Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
It is important that you inform your academic department of your decision to withdraw from your program. Once you have been withdrawn from your program, you are no longer a student and may not attend classes, receive supervision, or make demands on any of the resources of the university.
Voluntary withdrawal will require:
When your withdrawal has been approved and processed:
If you wish to resume your former degree program, which you left in good standing, and have not attended any further academic institutions since leaving the University of Waterloo, you may apply for readmission by submitting a new application to the same program. Refer to our Discover Graduate Studies website for further details on how to apply online.
If your readmission is approved, you are required to remain registered for a minimum of one full term to complete your program (without a refund of tuition).
Note: the University of Waterloo reserves the right to refuse readmission to any candidate if in the opinion of the Faculty Graduate Committee, the student’s previous progress has not been satisfactory.
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.