Kyushu University recognizes the importance of providing educational training opportunities for students and implements the Teaching Assistant (TA) system as follows:

Under the University’s TA system, TAs are divided into the following three tiers according to their teaching abilities, and opportunities are provided for each tier to play an active role.

○Teaching Fellow (TF)

【Qualifications】

Those who have the qualifications of ATA (see below), have completed the Preparing Future Faculty Program (PFFP) conducted by the university, and have been approved by the Promoting Organization for Future Creators based on the recommendation of the department to which the student belongs.

【Operations】

✓ Supporting students of the undergraduate and graduate school through teaching assistantships and teaching experiences at the master's and doctoral levels.
✓ Independently gives some lectures in Bachelor courses.

○Advanced Teaching Assistant (ATA)

【Qualifications】

Those who are excellent students in their third or higher year of undergraduate study at the university (excluding the fifth and 6th years in the case of six-year undergraduate study) and who have taken the basic TA training course offered by the university.

【Operations】

✓ Supporting bachelor's and master's students in their studies and learning through the experience of teaching assistantship at the bachelors and masters level.

○Basic Teaching Assistant (BTA)

【Qualifications】

Those who are excellent students in their third yeae avobe of undergraduate course at the university (excluding the fifth and fifth years in the case of 6 year undergraduate course) and who have taken the basic TA training course offered by the university.

【Operations】

✓ Support primarily for early-year students, in their studies and learning through the experience of teaching assistantship at the bachelors level.

○Kyushu University TA Portal

Kyushu University has established a TA portal site (https://ta-support.kyushu-u.ac.jp/), where faculty members can recruit or search for TA positions.

This site allows students to register the history of the courses they have taught, the fields they are available to teach, the languages they speak, etc. The site also shows the TA categories (ATA, BTA, etc.) that students have. This website is useful when a faculty member is looking for a TA for a lecture, or when searching for a TA with the necessary skills for a lecture.