PhD teaching assignments

The PhD degree programme must, according to the PhD ministerial order, include teaching activities or an other form of dissemination of knowledge.

At Department of Chemistry you participate in the teaching of the students by carrying out theoretical, laboratory, and computer exercises as well as study café (TØ, LØ, CØ and SC).

  • If you are a paid PhD-student (PhD fellowship) the teaching salary is included in your salary according to your contract of employment.
  • If you are PhD-student on SU (PhD scholarship) you are employed in a temporary teaching position and is paid accordingly.

How much do I have to teach?

As a general rule all PhD-students at Department of Chemistry teach 140 hours per semester through the whole PhD, unless stated otherwise in the contract.

  • It is often possible to teach more in one semester and then less in another semester (e.g. double teaching, 280 hours, in one semester and then no teahing in a later semester). However, it depends on the course and how many other PhD students who plan to teach that semester.
  • As a general rule, the amount of hours given for a specific teaching task is: "confrontation time" x 2.5. This then includes time for preparation/subsequent processing (e.g. grading of reports).
  • PhD students are allowed 1 semester (i.e. 140 hours) free of teaching, which most PhDs choose to place at the end of the PhD when the thesis has to be written, but it is of course up to the student to decide.  

How are the teaching tasks allocated?

At Department of Chemistry, the teaching allocation is managed by Lene Conley in co-operation with the PhD administrator at iNANO. 

When it is time to plan the coming semester (November/May) and  you will be contacted by e-mail and you will receive instructions of how to indicate your prioritized course wishes. Wishes from the course responsibles are also obtained.

In December/June a preliminary list of teaching tasks is distributed. Most PhD students will be allotted teaching tasks in accordance with the submitted requests or similar.

We expect all PhD students enrolled in the Chemistry programme to be able to teach first year chemistry courses.

You are always welcome to contact Lene Conley if you have any questions