Teaching Assistants
Welcome to the TA Homepage!
Student Teaching Assistants are an integral part of the learning and teaching experience at the Allen School. Each quarter (excluding summer), CSE hires approximately:
- 80+ undergraduate TAs dedicated to introductory programming courses.
- 250+ undergraduate TAs working on other CSE courses.
- 120+ graduate TAs who support all CSE courses.
If you are reading this page, you may be interested in applying for a graduate or undergraduate TA position or in finding out about resources available for your current TA position. The Graduate TA and Undergraduate TA menu items above provide information about application procedures, roles/responsibilities, and pay. Subsequent links (Administrative, Teaching, Technical, and Professional Development) direct you to resources that will help current TAs better perform their jobs.
Finally, take note of the Bob Bandes Award menu item. This award, established in 1984 in memory of Bob Bandes, a Computer Science graduate student who died in a skydiving accident the preceding year, recognizes exceptional performance by undergraduate and graduate students as CSE teaching assistants (lecturing, grading, consulting). It serves as both a memorial for Bob Bandes and as an acknowledgment of the outstanding contributions of our department’s TAs.
Intro to Teaching Assistant Program
TA Application Approximate Dates (subject to change)
| SUMMER 2025 | AUTUMN 2025 | WINTER 2026 | SPRING 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA Application Opens | April 21, 2025 | July 11, 2025 | Oct. 20, 2025 | Jan. 19, 2026 |
| Application Closes (5:00 pm) | April 28, 2025 | July 21, 2025 | Oct. 27, 2025 | Jan. 26, 2026 |
| Deadline to withdraw application | TBA | July 25, 2025 | Oct. 31, 2025 | Jan. 31, 2026 |
| Instructors submit TA preferences | Apr. 29 – May 4 | July 22-27 | Nov. 1-6 | Jan. 27- Feb 2 |
| Preliminary TA assignments posted | May 9, 2025 | Aug. 4, 2025 | Nov. 14, 2025 | Feb. 12, 2026 |
Important note regarding CSE 12x (Introductory Programming) positions:
New TAs for CSE 121, 122, and 123 are selected through a separate process that takes place during the preceding quarter. An announcement with information on how to apply for autumn 2025 CSE 12x TA positions will be made toward the end of the spring quarter. More information on CSE 12x TA positions and instructions on how to apply and be notified when the application is available can be found here.
The CSE TA application for Summer 2025 is now OPEN.
Applicants should be aware that there are a very limited number of TA positions available in summer quarter and CSE graduate students are not guaranteed a TA assignment.
Sign up to be notified when summer 2025 TA application opens
Graduate TA: information & application here.
Undergraduate TA: information & application here.