Current graduate students

Effective March 16th, our office suspended all in-person business and is conducting all business over email until further notice.

Please refer to the EGSO COVID-19 Operating Guidelines (with attention to the "Records and Forms" section) and the GSPA COVID-19 Updates for Graduate Students for more information. 

Until further notice, all student forms (and inquiries) should be submitted to sydegsec@uwaterloo.ca, following the EGSO's operating guidelines linked above. Please remember to include your name as shown on Quest and your 8-digit Waterloo student identification number in the body of your email messages.

Department graduate office contacts

When contacting members of the SYDE graduate studies office please use your UWaterloo e-mail address. Always include your name as shown on Quest and student identification number in your message.

Jackie Leach
Graduate Administrative Coordinator
Email: sydegsec@uwaterloo.ca
Office: E7 6434

• Available for student drop-in office hours Monday to Friday from 1:00-2:30pm, and by appointment outside of these times 
• During COVID-19, available for online appointments only with current SYDE graduate students. 

Eihab Abdel-Rahman
Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
Email: eihab@uwaterloo.ca
Office: E7 6432

Academic requirements and resources

The sections below contain links to helpful information for current and new students. Questions should be directed to the Graduate Administrative Coordinator.