1. Gra duate Stud ies in Com puter Science
George Labahn Gra d ua te Director

2. Graduate studies ¡ Why grad ua te stud ie s? ¡ Why
Computer Scie nce a t Wa terloo?
¡ Pro gra ms
¡ Re se a rch a rea s
¡ Getting experience
¡ Schola rship s a nd fund ing
¡ Ad missio ns

3. Why g ra duate stud ies? You’ll lea rn how to… ¡ Cond uct re se a rch
¡ Specia lize in a rea s tha t intere st you the mo st
¡ Fo rmula te, a na lyze , a nd so lve p rob le ms
¡ Work a long sid e your p eers, sup erviso r, p rofesso rs, etc

4. Why stud y at Wa terloo ? Top 5 reasons
¡ La rge st center for math a nd co mputing in the world
¡ CS very highly ra nked world wid e
¡ 80 p rofesso rs in sch ool. Ve ry d iverse faculty.
¡ 100% fund ing a va ila b le for re se a rch stud ents
¡ The re a re 17 d ifferent re se a rch a rea s to stud y

5. MMath p ro g ra ms Also : Accelerated Masters Program
Options
Requirements
Coursework
8 courses
Paper
7 courses
Thesis
4 courses + thesis
Also : Accelerated Masters Program
Use ful for Wa terloo und ergrad stud ents
Ta ke two grad ua te co urse s in your 4A/4B term
Spea k with a n ad viso r to a rra nge your sch ed ule

6. PhD p ro g ra m Recommended
Requirements
PhD
4 courses + thesis
Thesis defence
Recommended
Prio r re se a rch experience for d irect ad missio ns
Masters degree*
Und ergrad ua te Re se a rch Assista ntship use ful
* Mo st stud ents co mplete a Ma ste rs b efore a pp lying.

7. Resea rch a rea s 17 different areas to study
Algorithms and Complexity
Human Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Information Retrieval
Bioinformatics
Machine Learning
Computer Algebra and Symbolic Computation
Programming Languages
Computer Graphics
Quantum Computing
Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP)
Scientific Computation
Database Systems
Software Engineering
Formal Methods
Systems and Networking
Health Informatics

8. Getting experience Undergraduate Research Assistantship
¡ Work a long sid e a p rofesso r to help co nd uct re se a rch
¡ $600 a term for p a rt-time re se a rch; a va ila b le for co -op
¡ Apply as early as 3rd yea r (min. a vera ge of 80% )
¡ Open positions are posted online: cs.uwa terloo.c a / ura
¡ Stud ents ca n a lso co nta ct a faculty members to a sk a b out URA opp ortunities in their re se a rch a rea

9. Schola rship s Scholarship Requirements Eligibility NSERC
Must hold a Research Assistantship or have a GPA > 85%
Canadian citizens and permanent residents
OGS
Very limited for
international students
Open to all
Cheriton
Very competitive
• $10,000/year for 2
years
5 - 8 awards/term

10. Funding Opportunities Details Research Assistantship (RA)
Receive additional funding through research grants from your supervisor.
Teaching Assistantship (TA)
Work alongside your supervisor or others to help teach courses and mark assignments.
Receive payment from School.

11. Admissio ns What you’ll need to apply Online form ($100 fee)
cs.uwaterloo.ca/future- graduate-students/applying- admissions
Transcripts
Upload your transcripts
Include all of your supporting documents
Resume
3 letters of reference
Statement of interest
International students
Record of landing
English language exam
Studies completed outside of North America
GRE exam

12. Deadlines Admissions process Scree ning – App lica tion reviewed
Term
Application deadline
Fall (September )
December 15
Winter (January)
June 1
Spring (May)
October 15
Admissions process
Scree ning – App lica tion reviewed
App lica tion circula ted to p otentia l sup erviso rs
University approval
* Re view p roce ss ca n ta ke 4-5 months.

13. Help ful hints for admissio ns
Undergraduate Research Assistantships
¡ Grow your re se a rch experience
Letters of reference
¡ Get to know your p rofesso rs; reference s w ill look b etter if they a re from som eone you know
Project-based courses
¡ Enro ll in co urse s tha t a re p roject-oriented

14. Questions? WEB ¡ cs.uwa terloo.c a /future-gra d ua te -stud ents
¡ cs.uwa terloo.c a /g ap
csg ra w a t e rloo.ca
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