The Daniels School of Business at Purdue University champions hands-on learning and seeks to provide students valuable internship and job opportunities within the school. These roles, most of them paid, offer outside-the-classroom experience that builds upon coursework and adds essential skills to your skill set.
Current Daniels School of Business students: Find information below on academic opportunities, including positions as teaching assistants (TA), graders, and research assistants, and administrative employment opportunities.
Teaching assistants help with various classroom duties including providing review sessions, proctoring exams, assisting with office hours, and more. Graders assist the instructor of record with grading. Research assistants are typically paired with a faculty member and help with any number of research tasks, including gathering and working with data, translating hypotheses into testable models, and creating compelling tables and figures.
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu. Additionally, please explicitly indicate the courses you are interested in applying for.
Teaching assistants and grader positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid on an hourly basis. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
ACCT 20000IBE – Introductory Accounting (Integrated Business and Engineering Program)
ACCT 20100 – Managerial Accounting I
ACCT 37300 – Accounting Information Systems
Business Online Programs is looking for Teaching Assistants and Tutors to support our various Online Economics & Management courses. These positions will be supporting Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, Management, Marketing, Technology, Human Resources, and Global Supply Chain courses.
To apply, please email your Resume/CV to underws@purdue.edu and include the following information:
Teaching Assistants and Tutor positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid hourly. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Note: This opportunity is for ECON courses other than ECON 210, 251, and 252. For those courses, please apply through the tutoring center.
The Economics Department at Purdue University (West Lafayette campus) is hiring a limited number of undergraduate students to serve as Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UGTAs).
Responsibilities may include:
Time commitment:
Up to 5 hours per week
Eligibility Requirements:
Application Process:
Assignment Notifications:
Students will be notified of course assignments after coordination with faculty, before the end of the summer term.
Questions?
Contact: Ryan Umbeck – jumbeck@purdue.edu
The Economics Department’s new course, ECON 30000 – Economics Teaching and Tutoring Practicum, is a 3‑credit‑hour experiential‑learning–based course. Upon successful completion of the course, which is graded on a Pass/Fail basis, students will receive a $750 stipend.
This course is designed to provide economics majors and minors with a structured, hands‑on experience supporting instruction in principles of economics courses (ECON 25100, ECON 25200, and ECON 21000). Students will receive instruction in tutoring and work under supervision as tutors in PRICE: Purdue Resource for Instruction and Coaching in Economics and will be prepared to serve as teaching assistants in economics courses beyond the principles level. A 9-hour per week commitment to the course is required.
ECON 30000 emphasizes pedagogy, communication, mentorship, problem‑solving, and the practical application of economics in teaching contexts. Enrollment in ECON 30000 is limited. An application and departmental permission are required prior to enrollment.
Application Requirements
Applicants must meet all the following criteria:
Time Commitment and Responsibilities
Tutors are expected to contribute approximately 9 hours per week, including:
Application Steps
Key Steps to Use Purdue Filelocker:
The Daniels School's Purdue University Research Center in Economics (PURCE) hires a small number of Undergraduate Research Assistantship (UGRA) positions.
UGRA positions are paid and provide selected participants the opportunity to work in an engaging, supportive, and interactive learning environment. UGRAs will master the fundamentals of research design, as well as how to manage and analyze quantitative data with the UGRA mentor while simultaneously assisting faculty members with ongoing policy-related research tasks such as:
A commitment of 10 work hours per week is expected for these UGRA paid positions. Work hours will include attending mandatory weekly in-person UGRA lunch meetings (lunch will be provided), and communicating regularly with the UGRA mentor on individual project progress. Due to the interactive nature of this program, in-person participation is required and UGRA program participants must be enrolled in on-campus courses at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus.
The application for PURCE's 2025-2026 UGRA program closed June 30, 2025. All applicants will be notified via email of their invitation to participate as an UGRA or be placed on the UGRA waitlist starting on July 31.
Find more information on the PURCE Programs page.
The business school's Vernon Smith Experimental Economics Laboratory (VSEEL) provides research opportunities and experiences for undergraduate Purdue students. Assist with research in the experimental economics lab to gain valuable skills and insight into how modern economics and management experiments are run.
These are volunteer positions.
To learn more, visit VSEEL's Opportunities page
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu.
This position is paid on an hourly basis.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu. Additionally, please explicitly indicate the courses you are interested in applying for.
Teaching assistants and grader positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid on an hourly basis. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
MGMT 59300 - Business Data Visualization and Analytics
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu. Additionally, please explicitly indicate the courses you are interested in applying for.
Teaching assistants and grader positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid on an hourly basis. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
MKTG 42120 & MKTG 52610 – Data & AI-Driven Marketing
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu. Additionally, please explicitly indicate the courses you are interested in applying for.
Teaching assistants and grader positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid on an hourly basis. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
OBHR 44430 – Staffing: Talent Acquisition
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu. Additionally, please explicitly indicate the courses you are interested in applying for.
Teaching assistants and grader positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid on an hourly basis. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
QM 30500 – Business Statistics
QM 30500 – Business Statistics
QM 47400 – Predictive Analytics
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu. Additionally, please explicitly indicate the courses you are interested in applying for.
Teaching assistants and grader positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid on an hourly basis. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
Please fill out the application form and send it, along with your resume, to managementta@purdue.edu. Additionally, please explicitly indicate the courses you are interested in applying for.
Teaching assistants and grader positions at the Daniels School of Business are paid on an hourly basis. There is no tuition waiver associated with these positions.
Most jobs will be posted on this webpage one semester ahead. If a job is filled, it will be noted on this webpage. You can apply any time a job is available.
Please email any questions to managementta@purdue.edu.
The Daniels School's Marketing and Communications team employs talented Purdue students who want real-world experience in graphic design, event planning and execution, website development, social media strategy, writing and editing, marketing and communications planning, and much more.
Ready to make an impact and sharpen your skills in a fast-paced, creative environment? We offer paid internships (10-12 hours/week) across several key areas in marketing and communications, where you'll work on real projects that shape the future of our school and give you real-world experience.
We're currently offering paid internships in the following areas:
Join our dynamic team and gain valuable experience in a collaborative environment!
Through the Marketing Lab qualified students will have the opportunity to work on real-life projects providing solutions to companies’ marketing issues. Members of our team will not only be developing practical skills through working on projects with leading companies in the country, they also will be showcasing talents and knowledge in the field of marketing. Student employees of the Marketing Lab are paid an hourly wage for the work completed on their assigned project(s). Additional information about working with the Marketing Lab.
Available positions:
Digital marketing intern position
If you are interested in this project, please apply by Friday (July 25) 5pm eastern.
Undergraduates from across campus can participate in economics and management experiments run by the Daniels School's Vernon Smith Experimental Economics Laboratory (VSEEL).
Cash earnings are paid at the end of each session.
Learn more by visiting the VSEEL site and clicking "PARTICIPATE."
