Student and Faculty Resources

Thesis and Graduation Resources

Thesis Preparation

  • Thesis Requirements (see attachments at bottom of page)
    • Do you know the difference between a monograph and manuscript thesis format? Did you know that there are specific requirements for each type of thesis? Read the file at the bottom of the page before preparing your thesis!
  • Thesis Preparation Guidelines
  • Thesis Submission Checklist
  • LaTeX template (see attachments at bottom of page)
    • The template at the bottom of this page conforms to the style and formatting guidelines required by Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies. There is no official thesis template provided by the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. The template provided is provided only as a resource. You can and should modify the template to suit your needs within the confines of the official formatting requirements. Your final thesis must conform to the official style and formatting guidelines. You are strongly encouraged to read through all of the links above to ensure that your final thesis satisfies all requirements.

Submission and Defence Schedule

For other useful links and resources, visit the Completion and Graduation page on the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies website.


Department Graduate Committee

(from September 2020 to August 2021)

  • Zeny Feng (Chair Fall 2020)
  • Monica Cojocaru (Chair Winter 2021)
  • Hermann Eberl
  • Tony Desmond
  • Susan McCormick
  • Kolja Kypke (Mathematics graduate student)
  • Matthew Lowe (Statistics graduate student)

Graduate Representatives

GSA (Graduate Students' Association) Department Representative

  • Kolja Kypke

Forms and Documents

Common forms and documents:

All other forms can be found on the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies website.


Teaching Assistantships (TAs)

The Academic Staff Work Assignments website is where you will find postings for available work assignments for Teaching Assistants (TAs & UTA's), Graduate Service Assistants (GSA-1s) and Sessional Lecturers (SLs), and where you will manage your Offers of Appointment.


Professional Development Resources

The Graduate Student Learning Initiative (GSLI) is a collaborative endeavour that brings together key campus services that support academic and professional skill development for graduate students as learners, instructors, researchers and professionals.

Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 15 years. Working with 60 universities, thousands of companies, and both federal and provincial governments, they build partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada. The Mitacs Step program is focused on four core competency areas in Professional Development. These are Leadership and Management, Communications and Relationship Building, Personal and Professional Management and Entrepreneurialism. The individual workshops in the Mitacs Step curriculum build skills in each of these competencies.