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: The Final Year
Prepare to navigate the final year of your graduate degree and life after graduation.
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.
Events
New Instructor Foundations Program (Day 1)
The New Instructor Foundations program helps prepare graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who will be teaching or co-teaching their own course as first-time instructors.
New Instructor Foundations Program (Day 2)
The New Instructor Foundations program helps prepare graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who will be teaching or co-teaching their own course as first-time instructors.
New Instructor Foundations Program (Day 3)
The New Instructor Foundations program helps prepare graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who will be teaching or co-teaching their own course as first-time instructors.
News
Dr. Brian Ingalls appointed Assistant Vice-President, GSPA and Assistant Provost, Graduate Students
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Brian Ingalls as Assistant Vice-President, GSPA and Assistant Provost, Graduate Students, effective September 1, 2026, for a two-year term.
New Awards Directory now available
The University of Waterloo has launched a new central Awards Directory.
Minimum PhD funding and Graduate Teaching Assistant/Graduate Research Assistant updates
Effective May 1, 2026, the minimum funding rate for eligible graduate students in a PhD program increased by 2.8%.