Student Assignments
Graduate students are assigned as Teaching Assistants, Graduate Research Assistants, or Graduate Student Fellows.
Assignment are posted in Workday, the personnel management software used by UT Austin.
TA and GRA assignments are part-time (20 hours/week) employee positions, with a salary paid through the University's Payroll Services.
- Employees receive paychecks at the end of the month.
- These positions are also known as Academic Graduate Student (AGS) jobs.
GSF assignments are zero-time (0 hours/week) nonemployee positions, with a stipend paid through the University's Scholarship and Fellowship Services.
- Nonemployees receive stipend payments either at the end or beginning of the month, depending on the office/department processing the payment.
Once an assignment is complete, Workday will send employees and nonemployees time-sensitive onboarding tasks to complete.
Insurance Plans
Academic Blue Student Heatlh Insurance Plan (Academic Blue SHIP)
- Provides medical coverage; other coverages, like dental and vision, are optional
- Employees (TAs, GRAs) are automatically enrolled in the plan
- Premium sharing pays 100% of the allowable amount for covered expenses
- Nonemployees (GSFs) must enroll in the plan by September 16, 2023
- No premium sharing; paid by student with allowance provided by fellowship
- International students, regardless of position, are automatically enrolled in the plan and the cost is added to their tuition and fee bill
- International students may waive the tuition and fee bill cost if they are employed as a TA or GRA
UT Select
- Employees (TAs, GRAs) may opt to enroll in UT Select with an out-of-pocket expense
- Premium sharing pays 50% of the allowable amount for covered expenses; remainder is out-of-pocket
- Nonemployees (GSFs) may opt to enroll in UT Select with an out-of-pocket expense
- No premium sharing; 100% of the cost is out-of-pocket
- International students may opt to enroll in UT Select with applicable out-of-pocket expense as outlined above