Resources and opportunities

Graduate student shared mailboxes (by last name) are in the mailroom B.C. Matthews Hall (BMH) 2313. General information is usually circulated via email to your @uwaterloo.ca email address. It is the student’s responsibility to periodically check their mail box and to keep apprised of daily email activities. 

At the beginning of each term students may request a randomly assigned desk in the graduate student spaces. Each desk includes a lockable two-drawer file cabinet. There are also shared graduate student desks available for day use when you are working on campus irregularly. 

A fob to permit access to the Department outside of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. can be obtained from the Department Administrator. If a key for a classroom is needed for TA responsibilities, this will be assigned to you for that term.

Most forms that you will need as you go through your graduate program can be obtained through UW Learn (for departmental forms) or at Graduate Studies Office forms (for university-level forms).

Graduate students may use department letterhead stationary for correspondence related to official department business. Letterheads may not be used for personal correspondence. Letters must be typed to present a professional image and must carry indication of the student's departmental affiliation (e.g., teaching assistant, research assistant, graduate student, etc.). Please be aware that the department is not responsible for providing office supplies for graduate student use. In the case of teaching assistants, the supplies required to fulfil those responsibilities will be provided to the respective faculty members. Students may see the Department Administrator to get necessary supplies.

Permitted use of Department letterhead includes:

• approved research projects
• correspondence regarding publication and presentation of papers
• correspondence related to duties as a teaching assistant

Computer use for graduate students is provided at three workstations in the graduate student space on the south side of the department, second floor of B.C. Matthews Hall by the kitchen. These computers are available for student use for word processing, statistical analysis, web browsing, email clients, graphics software, etc. Students are also able to connect wirelessly through the University of Waterloo wireless network from almost anywhere on campus, or through ethernet connections at each graduate student desk. You must supply your own ethernet cable. 

All graduate students are advised to obtain a University of Waterloo email account as soon as possible. This account is used by the Department and University to relay important, often time sensitive, information to you. It can also be used for data analysis and data storage. A general information session on Department computing will be held during orientation week when you can learn about setting up your e-mail account. (Note: if you also completed a bachelor's degree at Waterloo, you should forward your @edu.uwaterloo.ca email to your @uwaterloo.ca graduate student email so you receive all of your messages.)

Please contact the Health Computing staff for any questions about computing resources.

Health and well-being provides physical and mental wellness services for students. 

Waterloo's Centre for Career Development offers high quality in-person and online services to help you achieve your career goals. Seeking a career in academia? See University Affairs, for job postings at Canadian universities.

The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) offers free workshops for graduate students who work as Teaching Assistants and Lecturers. The Centre also offers the Certificate in University Teaching program to all Waterloo PhD candidates.