Texas A&M University College of Engineering and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station graduate assistants are expected to work 20 hours a week while employed.
As a graduate assistant, you are not eligible for paid time off or holiday pay.
If you need to take time off during the school year while employed, you must notify your supervisor and departmental business office contact prior to taking leave.
While employed as a graduate assistant in major semesters (fall and spring), you are eligible to work up to nine additional hours per week with prior approval from your department head, the Texas A&M Graduate Operations Committee, and the Texas A&M Office of Graduate and Professional Studies. The Request for a Graduate Assistant to Work Additional Hours form will need to be completed to initiate the approval.
Exceptions:
- International students are not eligible for the option of working nine additional hours per week during major semesters (fall and spring) due to the Texas A&M International Student Services restriction of only being able to work up to 20 hours per week.
- If trying to work additional hours during winter break, both U.S. and international employees may work up to 40 hours per week. No approval is needed since school is officially not in session during this time.
- Students may be able to start working more than 20 hours per week at 12:01 a.m. immediately after the first day of commencement.
- Students will have to stop working more than 20 hours per week at 11:59 p.m. immediately before the first day of classes.