Vacation Policy

All graduate students with a full Graduate Research Assistant position (50% FTE) in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering are entitled to 12 working days of paid time away per academic year in addition to official University of Texas holidays.

Time away should be arranged at least 2 weeks in advance with the student’s supervisor.

These days do not accrue (“roll over”) from year to year.

Students with shorter appointments receive a pro-rated number of vacation days. For example, students graduating in December are employed for 4.5 months, and therefore will receive 4 vacation days for the academic year.

As with all other student academic appointments, GRA appointments do not provide for accrued vacation or sick leave entitlements, following University policy.

This time away policy does not refer to Teaching Assistant positions, nor does it impact coursework attendance requirements, even if co-appointed as GRAs.