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Adverts / Applications

Postdoctoral Positions

Postdoctoral applications are welcomed throughout the year in the Astronomy department.
Where funding from within the department is available, these positions will be advertised. However, postdoctoral funding for positions within the department may also be applied for from outside sources:

Claude Leon Foundation
The National Research Foundation (NRF)
UCT Postdoctoral research fellowships

Process:
- Contact a staff member with whom you would like to do research to discuss possible projects
- Apply to one of the above outside sources for funding with support from the proposed supervisor

Departmental Profile

The Department of Astronomy at the University of Cape Town is the largest university-based astronomy group in the country and has strong ties (and joint positions) with the South African Astronomical Observatory and the South African Square Kilometre Array office. The department primarily comprises observational (optical, near-infrared and radio) astronomers, with international leaders in the fields of large-scale structure of galaxies, dark matter in galaxies, low surface brightness galaxies, the uncovering of galaxies hidden by the Milky Way, the extra-galactic distance scale, and cataclysmic variable stars. The department is also closely associated with a number of other groups within various UCT departments, such as the cosmology group of the applied mathematics department, the astro-particle group of the physics department, and members of the electrical engineering department who are involved in space science and radio telescope technology development.