Up to 20 teaching assistants in Systems and Control

The Department of Information Technology holds a leading position in both research and education at all levels. We are currently Uppsala University's third largest department, have around 350 employees, including 120 teachers and120 PhD students. Approximately 5,000 undergraduate students take one or more courses at the department each year. You can find more information about us on the Department of Information Technology website. We are now looking for students who would like to work as teaching assistants for period 1 and 2.

Duties
Duties 
Participation in teaching in any of the courses listed below. Participation in teaching means, for example, participation in labs and tutorials/lessons, grading of assignments, answering students' questions, and supervision of student projects. Course marked SVE are taught in Swedish and courses marked ENG are taught in English. The application is received via the Uppsala University's recruitment system. If you have specific questions regarding a course, please contact Niklas Wahlström.

Period 1: 
1RT001 Mathematical Modelling of Football (ENG)
1RT002 Process Control (ENG)
1RT490 Automatic Control I (SVE) (Note that the course 1RT490 is given in both period 1 and 2. Priority can be given to applicants who are able to teach in both periods)
1RT495 Automatic Control II (ENG)
1RT496 Automatic Control III (ENG)
1RT705 Advanced Probabilistic Machine Learning (ENG)
1RT730 Large Language Models and Societal Consequences of Artificial Intelligence (ENG)
1RT890 Empirical Modelling/1RT885 System Identification (ENG)

Period 2:
1RT242 Applied Systems Analysis (SVE)
1RT490 Automatic Control I (SVE) (Note that the course 1RT490 is given in both period 1 and 2. Priority can be given to applicants who are able to teach in both periods)
1RT700 Statistical Machine Learning (ENG)

If you haven’t been a teaching assistant before, the duties also include a mandatory introduction day.

Requirements
For employment as a teaching assistant, it is a requirement that you are admitted as a student at undergraduate or advanced level. Employment as a student assistant is regulated by the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5. The applicant must show good study results, especially in the area of the course the applicant will help with, as well as very good knowledge of Swedish (only for courses taught in Swedish) and good English communication skills, both spoken and written.

Additional qualifications
Previous experience from participating in teaching in courses at university level is particularly meritorious. Experience with relevant IT systems (Studium) is desirable as well as good knowledge of Uppsala University's organization.

Application procedure
The application must contain a letter in which the applicant briefly describes his / her experience in teaching, language and knowledge (e.g., study certificate). The application must also contain which courses the applicant is interested in and an estimate of the number of hours he/she wants to work (per course and period, and where the number of hours must be 30, 45, 60, 90 or 120). Also attach your transcript.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position, until 16 November 2025 or 1 February 2026 depending on what period(s) you work, according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 12. Scope of employment is between 3 and 23 %. Starting date 18 August 2025 or 27 October 2025 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala. 

For further information about the position, please contact: Niklas Wahlström (niklas.wahlstrom@it.uu.se) or Davide Vega D'aurelio (ugarekrytering-it@uu.se).

Please submit your application by 5 May 2025, 2025/1072.

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