Assistant Professor in Theoretical Computer Science

Heriot-Watt University
Full time Midlothian, Scotland Postsecondary Teachers
Posted:
June 12, 2026
Location:
Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Job Description

Grade and Salary: Grade 7 - £37,694 - £47,389 per annum

Contract Type: Full Time (1 FTE), Open ended

About the School

You will join the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. The department of Computer Science within the School is internationally renowned for its world-class research across a number of areas including theoretical computer science, robotics, natural language processing, programming languages, AI, data science and machine learning.

The department has an extensive portfolio of taught programmes, with many programmes taught on three campuses, Edinburgh, Dubai and Malaysia, with global course teams in charge of teaching courses. We also have teaching partnerships with organisations in China and Kazakhstan.

We are looking for an assistant professor in theoretical computer science for our Edinburgh campus of Heriot-Watt University. This is a role where you are expected ...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full time
Location: Midlothian, United Kingdom
Posted: June 12, 2026
Deadline: July 22, 2026