Supporting you from your first term to convocation
Information, resources, and supports for graduate students at Waterloo.
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GRADnavigate workshops cover the most common challenges graduate students face and offer support around important program milestones.
GRADnavigate: Tackling the PhD Defence
Get practical guidance on how to prepare for a successful dissertation defence.
GRADnavigate: Demystifying Comprehensive and Qualifying Exams
Learn how to prepare for one of the biggest milestones in your program.
Events
Design and Deliver Grad Studio: Designing Slides
In this workshop, we’ll cover the basics of designing slides for academic presentations, introduce you to the Assertion-Evidence model, and provide concrete strategies to make your slides engaging and useful for your audience.
Design and Deliver Grad Studio: Defending and Answering Questions
In this workshop, we’ll discuss the purpose of Q&As and defences, teach you how to prepare for questions from your audience, and share strategies to ask and answer questions clearly.
GRADnavigate: Tackling the PhD Defence
Get practical guidance on how to prepare for a successful dissertation defence.
News
Waterloo celebrates graduate supervisory excellence
Three faculty members from the Faculties of Engineering, Environment, and Science are recognized for their dedication to graduate supervision.
Announcing the 2026 GRADflix winners
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 GRADflix competition: Alicia Pan, Chuchi Chen, Madeleine Kenyon, and Jeswin Joseph.
Announcing the 2026 GRADflix finalists
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs is proud to announce the 2026 GRADflix finalists.