Conditions for Student Employment, Dean of Graduate Studies
https://gradschool.utexas.edu/funding/student-employment/academic/conditions
For appointments outside CAEE, join the Graduate School's Academic job list serve:
https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/info/graduatestudentcampusjobs
Student Academic Employment
...
- Undergraduates must be registered for at least 12 hrs. (Fall/Spring).
- Tutor qualifications:
- current civil or architectural engineering undergraduate student
- a minimum 3.0 overall and major GPA
- earned a grade of A or A- in the course you tutor
- authorization to work in the country
- Graduates must be registered for at least 9 hrs. (Fall/Spring) and 3hrs. (Summer) with no incompletes.
- UGRA positions do not usually require experience. GRA positions usually require experience/education in a particular area of study.
- Graders may be undergraduate or graduate students and must have taken the course they are to grade and made an A or a B in that course. If coming from another university, faculty will make the determination whether or not a student is qualified. Most undergraduate classes have graders.
- See TA certification information below.
- More information about academic student employment
More information about international graduate student employment
Academic Conditions for Graduate Student Employment
- Making satisfactory progress toward a graduate degree without existing conditional admission requirements;
- Remaining registered for at least nine semester hours of coursework in long semesters;
- Enrollment in three semester hours of coursework is required for students holding summer appointments
- Maintaining at least a 3.0 grade-point average; and
- Not earning more than two grades of X, I, NC, D, or F in any combination.
Suggested Steps to Find Student Academic Employment:
...
- Please note: The I-9 form and background check need to be done before or on the first day of employment by meeting with the department human resources (HR) representative.
- The I-9 form is required for all new employees, both citizen and noncitizen, to verify identity and US employment authorization.
- This link provides a list of acceptable documents required when meeting with the department HR representative to complete the I-9 form. The documents must be original and unexpired.
US Employee Documentation | International Employees Documentation |
Unexpired Passport, or | Unexpired Passport, and |
Driver License and SS card, or | I-94 card, and |
Driver License and certified birth certificate, or | I-20 or DS 2019 |
See lists for more options | See lists for more options |
Insurance information:
- Insurance and Benefits for Student Employees
- International Graduate Student Insurance information
- Insurance waiver information for international students. Please note: the deadline to apply for the insurance waiver is by the 11th class day in the fall and spring semester and the 3rd class day of the first summer session.
- All international students are required to purchase the student health insurance plan. However, academic employment and other situations may qualify for this waiver. It is best to apply each semester before the deadline even if employment is pending. The application will automatically cancel without affecting anything else if requirements are not met.
...
"DeLaRosa, Amy" <amydelarosa@mail.utexas.edu>
Center for Water and the Environment (CWE) - EWRE
Williams, Sherian <sdwilliams@mail.utexas.edu>
Pollard, Melissa L <aquarius@utexas.edu>
Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory (FSEL)
"Damvar, Michelle" <michelle.damvar@utexas.edu>
and
"Scheer, Angela C" <angela.scheer@utexas.edu>
Construction and Project Management Engineering (CEPM)
"Rogers, Susan R" <srogers@utexas.edu>
Building Energy and Environments (BEE)
"Eubank, Dori" <dori@mail.utexas.edu>