Our People - Graduate studies

Role and responsibilities:

Markets and promotes the Faculty’s graduate studies programs to attract the best students and professionals from across Canada and internationally.

Contact for:

• Marketing and communications initiatives to attract graduate students
• Production of graduate studies brochure and print materials
• Planning, development and execution of graduate marketing and recruitment  strategic plans and projects

Role and responsibilities:

Provides strategic and administrative support to the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies including financial administration of Graduate Scholarships, review of departmental offers of admissions, support and direction to engineering departments and other on-campus units, and support of strategic communications for graduate operation processes.

Contact for: 

• Engineering graduate student award/scholarship ranking, approval and processing
• Engineering graduate student data analysis to support the faculty and Associate Dean’s strategic goals
• Engineering offers of admission
• Department or student grievances 

Role and responsibilities:

Plans and implements strategic enrolment management initiatives related to graduate studies within the Faculty of Engineering to improve the student experience. 

Contact for:

• Internal questions about faculty-wide enrolment management initiatives, the Eng Grad Salesforce CRM, new program development, and as a resource for department-level process and program improvements. 
• External opportunities (Recruitment or Work Integrated Learning) for Waterloo Engineering’s graduate program  
• Campus partner relationship building and collaboration on enrolment management initiatives.

Role and responsibilities:

Provides general operational oversight of the Engineering Nanotechnology Graduate Studies Program; Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Assistant Professor and Research Associate Professor supports; and International agreements involving Engineering.

Contact for:

• Nanotechnology Collaborative Graduate Program
• General inquiries about day-to-day administrative, operational matters relating to Engineering International
• International Graduate Student support initiatives
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Assistant Professor and Research Associate Professor supports

Role and responsibilities:

Liaises with Engineering graduate department staff and Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Office representatives in the mangement of PhD comprehensive exams, PhD oral defences, offers of admissions and records paperwork, and provide governance support for Engineering Committee meetings.

Contact for:

• Advice on regulatory and procedural matters related to PhD admissions and records paperwork for Faculty level approval
• Setup of a PhD Comprehensive Exam or a PhD Defence Exam
• PhD Records and Administration support and questions
• External Examiner information for PhD committee
• PhD committee questions

Role and responsibilities:

Liaises with Engineering graduate department staff and Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Office representatives in the mangement of Master’s thesis submission and acceptance, offers of admissions and records paperwork, and administrative details for the ExpecTAtions TA workshops.

Contact for:

• Advice on regulatory and procedural matters related to the Master’s thesis submission and acceptance, admissions and records paperwork for Faculty level approval
• Coordination of administrative details for the ExpecTAtions TA workshops 

Role and Responsibilities

• Answer questions from students and faculty interested in Mitacs funding options
• Assist students in preparing applications for internships with industry partners using Mitacs funding
• Support faculty applying for Mitacs funding - including budget creation, proposal  review and submission guidance
• Consult with industry and NFP partners to explore Mitacs funding options for research partnerships
• Work with Engineering team and  Co-op BDs and AMs, to expand existing partnerships and bring in new opportunities for funding through Mitacs client networks