The UK government has pledged to establish a new "Energy Campus" in Aberdeen, bringing more Civil Service jobs to the city to boost the economy and allow greater collaboration.
While no specific government departments will be based at the campus, civil servants working in energy will utilise it - however the government did not confirm how many roles would be based at the new site.
It comes as the government announced thousands of civil servant positions would be moved out of London to new locations around the country in a bid to boost local economies.
Aberdeen is one of 13 cities selected to benefit from the scheme, with Edinburgh and Glasgow the other cities chosen north of the border.
As part of the shake-up, designed to deliver and develop policy closer to the communities it affects, the UK government has said it will establish a new Energy Campus in the Granite City.
Government campuses involve departments moving skilled roles to the same town or city to boost collaboration - bringing civil servants with different skills and expertise but the same policy or delivery focus, to solve issues and improve services for working people across the country.
The new campus is expected to enable partnership with local government and universities to deliver the government’s missions, improve the talent pipeline into government and boost growth, skills and opportunity.
Successful campuses have already been established in Darlington, the Economic Campus, and Sheffield, the Policy Campus.
Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said: “It is great news that we are creating more and more civil service roles in Scotland, pushing power and opportunity out of Whitehall and into communities across the UK. And our new Energy Campus in Aberdeen, alongside GB Energy, will create more opportunities for people in Aberdeen as we move to clean power.
"This is all part of the UK Government’s Plan for Change - driving growth and creating jobs right across Scotland and the UK.”
Energy Minister Michael Shanks said: “Scotland is the beating heart of our mission to become a clean energy superpower.
“With our Energy Campus and Great British Energy HQ, we are bringing decision makers, investment and jobs of the future to the North Sea – the front line of our clean energy transition – to deliver our Plan for Change.”
Currently, 25,135 UK Government civil service roles are based in Scotland, with 22 major government departments having a presence.
While there are 3,485 full time equivalent roles based in Edinburgh and 9,970 in Glasgow, Aberdeen has just 645.
Although thousands more government jobs are do be moved to the 13 towns and cities selected, it is not yet known how many of those will be in Aberdeen.
Government departments will now begin submitting plans for how many roles they plan to move to each of the locations as part of the spending review.
To ensure those based outside of London have equal professional growth and development opportunities, with full end-to-end careers, the government plans to locate 50% of UK-based senior civil servants in regional offices by 2030.
This will be supported by a new approach to the Fast Stream programme, which is the Civil Service graduate scheme, with at least 50% of placements offered outside London.