Instructors for NBI Block 3 and 4 in 2027

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

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

The available instructor appointments are for the following courses. Since we may have several applicants for the same instructor positions, and some tasks may be filled by PhD students, please feel free to indicate several preferred courses in your application.

Start date for employment is 1 February 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 M, 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 (Thermo) calculation exercises

100 hours including preparation

Thermodynamics (Thermo) 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 M2, 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 the spring)

100 hours including preparation

Kickstart co-host

(weeks 34-35, preparation in the spring)

125 hours including preparation

Tasks

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

• Preparation and delivery of weekly exercises for the course’s students
• Weekly instructor meetings between the teacher(s) and instructor(s), where you collaborate on problem solving and teaching aspects
• Guidance on 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 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 you can conduct the teaching in Danish if you wish to teach the Danish-language courses.

We expect that as far as possible you have participated in the Instructor Workshop at the Department of Science Education (IND); if you have 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 participated previously.

Salary and employment terms as an instructor

The employment is governed by the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Association of Student Instructors: Circular on the collective agreement for Student Instructors 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 salary amounts to DKK 259.38 per hour (August 2026 level)

Application

Submit your application by clicking the “Apply for Position” link below, so that it reaches us no later than 18 October 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

In addition, please attach

• Transcript and enrollment confirmation
• Any certificate from the instructor workshop
• CV, including relevant teaching and outreach experience

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

Further information about the positions

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

Recruitment process

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

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

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

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Contact

Stine Stenfatt West

E-mail: [email protected]

Info

Application deadline: 18-10-2026

Start date: 01-02-2027

Working hours: Part time

Department/Location: Niels Bohr Institute