Current graduate students

Update for employees and students

• Our Health Services COVID-19 Testing Assessment Centre will open in the Health Services building on October 1.
• Testing is only available by appointment to University of Waterloo students and employees at this time.

Update for employees and students

As part of our staged return to campus plans for Fall term, we are sharing details of a three-point approach to supporting the health and safety of our campus community.

• We have developed a tool called Campus Check-In that will help us monitor campus building occupancy levels and assist with contact tracing COVID-19 cases in our campus communities.
• This tool allows us to follow up with effective contact tracing should there be any positive cases of COVID-19 on our campus.
• Campus Checkin also includes a requirement for everyone to conduct a self-assessment before coming to campus. Effective, September 8, 2020, you must record every visit to campus buildings using Campus Check-In.

Update for graduate students

Although many of you will be participating in your graduate studies remotely this fall 2020 term, for those of you who will need to come to campus, you’ll notice that it looks a little different. 

Update for employees and graduate students

Earlier this week, the requirement to wear a face covering in common indoor spaces on campus took effect. 

If you are approved to return to campus, you must wear a face covering in common areas of university buildings. 

After listening to feedback from the campus community and discussing further with medical consultants, we have made some changes to our guidance on face coverings.

Update for graduate students

Over the past few months, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) has been working with campus stakeholders to support graduate programs and students that have had scheduled internships or practica precluded or delayed by COVID-19.  As a result of the consultation and work, we have developed a series of alternatives to having students physically located at an external partner's workplace while still satisfying this element of their degree requirements.