Questions?
Please email coronavirus@uwaterloo.ca.
Please check back here regularly for updates on academics at the University of Waterloo. For managing classrooms and teaching spaces, visit the information for instructors page.
Undergraduate students can find details on normal academic regulations and accommodations on the University’s academic calendar. For graduate students, you can file a petition if you had or have a unique or extenuating circumstance. Visit the Petition process for graduate students for more details.
Please keep in mind that our rules for accommodations for justified absence from class and/or from assessments are in place to support student success and mitigate the effects of extenuating circumstances on their academic progress. These accommodations remain in place for alternative course delivery.
We have made the University of Waterloo Verification of Illness form for students a self-declaration, which means students do not need a doctor’s note for accommodation if they become ill. Students can find the Self declaration of illness or isolation form in the Personal Information section of Quest.
Students are encouraged to register with AccessAbility Services if they are experiencing long-term impacts from a COVID diagnosis, if they are immunocompromised, and/or if they have a vaccine accommodation and require ‘wrap-around’ accommodations.
Please email coronavirus@uwaterloo.ca.
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 centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.