Teacher’s Assistants and Assistant Lecturers (Teaching Assistants) at the Department of Computer Science, UCPH, block 1 and 2 in 2026-27

The Department of Computer Science is looking for Teacher’s Assistants and Assistant Lecturers (Teaching Assistants) for courses in the Bachelor programmes and Master programmes from 1 September 2026 – 31 January 2027.

There are available positions on the following courses:

BSc level courses

• Introduktion til computergrafik (Grafik)
• Diskret matematik og algoritmer (DMA)
• Programmering og problemløsning (PoP)
• Computersystemer (CompSys)
• Logic in Computer Science (LICS)
• Modelling and Analysis of Data (MAD)
• Matematisk analyse og sandsynlighedsteori i datalogi (MASD)
• Reactive and Event Based Systems (REB)
• High Performance programmering og systemer (HPPS)
• Økonometri A (ØkA)
• Virtual Reality (VR)
• Python programmering til datavidenskab
• Numerical Methods (NuMe)
• Python Programming for Data Science
• Makroøkonomi A (MakØkA)
• Digital Fabrication and Makerspace Skills for Science (FAB)
• It-sikkerhed (ITS)
• It-projektledelse (ITP)

MSc level courses

• Medical Image Analysis (MIA)
• Vision and Image Processing (VIP)
• Programming Massively Parallel Hardware (PMPH)
• Advanced Computer Systems (ACS)
• Visualisation (Vis)
• Data-Driven Financial Models (DatFin)
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Advanced Topics in Natural Language Processing (ATNLP)
• Probabilistic Machine Learning (PML)
• Data Parallel Programming (DPP)
• Software Security (SOS)
• Machine Learning A (MLA)
• Fair and Transparent Machine Learning Methods (FTML)
• Deep Learning (DL)
• Advanced Topics in Deep Learning (ATDL)
• Quantum Error Correction (QEC)
• Empirical Research Methods in Computer Science (ERMCS)
• Privacy in Machine Learning (PriMaL)
• Advanced Programming (AP)
• Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures (AADS)

Kommunikation og IT (KOMIT):

• KOMIT: Empiriske undersøgelsesmetoder (BSc)
• KOMIT: Grundlæggende datalogi (BSc)
• KOMIT: Menneske-maskine interaktion (BSc)
• KOMIT: Designprojekt (BSc)
• KOMIT: Konceptudvikling og innovation (MSc)

For more information, please contact the course organizer who you find in the course description at kurser.ku.dk.

Work assignments
Teacher’s Assistant and Assistant Lecturer (Teaching Assistant) assignments vary from course to course, but usually include:

Regarding the course:
1. Preparation and conduction of weekly exercises.
2. Preparation of the course before the course starts and possibly assistance during exam/re-exam.
3. Weekly TA meetings, including continuous communication with the course organiser and the other TA’s about work assignments.
4. Preparation and test of assignments.
5. Correction, approval, and feedback on assignments.
6. Guiding and answering questions from students about the course outside of exercise classes (e.g., in Absalon).
7. Assignments related to online classes. Among this being an E-moderator at the hybrid lectures. One who will keep a close eye at the questions coming in in the chat.

Outside the course:
1. Participation in TA workshop at IND if you have not participated before. In the course, you will get the didactic tools you will need to be a TA. Please enclose the diploma with your application if you have participated before.

2. Answering emails from the department regarding the above work assignments and keeping deadlines and appointments.

Qualifications for the position as TEACHING ASSISTANT
In order to be employed as an Teaching Assistant you must have finalized your master’s degree and i.e. be qualified to handle teaching assignments & teaching independently, and supplement teaching handled by an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor.
For the BSc.-courses it is important that you can speak and understand Danish, for teaching at the MSc.-courses a good proficiency in English is a requirement. The position is limited to 3 years.

Qualifications for the position as TEACHER’s ASSISTANT
The Teacher's Assistant positions are to be filled mainly with applicants who are in one of the following bachelor or master’s programmes: Computer Science, Machine learning & Data Science, Computer science and Economics, Cognition and Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Cognition & IT, Communication & IT or Health Informatics. Similar bachelor or master’s programmes can also be considered as far as their competences are relevant for the course.

You must be enrolled as a student if you wish to be a TA. In order be a TA on BSc-courses we expect you to primarily communicate in Danish, and as a TA in an MSc-course you are expected to be proficient in English.

Salary and conditions of employment for TEACHING ASSISTANT
The employment is in accordance with the rules concerning Teaching Assistants as described in "Cirkulære om aftale om eksterne lektorer og undervisningsassistenter ved universiteter m.fl. under Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet" (only in Danish) and the provisions for the Teaching Assistant position as described in “Bekendtgørelse om stillingsstruktur for videnskabeligt personale ved universiteter. The specific number of work hours is determined per course prior to each semester.

As Teaching Assistant you will normally be paid for 100 hours for 7,5 ECTS course and 200 hours for a 15 ECTS course. The salary is DKK 283.49 per hour (current level).

Salary and conditions of employment for TEACHER’s ASSISTANT
The employment is made in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the National Union for Student Teachers (SUL for Student Teachers at the Danish universities and the annexed protocol on Student Teachers. Read more here (only in Danish): Cirkulære om overenskomst for Studenterundervisere ved universiteter mv.

The employment as Teacher’s Assistant will terminate without further notice when your enrolment as a student ends.

Your work hours are agreed individually for each block. You are not guaranteed work hours in all blocks, but must request work hours each semester, after which the final number of work hours will be agreed.

As teacher's assistant you will normally be paid for 100 hours for 7,5 ECTS course and 200 hours for a 15 ECTS course. The salary is DKK 254,47 per hour (current level).

Application
Send an application by following the “Søg Stilling” link below and make sure that we receive this by 26th April 2026.

Your application must contain the following:

• Motivational letter
• A prioritized list of the courses that you are interested in teaching
• If you have previously worked as a teaching assistant at DIKU, please list the relevant courses

Further you must attach to your application:

• Curriculum Vitae
• grade transcripts of your Examination Register
• Enrolment letter

If you are applying for more than one Assistant Lecturer (Teaching Assistant) /Teacher’s Assistant position, please make sure to prioritize these.

Please state it in the top of your application if you are already employed as an Teaching Assistant or Teacher's Assistant at DIKU.

We want to reflect the surrounding society and encourage that everyone regardless of personal background applies for the position.

More information about the positions
If you need further information about assignments etc. you can contact the course organizer. You can find the specific course organizer in the course description at kurser.ku.dk.

Recruitment process
After the application deadline has passed, a selection of applicants will be shortlisted and subsequently assessed. In some cases, you will be invited for a job interview with the course organizer, and it is therefore important that your E-mail address and phone number is stated in the application.

Please note that some courses are filled earlier than others. As a result, the time from when the first instructor receives an offer to when all offers have been distributed may take a while.

NB: The majority of candidates will receive emails with information during June 2026. As recruitment is an ongoing process, there will be some positions for block 1 that will be filled in August 2026 and likewise some positions for block 2 that will be filled in October 2026.