Student Employment

Drexel University's student employment program helps enhance students' academic experience by offering a variety of paid opportunities throughout the year for undergraduate and graduate students. Please see below for student employment eligibility and student employment position types.

Student Employment Eligibility

• To be eligible for student employment positions, an individual must be actively enrolled as a Drexel University student and not be on an official leave of absence. Individuals may not also be employed by the University in a non-student position (e.g. professional staff member utilizing tuition remission for courses).
• Student employment eligibility is dependent on the student’s “TPAR” (terms of participation):
  • Courses (TPAR Code C): Students may work up to 20 hours per week during terms/semesters in which they are expected to be enrolled in courses.
  • Vacation (TPAR Code V): Students may work up to 40 hours per week during designated vacation terms/semesters. Students who choose to take courses during a designated vacation term are still eligible to work up to 40 hours per week during these periods.
  • Co-op (TPAR Code E):
    • Students on Co-op with Drexel University / Academy of Natural Sciences as their paid employer are not permitted to hold student employment positions at the same time due to differences in taxation.
    • Students on Co-op where Drexel University / Academy of Natural Sciences is not the employer are permitted to hold student employment positions, with the exception of Federal Work-Study positions, during this period and may work up to 20 hours per week.
  • Official Breaks Between Terms/Semesters: Students may work up to 40 hours per week during official breaks (e.g. Winter Break) between terms/semesters. Summer eligibility is dependent upon whether the term/semester is a “Vacation” term/semester as noted above.
• Students with F-1 or J-1 visa status should consult the International Students & Scholars Services' “On-Campus Employment” webpage. Students with F-1 visa status are eligible to work on campus through student employment paid by the University and through select on-campus commercial firms not paid by the University.
• Students who have finished courses and are awaiting graduation may work up until the official date of graduation recorded in Banner.
• Additional eligibility requirements may apply based on position type.

Student Employment Position Types

Bi-Weekly Student Employment

These positions are paid on an hourly basis and paid via the host department’s budget. Students log their hours via bi-weekly timesheets.

• For students:
  • Review the Student Employment Listings linked below for available student employment opportunities. If you are interested in being considered for one of the available jobs, please follow the instructions in the posting, or reach out to the contact listed, to submit your resume. Please note this is not an all-inclusive list of student jobs. Some departments and colleges may have their student employment opportunities posted on their college specific website.
  • Some student positions (for Enrollment Management & Student Success and the Athletics Department only) may be posted to the internal Drexel Careers page. Please follow the PDF instructions to log in to Drexel Internal Careers to review these additional student employment opportunities.

• For departments:
  • HR encourages all hiring departments to post non-Work-Study jobs through the Student Jobs SharePoint. Once approved by HR, your student employment opportunity will appear in the Student Employment Listings linked below.
  • Hiring guides including “Matrix for Determination of Eligibility for Secondary Position” and recruitment support can be found on the Hiring at Drexel SharePoint.
  • For questions about bi-weekly student positions, please contact the HR Service Center at hr@drexel.edu.

Federal Work-Study

These positions are paid on an hourly basis and paid via the Federal Work-Study budget. Students must be awarded Federal Work-Study as part of their financial aid package to be hired into these roles. Students log their hours via bi-weekly timesheets.

• For students: If you have been granted Federal Work-Study as part of your financial aid package, visit the Federal Work-Study page for instructions on accepting your award and viewing positions.
• For departments: Visit the Work-Study Employers page for instructions on posting Federal Work-Study positions. For questions about Federal Work-Study positions, please contact the Financial Aid Office at workstudy@drexel.edu.

Monthly Positions

These positions are paid on a monthly basis and are paid via the host department’s budget. Students must qualify for specific criteria to be eligible for these positions:

• Resident Assistant
• Graduate Assistant
• Research Assistant
• Teaching Assistant
• Doctoral Fellow

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Student Employment Listings