Functional & epilepsy fellowships and training in Europe

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Epilepsy MDT assessment, temporal and extratemporal resections, SEEG, VNS, awake craniotomy and interventional MRI.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: DBS, spinal cord stimulation, epilepsy surgery, pain and spasticity procedures, multidisciplinary selection and academic work.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: DBS patient selection, stereotactic planning, robotic-assisted functional surgery, lesioning and a focused research project.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Functional and facial-pain clinics, neuromodulation operating lists, MDT decision-making and functional-neurosurgery research.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation, patient selection, movement disorders and pain surgery.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: Movement-disorder clinics, DBS or ablation, facial-pain procedures, neuromodulation and troubleshooting.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Employment terms are vacancy-specific and are not consolidated on the RCS register.

Exposure: DBS, thalamotomy, spinal cord stimulation, facial-pain procedures, epilepsy surgery and intrathecal baclofen treatment.

Eligibility: Scheme-wide: open to international candidates and SAS doctors with ST6–ST8-equivalent training; UK posts require GMC registration and eligibility to work in the UK on a temporary work visa.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents

Source: Official RCS England neurosurgery fellowship register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Mainly virtual programme (with in-person credits and a 12-ECTS final project) covering the pathophysiology, neuroanatomy and surgical techniques of stereotactic, image-guided and functional neurosurgery, including drug-resistant epilepsy.

Eligibility: Graduates from outside the European Higher Education Area may enrol without degree homologation, subject to university verification.

Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Training level · Medical registration · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Official contact

Source: Official UNIA academic programme document. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Standardised intraoperative neuromonitoring and mapping (MEP, SEP, AEP, direct stimulation) in brain tumour surgery including awake craniotomy and language mapping, skull base and cerebellopontine angle surgery, spinal surgery and interdisciplinary procedures such as scoliosis correction and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Eligibility: Physicians, neurophysiology technologists, nurses, students and other professionals starting out in IONM or deepening their knowledge.

Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official LMU Klinikum neurosurgery neurophysiology page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: WFNS lists the Larissa track at six to twelve months. Its central short-term programme describes placements of up to three months, so the centre’s current intake and which route applies require separate verification.

Funding: Accommodation and two daily meals are provided by the department; Wi-Fi and access to the medical school and hospital libraries are included.

Exposure: Multimodality management of medically refractory epilepsy, advanced neuro-imaging, preoperative and intraoperative invasive EEG, and resective and neuromodulative surgical techniques.

Eligibility: The centre lists a medical diploma or medical faculty certificate and two recommendation letters in its application checklist. It gives no separate specialist-grade requirement.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official WFNS Foundation training centre page (University of Thessaly). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.

Exposure: Selection of candidates for surgery, sEEG electrode planning, epilepsy surgery in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and tuberous sclerosis, insula exploration, imaging, intraoperative ECoG, RF thermocoagulation, parallel case workshops, and hands-on sEEG analysis (Natus), electrode planning (Brainlab) and thermolesion (Alcis) workshops.

Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Insurance · Application documents · Application route · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official Hôpital Fondation Rothschild masterclass page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Advert posted 24 September 2026 and closed 8 October 2026; the post is a recurring replacement-of-current-fellow appointment, so confirm the next vacancy with the host. The NHS Jobs advert (posted 24 Sep 2026) states this job is now closed.

Funding: Salaried fixed-term post: £76,582 a year plus London Weighting Allowance.

Exposure: Research on functional neurosurgery and deep brain stimulation (clinical and basic science studies, DBS target anatomy/physiology, workflow and therapy optimisation), assessment and treatment of movement-disorder and intractable-pain patients, multidisciplinary team participation, and attendance at two national/international meetings a year; clinical sessions and on-call by agreement.

Eligibility: Applications from people needing Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcomed and considered alongside others.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: NHS Jobs advert 213-CORP-8279606 (King's College Hospital). Reviewed 11 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Application status: Page states the fellowship is open with no deadlines.

Funding: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.

Exposure: DBS and movement disorders clinics, perioperative DBS programme and follow-up, patient selection, programming and adaptive DBS, and neuroscience research in both laboratories.

Eligibility: Neurological and neurosurgical residents, and early-career neurologists and neurosurgeons.

Still to confirm: Funding · Commencement · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation

Source: Atlas University, DBS fellowship announcement. Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.