Current graduate students

Update for students

To follow provincial emergency orders to close non-essential businesses, we have now closed all academic buildings.

Unfortunately, over the last week or more, we have seen small numbers of people gathering in groups larger than five people in spaces and buildings that were open. Practising physical distancing is a responsibility that the University is taking seriously.

Update for graduate students

The University has made the important decision to proceed with spring 2020 term with no in-person academic activity. This means that we will hold all classes, including midterm and final exams, as well as academic milestones such as thesis proposals, comprehensive exams and defences, virtually. 
 
We want you to have a quality learning experience at Waterloo during these times of unprecedented change. We also want to make sure that you can continue to make progress towards earning your degree. 

Update for students

We have made the difficult decision to  continue with  an alternative delivery system for Spring Term. This means that we are not going to deliver in-person course activity. All courses and exams, including graduate research milestones, will take place online.  

I believe  we need to do this to create some certainty during this uncertain time. We care about you and we want to make sure that we can continue to deliver a quality University of Waterloo academic experience during these extraordinary times.   

I am sharing some important details about the new term with you now, but we plan to give you more comprehensive information on Spring Term by the end of next week. 

Update for students

In an effort to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, I and the University of Waterloo administration have made the decision to move to an alternative delivery system of operations with staff and faculty now being advised to begin working from home to help support the ongoing functions of the University and academics for students.

We are suspending all activity for on-campus courses for one week, from March 14 to March 23.  At the end of this suspension, all in-person course activity is cancelled until the end of term, including in-person final exams. Instructors are working on alternate ways to deliver remaining course work and exams/assessments. 

Fully online courses will continue, but in-person exams for these courses are cancelled and may be replaced with alternative assessments. 

Campus operations will continue.