comets emit X-rays

The mystery of why comets travelling through Space give off X-ray emissions has been solved thanks to new research undertaken by a team that included science staff from STFC’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) and RAL Space.

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