Important dates for Pharmacy co-op

Welcome, Pharmacy co-op students! This webpage will give you an overview of important dates and deadlines if you're using WaterlooWorks to search for co-op Pharmacy jobs. For any jobs found outside of the Full-Cycle Service job board, you can follow the Employer-Student Direct process or the Arrange Own Job process. Visit the School of Pharmacy's co-op page for more information about your co-op degree.

month 1
First interview cycle

Job postings open
max. 10 applications

Interviews begin
(multiple locations)

Rank/Match
after interviews end
month 2
Second interview cycle

Job postings open
max. 10 applications

Three interview days
(multiple locations)

Rank/Match
after interviews end
month 3
Direct offers


Jobs posted as received

Interviews arranged
by student/employer

Employers make offers directly
month 4
Direct offers


Jobs posted as received

Interviews arranged
by student/employer

Employers make offers directly

Suggested co-op work term start and end dates

Date May - August 2026 September - December 2026 January - April 2027
Start date           May 11 September 8 January 11
End date   August 21 December 23 April 30

Spring 2026 monthly calendar

Recruiting schedule for Full-Cycle Service job board

May 2026 calendar of dates
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday


 

1

 2

4


 

5

6

Cycle 1
Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)
 

7

 

8

Cycle 1
All job postings open

 9

11

Spring 2026 co-op work term starts

Start of classes

12

Cycle 1
Job postings close 9 a.m. (ET)

13

14

15

 16

18

Holiday - University closed

19

Cycle 1
Interviews 

20

Cycle 1
Interviews 

21

Cycle 1
Main Interview date
8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

22

Cycle 1
Interviews 

 23

25

Cycle 1
Employer rankings available 2 p.m. (ET)

26

27

Cycle 1
Student rankings close 2 p.m. (ET)

Cycle 1
Match results available by end of day

28

Cycle 2
Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)

29

Cycle 2
All job postings open

 30

June 2026 calendar of dates

July 2026 calendar of dates
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 

1

Direct offers continue

 2 3

4
6 7 8 9 10 11
13 14 15 16 17 18
20 21 22 23 24 25
27 28 29 30 31  

August 2026 calendar of dates
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

3

Holiday - university closed

4

5

Classes end

6

7

Exams start

 8

10

11

12

13

14

 15

17

 

18

19

Exams end

20

21

Spring 2026 co-op work term ends

 22

24

25

26

27

28

 29
31          

Fall 2026 monthly calendar

Recruiting schedule for Full-Cycle Service job board

September 2026 calendar of dates
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2

Cycle 1
Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)

3
 

4

Cycle 1
All job postings open

 5

7

Holiday - University closed

8

Fall 2026 co-op work term starts

9

Start of classes

Cycle 1
Job postings close 9 a.m. (ET)

10

 

11

 12

14

Cycle 1
Interviews 

15

Cycle 1
Interviews 

16

Cycle 1
Interviews 

17

Cycle 1
Interviews 

18

Cycle 1
Interviews 

 19

21

Cycle 1
Employer rankings available 2 p.m. (ET)

22

 

23

Cycle 1
Student rankings close 2 p.m. (ET)

Cycle 1
Match results available by end of day

24

Cycle 2
Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)

25

Cycle 2
All job postings open

 26

28

29

Cycle 2
Job postings close 9 a.m. (ET)

30

  

October 2026 calendar of dates

November 2026 calendar of dates
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
2

Direct offers continue

3

4

 5 6

7
9 10 11 12 13 14
16 17 18 19 20 21
23 24 25 26 27 28
30          

December 2026 calendar of dates
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2

3

4

5

7

8

Classes end

9

Exams start

10

11

 12

14

15

16

17

18

 19

21

 

22

Exams end

23

Fall 2026 co-op work term ends

24

Holiday - university closed

25

Holiday - university closed

 26

28

Holiday - university closed

29

Holiday - university closed

30

Holiday - university closed

31

Holiday - university closed

  

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