Faculty

Please direct all students you wish to hire as your Teaching Fellow to the Department Coordinator. 

Student Jobs Policy

There is a strict limit of 20 hours/week per fall and spring semester. There is a strict limit of 10 hours/week during the Winter Intersession. A student may hold one or more student job roles in a term or module as long as the commitment is for no more than 20 hours/week. A student may hold as many as 3 grader roles per semester, as long as the 20 hours per week average is not exceeded. 


Compensation

Faculty members are responsible for the quality of the students they hire and for overseeing the quality of their work. Please note that if a student is released from a student job role or decides to leave that role prior to the end of the term, the amount of his/her compensation is pro-rated. Faculty members may use their STARS accounts to pay for eligible TFs, graders, and tutors over and above amounts they are qualified to be paid for by Stern's operational funds. TFs, Graders and Tutors will be charged to an individual faculty member’s STARS allocation if the class size does not meet the minimum enrollment of 25 students. STARS must also be used when hiring a student who does not meet basic eligibility. Faculty may hire non-Stern graduate students as TFs only in the event that they are unable to hire Stern students with the appropriate background. 

Please note that once an application receives approval from the Teaching Assistance Center the compensation amount cannot be amended due to an increase or decrease in the course enrollment. If a faculty member would like to provide their TF with an additional payment due to an increase in enrollment after the student has already been processed, the compensation would come from their STARS.


Teaching Fellow Undergraduate Student Compensation

Compensation Rates as of 9/1/2025 for AY 2025 - 2026

Minimum StudentsMaximum StudentsHours per WeekHourly Pay# WeeksTotal Pay
252951814$1260
30345.51814$1386
353961814$1512
40446.51814$1638
454971814$1764
50547.51814$1890
For a full list of AY 2025-26 compensation rates, click here
165169191814$4788
17017419.51814$4914
175500201814$5040

For historical AY 2024-25 compensation rates, click here

 

Teaching Fellow Graduate Student/PhD Compensation

Compensation Rates as of 9/1/2025 for AY 2025 - 2026

Minimum StudentsMaximum StudentsHours per WeekHourly Pay# WeeksTotal Pay
252953014$2100
30345.53014$2310
353963014$2520
40446.53014$2730
454973014$2940
50547.53014$3150
For a full list of AY 2025-26 compensation rates, click here.
165169193014$7980
17017419.53014$8190
175500203014$8400

For historical AY 2024-25 compensation rates, click here

TFs for Executive MBA and MS Courses - Student Compensation 

Executive MBA and MS courses follow a different schedule than standard UG/MBA courses and work different hours/weeks. You can find comprehensive AY 2025-2026 rates for both 11 and 6 week courses here.

Compensation Rates for Undergraduate Students (for an 11 week course) as of 9/1/2025 for AY 2025 - 2026

Minimum StudentsMaximum StudentsHours per WeekHourly Pay# WeeksTotal Pay
014000$0
152951811$990
30345.51811$1,089
353961811$1,188
40446.51811$1,287
454971811$1,386
50547.51811$1,485
555981811$1,584
60648.51811$1,683
656991811$1,782

Compensation Rates for MBA/PhD Students (for an 11 week course) as of 9/1/2025 for AY 2025 - 2026

Minimum StudentsMaximum StudentsHours per WeekHourly Pay# WeeksTotal Pay
014000$0
152953011$1,650
30345.53011$1,815
353963011$1,980
40446.53011$2,145
454973011$2,310
50547.53011$2,475
555983011$2,640
60648.53011$2,805
656993011$2,970

Graduate Fellow (GF) Compensation

Process and Rates 
Depending on what type of student you are, you will be paid one of two ways: 

If you are a Stern MBA working as a Graduate Fellow, you will be paid via tuition remission (or payroll if necessary) according to the table below: 

Graduate Fellow Compensation - Stern MBA - Graduate Fellow Compensation - Stern MBA - for AY 2025 - 2026 as of 9/1/2025:

Hours per week for 14 weeksCompensation
5$2100
10$4200
15$6300
20$8400


Other graduate students (i.e. Stern MS students, Stern or non-Stern PhDs, non-Stern graduate students) will be paid via payroll based on biweekly timesheets. Hourly rate will be $30.00 effective Sept 1, 2025 and the estimated number of weeks and the estimated total compensation is below. Students will need to review the Wasserman Center for Student Employment instructions to complete an "On-Campus Student Employment Application" and send this to Pauline Braz (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu) in Stern Human Resources. Pauline will then send the student instructions on entering hours worked in order to be paid upon submission of biweekly timesheets. Hiring managers will need to send the union appointment letter and card to the student with a cc to Pauline Braz (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu). Managers will also need to approve the biweekly timesheets in Workday. 

