Student Jobs

Academic departments, other academic-related units, and non-academic units on and off/campus hire students for academic and non-academic purposes. Please see the Student Jobs Resources webpage for an overview of available on and off-campus jobs and for work-study information.

  • International Students at the graduate level: please click here to see opportunities for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) while enrolled at UCSD and click here to see opportunities to work in the US after graduation.

  • International Students at the undergraduate level: please click here to see opportunities for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) while enrolled at UCSD and click here to see opportunities to work in the US after graduation.

To see academic student titles, duties, and campus eligibility information, please click hereTo see Instructional Assistant (IA) positions available in other units (eg. TA, Grader, Proctor, Tutor, etc. hosted by other academic departments and the Teaching and Learning Commons), please click hereTo see IA positions offered by the Physics Department, please select your student type, below.  

Note: The following info. is typically updated once, quarterly, to show opportunities for the subsequent term (eg. Summer opportunities are posted in Spring, Fall opportunities are posted in Summer, etc.). Check this page regularly to see when opportunities get added! To see if a particular opportunity is accepting late applications, click on the opportunity.

 

Spring 2024 applications for the following Physics Instructional Assistant (IA) positions are open from January 29 - February 16. 

To see academic student job titles, duties, and campus eligibility information, please click here.

Applicants will be notified of the decision on their application(s) as soon as possible.

Questions/concerns about IA positions in Physics should be directed to Dawn Love.

TA Application 

TA positions are reserved for physics graduate students. In addition to filling out the online application, please fill out the scheduling grid and submit it to Dawn Love.

Tutor Application 

Tutor positions are available to graduate students from all departments. Tutor positions are capped at 20% (8 hours per week, not to exceed 88 hours for the quarter) and do not qualify for tuition/fee remission. In addition to filling out the online application, please fill out the scheduling grid and submit it to Dawn Love.

Reader Application 

Reader positions are available to graduate students from all departments. Reader positions are capped at 20% (8 hours per week, not to exceed 88 hours for the quarter) and do not qualify for tuition/fee remission. The availability grid is not required for Reader positions.

Spring 2024 applications for the following Physics Instructional Assistant (IA) positions are open from January 29 - February 16.

To see academic student job titles, duties, and campus eligibility information, please click here.

Applicants will be notified of the decision on their application(s) as soon as possible.

Questions/concerns about IA positions in Physics should be directed to Dawn Love.

(The Physics Dept. cannot advise/assist students with employment matters through VAC.)

Tutor Application 

2nd year (or above) Physics or Engineering majors with at least a 3.3 GPA who are interested in serving as a Tutor for the PHYS 2 Lecture series should apply. In addition to filling out the online application, please fill out the scheduling grid and submit it to Dawn Love.

Reader Application

2nd year (or above) Physics or Engineering majors with at least a 3.3 GPA who are interested in serving as a Reader for the PHYS 1 Lab series should apply. The availability grid is not required for Reader positions.