Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
Once your thesis has been accepted by your department and Faculty, and all other degree requirements have been met, you will need to provide the University with an electronic copy of your approved thesis. Theses must be prepared and submitted as outlined below.
The thesis itself becomes the property of the University but other concurrent forms of publication are allowed. There is no restriction on the use in the thesis of material that you have already published, provided that this published material describes work done during your graduate enrolment at the University of Waterloo and that appropriate permission is obtained. The use of external laboratories or other facilities for research contributing to the thesis may be allowed with the prior approval of the department and Faculty.
Theses approved by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) will be indexed by the University Library and by Library and Archives Canada, and will be accessible electronically.
Your thesis must be approved by GSPA by the end of term in which you defend, in order to avoid the need to register for a subsequent term. If you do need to register in a subsequent term, the tuition refund schedule outlined in the Graduate Studies Academic Calendar applies (e.g. if your thesis is approved prior to the 100% refund deadline, you may be eligible for a 100% tuition refund).
Following final acceptance/approval from the Examining Committee, your thesis must be submitted to Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) for final approval. Your thesis will be reviewed once GSPA has received the 'Thesis Acceptance' form from the Faculty/department. Once approved by the GSPA, your thesis is deposited in UWSpace, the University’s institutional repository for the research and scholarship produced by its faculty, students, and staff.
The University will not consent to any restrictions being placed upon the circulation or availability of a thesis following its deposit to UWSpace, unless a student's interests (e.g., patent rights) would be jeopardized by publication.
In the case where a student’s interests would be jeopardized by publication:
Students may choose to have any personal copies of the approved thesis bound privately or through the services provided by W Print at the University of Waterloo.
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within our Office of Indigenous Relations.