Group instructors sought for the Economics degree program and for the Health Economics course at the University of Copenhagen

Would you like to help students get a better and deeper understanding of the material in the Economics degree, the Mathematics-Economics degree, or in the subject Health Economics at the Institute for Public Health Sciences?

It is fun and very educational to teach, so if you would like to be a tutor, read on here

Subject to funding coverage and the establishment of the expected number of classes, from January 15, 2027 there will be a number of fixed-term part-time positions as tutor (teaching assistants) available to cover the tutorial teaching for the following courses:

Mandatory courses on the bachelor's degree in Economics

• Business Economics
• Economic Principles B
• Macroeconomics II
• Microeconomics II
• Econometrics I
• Economic History

The courses are taught in Danish.

Mandatory Danish course on the Bachelor's degree in Public Health Science

• Health Economics

Mandatory Danish courses on the bachelor's degree in Mathematics-Economics

• Microeconomics 2
• Macroconomics 2

Electives on the bachelor's and master's degree

• Econometrics II
• Macroeconomics III (applications must be written in English)
• Microeconomics III (applications must be written in English)
• Advanced Development Economics: Micro Aspects (applications must be written in English)
• Applied Econometric Policy Evaluation
• Advanced Empirical Finance: Topics and Data Science (f) (applications must be written in English)
• Advanced Macroeconomics: Business Cycles (applications must be written in English)
• Dynamic Programming
• Industrial Organization (applications must be written in English)

The courses are taught in English.

A description of the courses at the Economics Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, can be seen in the course catalog www.kurser.ku.dk .

Job content

The tutor shall handle teaching in the courses’ classes with up to approximately 46 students. The teaching involves reviewing assignments with associated theory and problem solving in class and, for most courses, also supervising mandatory submissions. For the position group “Teaching Assistant” there may also be an opportunity for grading of exam tasks.

For courses where instruction is conducted in Danish, good Danish language skills are a condition for employment for those classes. For courses where instruction is conducted in English, good English language skills are a condition for employment for those classes.

Teaching takes place between 8 am and 6 pm. The tutor is expected, as part of the preparation, to attend teacher meetings a couple of times during the semester and to attend the 2-day pedagogical course before the semester starts.

Employment type

As a tutor you can be employed either as an Assistant Teacher or as a Teaching Assistant

Position category ”Assistant Teacher”

An assistant teacher is a tutor who is themselves a student enrolled in a higher education program during the teaching period. It is expected that the applicant at a minimum has passed the first 3 semesters of the BA degree in economics at the time of application and has passed the first 2 years by the time of employment. Other students can be employed if, after assessment and interview, it is deemed that the applicant is academically qualified.

Position category ”Teaching Assistant”

A teaching assistant is a tutor who has completed a master's degree. It is expected that the applicant primarily has a master's degree in economics or similar.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment and pay in the category ”Assistant Teacher” are in accordance with the rules in the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the National Union of Student Lecturers (SUL). The hourly wage per hour is DKK 259.38 as of August 1, 2026.

Employment and pay as a ”Teaching Assistant” are in accordance with the rules in the ”Circular on the agreement for external lecturers and teaching assistants at universities and similar institutions under the Ministry of Education and Research” of March 16, 2022 entered into between the Ministry of Taxation and the Academics and in accordance with the provisions for the teaching assistant position as described in the ”Ordinance on the position structure for scientific personnel at universities” of December 11, 2019. The hourly wage per hour is DKK 288.95 as of August 1, 2026.

For both job categories, payment is for the standard number of tutorial lessons and with 90 minutes of preparation per lesson as well as for correction of assignments according to a course-defined time norm. The standard number of class lessons can be seen under Workload in the course description in the course catalog .

Application

Applications must be submitted electronically via the application form, in which the following documents must be uploaded:

• Motivated application
• CV
• For Teaching Assistants: KA and BA certificate including all grade transcripts (in one single file).
• For Assistant Teachers: Transcript from the university’s self-service (in one single file).
• Documentation of previous teaching activities and course evaluations (in one single file).

Specializations, BA theses, dissertations etc. should not be submitted, as these are not included in the assessment.

In the electronic application form please indicate a priority of the courses you wish to teach.

Application procedure

After the application deadline has passed, the hiring authority, with advice from the hiring committee, will select which applicants should be assessed. All applicants will immediately afterwards be notified whether their application has progressed to assessment by a professional assessment committee. The selected applicants will be informed of the committee's composition and after the assessment period has ended, the applicant will receive the professional assessment for hearing.

Applicants who are deemed qualified will be prioritized and a interview offered in relation to the number of vacant positions in each course, after which any employment may be offered.

The hiring process is expected to be completed no later than early January 2027. All applicants will receive a response.

We seek to reflect the surrounding society and therefore encourage everyone regardless of personal background to apply for the position.

Further information about the positions can be obtained from the study leader Thomas Markussen [email protected] . Information about the institute and the study can be found at http://www.econ.ku.dk/

Application deadline: Sunday, October 30, 2026 at 23:59.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.