Employment
- Student Academic Title Pay Rates
- Employment Opportunities
- Graduate Student Support Eligibility
- Benefits
- Academic Students Employees (ASEs)
- Non-Discrimination in Employment
Graduate student on-campus appointments (i.e. academic student employees and graduate student researchers) may be for a maximum of 50% time (20 hours per week) during the academic year. During the summer (mid-June to mid-September), some departments allow appointments up to 100% time. Before accepting a position outside your own department, you must obtain the approval of your graduate department support coordinator: this approval process is built into the IA system for ASE and GSR appointments.
Graduate students must meet the qualifications as follows:
Full-time enrollment (12 units or more) is required for students in 50% time appointments. Students enrolled in less than 12 units are eligible for up to a 25% time graduate student academic appointment with the approval of the student’s department.
Be in good academic standing, i.e.,
Meet departmental standards including a satisfactory spring evaluation;
Maintain a GPA of 3.0 in upper-division and graduate course work;
Must not have accumulated more than a total of eight units of F and/or U grades overall.
Be within departmental support time limit:
Ph.D. and D.M.A. Degree Aim: Every student has three time limits within the department. These are: pre-candidacy, support, and total registered time. A doctoral student must advance to candidacy by the Pre-candidacy Time Limit (PCTL) and also be within the Support Time Limit (SUTL) to remain eligible for campus employment or to receive other University funds. In addition, no one may be employed as a Teaching Assistant and/or Associate for more than 18 quarters.
M.A., M.Eng., and M.S. Degree Aim: Eligible for 7 quarters of support.
M.F.A. and M.P.I.A. Degree Aim: Eligible for 10 quarters of support.
Effective January 1, 2025, the University of California, San Diego, will comply with Senate Bill 791.
California Senate Bill 791 (SB 791)
In order to comply with California Senate Bill 791 (SB 791), as a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.