Teaching Fellow
Any person employed by the Technion in teaching, tutoring, or academic instruction roles, who is not a senior faculty member, not a Technion student, not employed as administrative staff or as a researcher at the Technion at 100% full-time, whose salary outside of higher education institutions does not exceed ₪20,772 per month on average (in academic year 5784 / 2023–2024), or, for those who have retired and receive a pension, whose income (pension payments from an employer and/or from a pension fund and/or from a business and/or from self-employment and/or from salaried work — excluding income from teaching in recognized higher education institutions) does not exceed ₪11,870 per month on average (in academic year 5784).
In order to belong to the Teaching Fellow employment track, a declaration form must be completed once a year; otherwise, the default ranking for teachers who are not graduate students is External Lecturer.
Teaching Fellows are entitled to the following contributions to a pension fund and an advanced training fund:
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Pension Fund: 7% deduction from the faculty member’s salary for pension savings, 7.5% contribution from the Technion for pension savings, plus an additional 8.33% contribution from the Technion for severance pay.
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Advanced Training Fund: 2.5% deduction from the faculty member’s salary, 7.5% contribution from the Technion.
Teaching Fellows are entitled to a seniority increment in their salary:
Seniority is calculated starting from the date of eligibility for a bachelor’s degree. Seniority is also counted for years during which the employee did not actually work at the Technion: each year in which the employee is eligible for a BA is counted as one year of seniority, and each year in which the employee is eligible for an MA is counted as one and a half years of seniority.
In addition, each year of regular military service is counted as one year of seniority.
Teaching Fellows are entitled to a Scientific Relations Budget –
This budget allows the funding of academic activities for Teaching Fellows, including participation in covering the costs of training in Israel and abroad. The budget is allocated per academic year and is non-cumulative. If unused, it cannot be redeemed at the end of the employment period. A Teaching Fellow may request up to USD 3,000 from the Technion per academic year.
Salary Grades and Academic Ranks:
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Teaching Fellow 1: Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Assistant Teacher”)
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Teaching Fellow A: Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Teacher”)
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Teaching Fellow B: Teaching Fellow ranks (formerly “Adjunct Lecturer”), Teaching Fellow Member (formerly “Adjunct Senior Lecturer”)
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Full Teaching Fellow (formerly “Adjunct Senior Teaching Member”)
Employment Tracks
Here are three employment tracks (rankings) for teaching staff members:
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Teaching Fellow
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External Lecturer
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Students at the Technion (undergraduate and graduate students)
Academic Ranks
Academic ranks are determined by the faculty (the dean or their delegate) and the Academic Staff Office, and are influenced by the education and professional seniority of the teaching staff member.
Starting from October 2021, the titles of academic ranks were updated. There are four academic ranks:
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Teacher
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Teaching Fellow
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Associate Teaching Fellow
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Full Teaching Fellow
External Teacher
Teachers whose primary occupation is not teaching at institutions of higher education, who do not meet the definition of a Teaching Fellow, and who are not students at the Technion.
External Teachers are not entitled to seniority increments.
External Teachers are entitled to the following contributions to a pension fund –
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6% contribution for pension savings
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6.5% deduction from the employee’s salary
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8.33% contribution for severance pay
External Teachers are not entitled to an advanced training fund.
External Teachers are not entitled to seniority increments in salary.
Salary Grades and Academic Ranks:
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MAMH 1: Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Assistant Teacher”).
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MAMH A: Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Teacher”).
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MAMH B: Teaching Fellow rank (formerly “Adjunct Lecturer”), Teaching Fellow Member rank (formerly “Adjunct Senior Lecturer”).
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MAMH C: Full Teaching Fellow rank (formerly “Adjunct Senior Teaching Member”).
Technion Students
Entitled contributions to a pension fund and advanced training fund –
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Pension Fund: 7% deduction from the faculty member’s salary for pension savings, 7.5% contribution from the
Technion for pension savings, plus an additional 8.33% contribution from the Technion for severance pay.
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Advanced Training Fund: 2.5% deduction from the faculty member’s salary, 7.5% contribution from the Technion.
Graduate students are entitled to seniority increments in salary –
Seniority is also counted for years during which the employee did not actually work at the Technion: each year in which the employee is eligible for a BA is counted as one year of seniority, and each year in which the employee is eligible for an MA is counted as one and a half years of seniority. In addition, each year of regular military service is counted as one year of seniority.
Doctoral students are entitled to the Scientific Relations Fund –
This is a personal, cumulative fund intended to support participation in academic activities in Israel and abroad, such as conferences, scientific conventions, and memberships in professional associations.
The allocation to the fund is annual and made in USD. The amount is determined according to the doctoral student’s rank and annual employment percentage, and is updated yearly by the Committee of University Presidents.
Scientific Relations Fund allocation for academic year 2024–2025 (full-time positions, per year):
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Assistant A: USD 2,300
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Assistant B: USD 3,304
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Instructor: USD 4,279
Funds in the account are cumulative, meaning any amount unused in one year remains for future use. Upon termination of employment, the doctoral student receives the remaining balance in the fund, less applicable taxes.
Salary Grades and Academic Ranks:
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Teaching Assistant (Undergraduate student): Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Assistant Teacher – Assistant”).
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Teaching Assistant (Master’s student): Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Assistant Teacher”).
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Assistant A (Doctoral student before candidacy exam): Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Teacher”).
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Assistant B (Doctoral student after candidacy exam): Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Teacher”).
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Instructor (Doctoral student after 3 years of PhD studies, or two years after receiving Assistant B rank—whichever is earlier): Teacher rank (formerly “Adjunct Teacher”).
Teaching Staff Salary
The salary varies from one employee to another and depends on the employment track, academic rank, professional seniority, and scope of employment.
The scope of employment for a teaching staff member is determined by “employment units,” where 2,200 employment units are considered a full-time position.
To find out the salary you are entitled to receive, use the salary calculator (Hebrew).