University Academic Service Hours
Some university scholarships or grants require students to work a certain number of hours at an on-campus department or in the community. University academic service (UAS) hours are intended to be first and foremost an educational benefit for students. Service hours enhance career readiness by providing students an opportunity to learn job skills, gain resume experience, and build professional relationships with TN Tech faculty and staff.
Service Assignments
If you accept the a scholarship or grant that has a UAS requirement, you will use the Student Job Portal to browse and apply for a UAS job. You will also enter your hours worked in the Student Job Portal system.
View Instructions & Access Student Job Portal View Sample student job descriptions
Exemption for Academic or Co-Curricular Activities
Certain activities are considered sufficiently academically enriching to substitute for the university academic service requirement. If you are participating in any of the following for an entire semester, you will be exempt from service hours. Note: always check with the Office of Financial Aid prior to the semester in question to ensure you have taken all of the steps necessary to be considered exempt.
Automatically Exempt
- Co-op
- Study abroad
- Student teaching (Education majors)
- Residency I students will be required to complete 50% of their regular required hours
- Residency II students will be fully exempt from service hours
- Nursing clinicals (Junior and Senior level)
Exempt with Request for Exception
- Internship*
- Social work practicum
*You will be required to submit a letter from the internship organization certifying the start and end dates and weekly hours to be worked.
Failure to Complete Service Requirement
If you fail to complete the required number of service hours, you will be placed on scholarship probation the following semester. If a student fails to meet any renewal requirement at any point after their probation semester, their scholarship or grant will be permanently canceled.
If you are unable to complete your service hours due to major illness or some other form of hardship, you have the option to submit a Request for Exception form to the Scholarship Office.
