Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) provides support to faculty and staff who, in turn, assist graduate students at the University of Waterloo.
If you need additional assistance, please contact Marta Bailey.
Procedural documentation
The Graduate Studies Resources Confluence website contains procedural and informational documentation for admissions, awards and funding, communications, marketing and recruitment, graduate programming, records, and systems and security. Please note that you must be logged in to access the site.
Student Information System (SIS) requests
Please help us keep our records up to date by using the Student Information System (SIS) access management and graduate contact list changes form. This form lets you officially notify GSPA of any changes in your program’s graduate administrative staff or faculty, as listed on the faculty, department, and program contacts pages. The form also includes instructions for accessing Quest, Slate and other University of Waterloo systems.
Data requests
If you have any data inquiries related to Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, please use the data request form.
Graduate studies program changes
If you wish to make changes to your existing graduate studies program, discuss options for new graduate program creation, or need to update your graduate course details, please contact Trevor Clews, Academic Officer, GSPA.
Forms
Forms for faculty/staff can be found on GSPA SharePoint sites. Your nexus\WatIam User ID and password are required.
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See SharePoint site for admission forms (deferral, etc.)
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See SharePoint site for records forms (milestone completion, grade revision, etc.)
Graduate contacts email lists
If you are a faculty or staff member who requires a copy of any of the below lists in excel format for communication purposes, please use the Request for graduate studies department/program contacts list.
- Associate Deans/Faculty Administrative Assistants, Graduate Studies
- Department/Program Graduate Officers/Associate Chairs
- Department/Program Graduate Co-ordinators
- Recruitment Specialists
Verification of University of Waterloo degree
The University of Waterloo has partnered with MyCredsTM, a leading digital credential expert and platform for certifying, sharing, and verifying academic credentials. MyCredsTM is owned by the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC). It is a national credential wallet for post-secondary learners that has been created by Canadian higher education leadership. For more information on the process, visit The Centre MyCreds website.