Instructors for NBI Block 3 and 4 in 2027

The Niels Bohr Institute is seeking instructors for courses offered on the bachelor’s and master’s programs in physics and nanoscience in the period February 1 – June 30, 2027, block 3 and 4.

We are looking for students who would like to teach and who are interested in developing academically and as instructors.

The available instructorships are for the following courses. Since we may have several applicants for the same instructorships, and some tasks are filled by PhD students, please kindly indicate several desired courses in your application.

Start date of employment is February 1, 2027.

Block 3

Data and Project

60 hours including preparation

Quantum Mechanics 1, calculation exercises

91 hours including preparation

Quantum Mechanics 1, laboratory exercises

75 hours including preparation

Mathematics F, calculation exercises

80 hours including preparation

Radioactive Isotopes and Ionizing Radiation

70 hours including preparation

Experimental X-ray Physics

100 hours including preparation

Optics

70 hours including preparation

Block 4

Thermodynamics (Termo) calculation exercises

100 hours including preparation

Thermodynamics (Termo) laboratory exercises

70 hours including preparation

Quantum Mechanics 2, calculation exercises

100 hours including preparation

Quantum Mechanics 2, laboratory exercises

100 hours including preparation

Statistical Physics, calculation exercises

95 hours including preparation

Mathematics F2, calculation exercises

100 hours including preparation

Electrostatics and Data Analysis

70 hours including preparation

Mechanics for Nanoscience, calculation exercises

100 hours including preparation

Block 5

Kickstart (weeks 34-35, preparation in spring)

100 hours including preparation

Kickstart coordinator

(weeks 34-35, preparation in spring)

125 hours including preparation

Tasks

The instructors' tasks vary from course to course, but normally include

• Preparation and conducting weekly exercises for the course's students
• Weekly instructor meetings between teacher(s) and instructor(s), where one discusses task solving and teaching aspects
• Guidance of assignments

Qualifications as an instructor

The positions can be applied for by students in physics and nanoscience who have completed 2 years of one of these bachelor degree programs. Other students can be hired if they are assessed academically qualified for the positions. In that case please attach documentation of other relevant qualifications, e.g., mentoring work or other teaching, high school grades or recommendations.

It is a requirement to be enrolled as a student in a higher education program. In addition, it is a prerequisite that one can conduct teaching in Danish if one wishes to teach the Danish-language courses.

We expect that as far as possible one has participated in the Instructor Workshop at the Department of Science Education (IND), if one has not participated before. In the program you learn didactic tools that you can use in your role as teaching assistant/instructor. Please attach a diploma from the workshop if you have previously participated.

Salary and employment terms as an instructor

Employment is covered by the collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Association of Student Teachers: Circular on the collective agreement for Student Teachers at universities etc.

The employment as an instructor ends without further notice upon termination of your enrollment as a student. Your hours are arranged individually for each block. You are not guaranteed hours in all blocks, but must apply for hours each semester, after which the final total hours are agreed.

The pay amounts to DKK 259.38 per hour (August 2026 level)

Application

Send your application by clicking the link “Apply for a Job” below, so that it reaches us no later than October 18, 2026.

The application must include the following information

• Motivation
• A prioritized list of the courses you are interested in teaching
• Name of 1-2 VIPs who know you

Additionally you must attach

• Transcript of grades and enrollment confirmation
• Any course certificate from the instructor workshop
• CV, including relevant teaching and dissemination experience

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

Additional information about the positions

Further information can be obtained by contacting Stine Stenfatt West at [email protected] or by the course-responsible instructor. It is stated in the course description at www.kurser.ku.dk who is the course-responsible.

Recruitment process

After the application deadline, a selection of applicants will be shortlisted and thus selected for professional assessment. You will in some cases be invited to a job interview with the course-responsible instructor. Therefore it is important that your e-mail address and phone number appear in your application

Note that some courses are staffed before others. So the process from the first instructor being offered a task to all offers being sent out can take some time.

NB: The majority of candidates will receive emails with information during December 2026. As this is an ongoing process, there will be some Block 3 positions that will be filled in January 2027 and likewise some Block 4 positions that will be filled in March 2027.