Supporting you from your first term to convocation
Information, resources, and supports for graduate students at Waterloo.
Attend an upcoming workshop
GRADnavigate workshops cover the most common challenges graduate students face and offer support around important program milestones.
GRADnavigate: Supervisory Relationships and Self-Advocacy
Learn how to build a successful supervisor–student relationship through clear communication, mutual respect, constructive conflict resolution, and strong self-advocacy skills for graduate school and beyond.
GRADnavigate: Design Your Degree (Master's and PhD)
Review your academic milestones, consider where your degree could take you, and consider available academia and non-academic opportunities.
Events
Building a Strong Foundation for Investing and Fraud Awareness
Explore the fundamentals of investing and gain the knowledge and tools you need to get started confidently.
GRADnavigate: How to Postdoc
Join Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs for an interactive panel featuring current and former postdoctoral scholars as they share their experiences.
PhD Candidacy Workshop and Celebration
Celebrating PhD students who recently achieved candidacy in their program.
News
Three Waterloo graduate students earn prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medals for 2026
Top-performing master’s and PhD graduates are honoured for world-class research excellence, alongside finalists advancing innovation across disciplines.
Celebrating exceptional teaching by students
Four graduate students receive the Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student.
Stories behind the PhD: Waterloo grads shaping the future through research
Meet the Waterloo PhD graduands whose paths of curiosity, resilience and insight are leading to new possibilities.