Current students
2012-2013 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)/Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) applications are now available!
Please see the related links on the right for guidelines and more information.
Have you completed your online safety training? It is a requirement for all students in the Department of Chemistry upon arrival on campus.
The Department of Chemistry offers a graduate program, at both the masters and doctoral levels. For information on the program and opportunities for graduate students click on the following links:
- The Guelph–Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Waterloo Graduate Studies Office
Incentive awards
The recipients of NSERC and OGS scholarships receive, in addition to the scholarship, $5,000 to $10,000 in each year the scholarship is held.
Domestic students entering our graduate program with an average of at least 80% (A-) will automatically receive a $2,000 entrance scholarship.
Information for graduate students in Chemistry
- Calendar of events and academic deadlines at Graduate Studies Office
- Academic integrity tutorial
- Graduate Student Orientation Booklet (PDF)
- Teaching Assistantship Orientation Manual 2011-2012 (PDF)
- Chemistry graduate courses
- CHEM 794 requirements
- CHEM 794 Success Tips (PDF)
- CHEM 794 reports - this requires your Quest username and password. You may have to type ads\ before your username (ads\username).
- CHEM 795 Requirements (PDF) - please note that it is advisable that you make arrangements to book the link room in advance to review the process to access the other campus and to ensure that you will not have any technical problems hooking your laptop up to the system to display your PowerPoint presentation.
- Alternate Seminar Attendance Student Evaluation Form (PDF)
Information for graduate students in Nanotechnology
Useful links
- Academic integrity for Waterloo students
- Centre for Career Action
- Curriculum Vitae Writing (PDF)
- Policy 71: Student Academic Discipline Policy
- Plagiarism and other written offences
- Guidelines for Preparation of Thesis (PDF)
- Thesis regulations
- Outstanding Graduate/Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship Awards
- Winter 2012 proctor assignments
Career opportunities
Please see the following notice(s) posted outside the Chemistry office for more details:
- University of Prince Edward Island
Department of Chemistry - University of Windsor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry - Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization

