At Home at UWaterloo: Addressing your Graduate Housing Questions

You've received an offer to UWaterloo and one of the big questions on your mind might be “Where am I going to live?”. This webinar addresses your housing options as a graduate student, both on- and off-campus. Learn about the different types of graduate student housing we offer, eligibility requirements, application deadlines, and resources and supports for your off-campus housing search. The Q&A in the second half of the webinar with our campus housing experts also provides lots of great information.

For reference, here are the links that were shared during the presentation:

Living in Kitchener-Waterloo/Waterloo Region slide

• Interactive campus map
• Campus tour for graduate students
• Region of Waterloo tour for graduate students
• Study and living costs

On-campus housing for graduate studies slide

• Graduate housing
• Student family housing
• United College graduate housing
• Fees

Apply for on-campus housing slide

• Online application
• Family housing waitlist

Off-campus housing - looking for a place slide

• Off-campus housing
• Interactive student housing map
• Grand River Transit
• Places4Students

Before you rent slide

• Study and living costs
• Safety tips

Signing a lease slide

• Standardized lease agreement
• Detailed information on signing a lease
• Your rights as a tenant
• Safety tips and legal support
• Help and support at Waterloo
• Contact campus housing

Graduate Student Association (GSA) slide

• GSA housing resources
• Contact the GSA housing coordinator

Other helpful links

• Summer accomodations
• Short term accomodations
• Resource for identifying scam listings