University of Waterloo
Engineering 5 (E5), 6th Floor
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext.32600
Staff and Faculty Directory
Contact the Department of Systems Design Engineering
Graduate courses
Graduate students may choose from courses within the 500, 600, and 700 series. Consult your degree requirements when choosing courses.
Graduate Symposium 2022
We are delighted to announce that we will be holding our annual Graduate Symposium again in 2022!
SYDE Graduate Students Association
The Systems Design Engineering Graduate Student Association (SYDE-GSA) provides services for full and part-time grad students.
Convocation
Convocation is the culmination of years of your hard work, passion and commitment. Get more information about the convocation process.
Department graduate office contacts
When contacting members of the SYDE Graduate Studies Office, please use your Waterloo e-mail address if you are a current student at the University of Waterloo.
We request that you include your name as shown on Quest and your 8-digit student identification number so we can access your records and promptly address your questions.
Jessica Sparry
Graduate Administrative Coordinator
Contact for: MASc and PhD programs (including GRS and award payments)
Email: jsparry@uwaterloo.ca
Colleen Mechler
Graduate Studies Assistant
Contact for: MEng program
Email: sydemeng@uwaterloo.ca
Eihab Abdel-Rahman
Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
Email: eihab@uwaterloo.ca
General inquiries
sydegsec@uwaterloo.ca
Academic requirements and resources
The sections below contain links to helpful information and processes for current and new Systems Design Engineering graduate students to follow.
Questions regarding graduate program matters should be directed to the contact noted above for your program.