Graduate Fellow Compensation - Stern MS students, Stern or non-Stern PhDs, non-Stern graduate students for AY 2025 - 2026 as of 9/1/2025:

Estimated hours per week for 14 weeksEstimated Compensation
5$2100
10$4200
15$6300
20$8400

For historical  AY 2024-25 compensation rates, please click here


Grader/Tutor Compensation


Undergraduate Student Grader/Tutor: $18/hour for graders, $18/hour for tutors
Graduate and PhD Student Grader/Tutor: Effective 9/1/2025: $30/hour for graders, $30/hour for tutors. (Graders assist professors with grading at a minimum of three major assignments per student, not to exceed one hour per student per course.)


Tutor/ Grader Hiring Process:

Students will need to review the Wasserman Center for Student Employment instructions to complete an "On-Campus Student Employment Application" and send this to Pauline Braz (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu) in Stern Human Resources. Pauline will then send the student instructions on entering hours worked in order to be paid upon submission of biweekly timesheets. Hiring managers will need to send a completed appointment form to Pauline Braz in Stern HR (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu). Managers will also need to approve the biweekly timesheets in Workday.

Below is a list of general questions. If you do not find the answer here please contact either your Department Coordinator or email studentjobs@stern.nyu.edu.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Basic requirements for Graduate Students:

  • Completed at least 9 credits
  • Enrolled and remain enrolled in the semester in which the TF will be working (Summer is an exception)
  • GPA of at least 3.0

Basic requirements for Stern Undergraduates:

  • Enrolled and remain enrolled in the semester in which the TF will be working (Summer is an exception)
  • Stern juniors or seniors
  • Stern undergraduates must have taken the course, its equivalent or have the professor's permission to apply. 
  • GPA of at least 3.3


STARS must be used when hiring a student who does not meet basic requirements.

International students who have a green card or hold an F-1 or J-1 visa are eligible to work. If a student holds any other visa, such as an H-1B, they cannot work. International students who have graduated are not allowed to work.

Students must be approved by the professor, and then fill out a Teaching Fellowship application on the main Student Jobs page. It must be approved by the department coordinator and then submitted to Faculty Affairs.
 

Please log in to Student Web Information System (AIS) and follow the link on the left hand navigation bar to “department enrollments”.

Your first point of contact should be the department coordinator. 
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Payment is dependent on enrollment, course credit load, and other factors. Please see compensation chart or contract for more details.

Students' employment is at will, which means that students or NYU can terminate employment at any time, with or without cause. NYU can also withdraw or rescind this offer at any time prior to the commencement of work without restriction.

Policy for Releasing TFs or GFs from Contractual Obligations:
If, for whatever reason, a professor wants to release a TF or GF from the role, both the professor and student must discuss the issue and agree to dissolve the contract. Both professor and student should agree to termination and compensation in writing.

If it is decided that the TF or GF is released from the role, the professor and student must come to an agreement regarding payment. Generally, payment is pro-rated by the number of weeks worked. (For example, if a TF or GF has a salary of $3,600 and the semester is 15 weeks long, the weekly rate is $240. If the TF or GF has worked 4 out of 15 weeks, he or she would be paid $960.) However, the pro-rated amount can differ from this formula, as long as the professor and student agree on this new amount.

Students receiving tuition remission will have the partial credit removed from their account. The department’s coordinator should contact the Office of Faculty Affairs to inform the amount and they will provide the updated information to Financial Aid.

Students receiving a check from payroll will simply receive a reduced amount of paychecks. The department coordinator should contact Pauline Braz regarding the amount already disbursed (note: several smaller paychecks to TFs or GFs are disbursed throughout the semester; TF or GF salaries are not paid in one check) and then inform the Office of Faculty Affairs of the updated amount.

The remaining funds from the pro-rated salary can be used to hire another Teaching Fellow. If a Faculty member would like to pay the replacement TF or GF more than the balance, these funds would have to come out of the Faculty member’s STARS account.

As these payments are considered tuition remission, Financial Aid will simply reduce the amount of their student loans, or issue them a reimbursement check from the Bursar’s Office. Contact Financial Aid at 212-998-0790 for more information.

Yes, however, a student may not exceed 20 hours/week during the semester. Students may work up to 35 hours/week over the course of Summer I, II, and III terms.

The Stern Teaching Fellowship will sponsor each eligible course section to have a teaching fellow or grader or tutor. A second role must be funded by another account. For example, if a section already has a TF, a grader could be funded by STARS.

Students may work up to 35 hours/week which includes Summer I,II, and the beginning of term III.

Stern MBA and undergraduates who graduate in May are allowed to work until August 31st.
International, non-Stern, and PhD students who graduate in May are not allowed to work in summer.
 

No. A course must meet a minimum enrollment of 25 students and course credit load. See above chart for course and compensation eligibility.

No. Students may not make independent arrangements for additional compensation to tutor students in the class to which they are assigned as a TF. Petitions for exceptions to this policy must be accompanied by the following, submitted in writing by the instructor: (1) A complete description of the TF's responsibilities (2) A guarantee that the TF will not be engaged in any interpretive assessment of student work.

Yes, but only with approval from the department coordinator and the Stern Dean’s Office.