At the Faculty of Science of Utrecht University, we want to understand and improve the world around us. You’ll join an informal work environment where colleagues from diverse backgrounds and perspectives work on interdisciplinary research and future-driven education.

Here, you’ll exchange ideas and insights with researchers, lecturers, and students in an open and inspiring academic setting. Collaboration and team spirit are at the heart of what we do. Do you thrive on working with passionate colleagues? If so, you will feel quickly at home with us. 

From our departments of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computing Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, we tackle global scientific challenges and bring groundbreaking innovations closer to reality. While doing so, you’ll have plenty of room to develop in a way that suits you. 
 

In 2025, we welcomed 320 new colleagues. Will you join us this year? 
 

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How we are working towards a better world

  • New AI Lab for Cybersecurity

     This lab is a collaboration between Utrecht University and HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, working with external partners to explore how artificial intelligence can help strengthen digital infrastructures.
    Contributing to digital resilience

  • Hair-cell bundles sense sound and amplify it

     By combining biological experiments, AI, physics, and mathematical equations, an international team of researchers has gained new insights into how hair-cell bundles in the inner ear sense and amplify sound.
    Research published in PRX Life
  • Researchet Rupert Holzinger in a field

    Newly recognized pollutant widely present

     A specific type of silicone, the so-called methylsiloxanes, are widely present in the atmosphere across diverse environments. Also, concentrations appear to be much higher than expected.
    What are effects on human health and climate?
  • Hoogleraar Federica Russo

    Only juggling perspectives offer response to deepfakes

     ‘Deepfakes are not purely a technological problem. They are a complex mix of technology, context, legislation and regulations, and human behaviour.’
    Conclusion of a multi-year European research

Our people

Are you interested in a career at the Faculty of Science? We are convinced that colleagues with different skills and perspectives make our teams stronger.