Graduate Student Life at the Schulich School of Engineering

GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE AT SCHULICH
Graduate Students' Assocation
All graduate students are members of the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) at the University of Calgary. Some of the services offered by the GSA include assistance with academic appeals, health and dental plan administration, social events, sports leagues, volunteer opportunities, and workshops. All U of C students have full access to the health and recreation facilities, which include a 50m pool, climbing wall, fitness centre, running track, racquet centre and an outdoor centre.

• Graduate Students' Association at the University of Calgary

Recreation
There are over 150 clubs on campus, and the university supports varsity sports for those interested in pursing a sport at an intercollegiate competitive level. All students have full access to the health and recreation facilities.

• Health and Recreation Centre

Student Services
Comprehensive student services ensure that all students have access to the academic, professional and personal support they require to successfully complete their studies – from medical and dental, to child care, to career services.

• Student Services

Residence Services - Campus / Off-Campus Housing
Residence Services offers on-campus housing for graduate students and students with families. Two fully furnished apartment buildings are available to single graduate students; studio, one-, two-, and four-bedroom units are available. The family housing complex contains 250 unfurnished units; one-, two-, and three-bedroom townhouses are available. The Students' Union provides off-campus housing listings in the surrounding area.

• Residence Services
• Off-Campus Housing

International Students
There are numerous programs and services on campus to assist international students with their adjustment to the university and to Canada.

• University of Calgary International
• Centre for International Students and Study Abroad

Women in Engineering

The Schulich School of Engineering makes it a priority to support programs that expand knowledge of the careers, opportunities and benefits that exist for women in engineering fields.

The school highly values the diversity of approaches that women can bring to engineering fields. It was home to the first western chair of the NSERC/Petro-Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. The school has had a coordinator of support programs for women since 2002 and officially opened an expanded Women's Advancement Office in 2007 to support advisory committees and lead initiatives relating to female engineering student recruitment, support and retention.

The school has won three national awards from the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation for its women in engineering activities, has an active Women in Science and Engineering student organization and is the first engineering school in Western Canada to appoint a female dean.

• Women's Advancement Office
• Gender and Diversity in Engineering Committee
• Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

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