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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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 Europes 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

Debbie Greenfield

Claire Devereux

Darkness in the Universe

Year of Engineering: Jamie Nutter

Graduate Scheme

Welcome to STFC

STFC RAL Space R100.

A Glimpse of our Big Science

Thomas McCarron

Graduate Spacecraft Thermal Engineer

"Every role is satisfying and provides you with so many opportunities to challenge yourself and grow."

Matt Capstick

Mechanical Graduate Engineer (ISIS)

"At STFC there is the potential for working on a wide range of projects in interesting and exciting fields as well as working on projects which will eventually have cutting edge theoretical and practical implications."

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