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Our Vision

  • We are a highly skilled and innovative team who act as a comprehensive resource on graduate and postdoctoral matters, accountable to all graduate programs, students and postdoctoral scholars. We facilitate a culture that values fairness and open communication.

Our Mission

  • Enhance a passion for the pursuit of knowledge and original thought within the graduate and postdoctoral community and support the personal and professional development of our students and postdoctoral scholars.
  • Provide and promote best practices in recruitment, admissions, progression and retention.
  • Collaborate with programs, students and the campus community to achieve a supportive and stimulating academic environment through a blend of structure and flexibility from initial inquiry to graduation.
  • Provide a professional and comprehensive administrative home that will effectively promote and serve the community of postdoctoral scholars.

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Welcome

Linda MillerWelcome to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at The University of Western Ontario.

Since introducing its first master’s program in 1881, Western has been dedicated to excellence in graduate education. We offer more than 70 master’s and 50 doctoral programs, including a range of professional master’s and interdisciplinary programs. We continually strive to provide the best graduate programs and to ensure that our graduates have a competitive advantage.

We invite you to explore this website to learn more about our excellent graduate programs, as well as the remarkable research and discoveries currently taking place at the University. Additionally, you will find information on our ever-evolving graduate student support, services and events, firmly establishing Western’s commitment to providing the best student experience among Canada’s leading research-intensive universities.

For those who are considering applying to study as a graduate student or to train as a postdoctoral scholar, please take advantage of the numerous resources on the SGPS and Western websites. We hope that you decide to join us and we wish you success in your graduate and postdoctoral pursuits.

At Western, we have outstanding graduate programs and an excellent research profile. However, no matter how qualified and dedicated our faculty, the quality of our programs depends on the quality of our graduate students. We strive, therefore, to attract the best and brightest and to offer them an intellectually enriched and challenging environment.

We hope that you decide to join us and we wish you success in your graduate and postdoctoral pursuits.

Sincerely,

Linda Miller 

Linda Miller
Vice-Provost, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

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