Welcome to the University of Toronto’s Department of Computer Science!
We invite you to learn more about the graduate student experience through a series of sessions — from the academic details of your program, to information about finances, and health and wellness. Sessions are outlined in the schedule below.
Schedule
Day 1: August 27, 2025 (MSc, MScAC, PhD)
| Start Time | End Time | Session | Duration | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | 9:20 | Breakfast (Continental) and Registration | 20 mins | BA 3200 | |
| 9:20 | 9:40 | Ice-Breaker | 20 mins | BA 3200 | |
| 9:40 | Wrap-up breakfast and move to BA 1160 | BA 1160 | |||
| 9:40 | Land acknowledment | ||||
| 9:40 | 9:55 | Departmental Welcome Prof. Eyal de Lara, Chair, Department of Computer Science Prof. Angela Demke Brown, Associate Chair, Graduate Operations (title TBD) Welcome CSGS, President Samanvay Vajpayee | 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 9:55 | 10:25 | Grad Office Admin Presentation Kimberly Main - Graduate Program Coordinator | 30 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 10:25 | 10:35 | Communications Matt Hintsa, Senior Media Relations & Communications Officer Samantha De Gregorio, Senior Marketing & Communications Officer | 10 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 10:35 | 10:45 | IT Orientation John DiMarco, Director, Information Technology | 10 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 10:45 | 11:00 | Space Joseph Raghubar, Facility Coordinator | 15 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 11:00 | 11:10 | Break | 10 mins | ||
| 11:10 | 11:30 | Health & Wellness team Allan McKee, SGS Counsellor | 20 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 11:30 | 11:50 | Centre for International Experience Rida Fatima, Program Coordinator, Intercultural and Global Programs | 20 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 12:00 12:45 | 12:45 14:00 | Grad Student Lunch Grad Student Ice-Cream Social | 45 mins 75 mins | TBD | |
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision Lauren Pais - Case coordinator | 30 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 14:30 | 15:10 | U of T Entrepreneurship (UTE) Jon French, Director of University of Toronto Entrepreneurship | 40 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 15:10 | 15:30 | Break | 20 mins | ||
| 15:30 | 16:30 | Teaching Assistantship (TA) Orientation Prof. Alice Gao, Asst. Professor, Department of Computer Science Patrina Seepersaud, TA Coordinator and CUPE Steward Representative | 60 mins | BA 1160 | |
| 16:30 | 17:00 | Wrap up and Final Questions | BA 1160 | ||
Day 2: August 28, 2025 (MSc, PhD)
| Start Time | End Time | Session | Duration | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | 9:50 | Breakfast | 20 mins | BA 3200 |
| 9:50 | 10:00 | Wrap-up breakfast and move to BA3200 | 10 mins | |
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Program Overview Prof. Angela Demke Brown, Associate Chair, Graduate Operations (title TBD) | 30 mins | BA 3200 |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Student Funding Alison Grossman - Associate Director, Graduate Academic Services | 30 mins | BA 3200 |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | Awards Alison Grossman or Kimberly Main | 10 mins | BA 3200 |
| 11:15 | 11:30 | Graduate Professional Development & Student Success Joel Rodgers, Coordinator, Graduate Student Professional Development | 15 mins | BA 3200 |
| 11:30 | 11:35 | Break | 5 mins | |
| 11:35 | 12:30 | Lightning Talk (TBC) Carolina Nobre, Aviad Levis and Rahul Gopalkrishnan | 55 mins | BA 3200 |
| 12:30 | 13:30 | Faculty Mentor Lunch (Research-stream students) | 60 mins | BA 3200 |
| 13:30 | 15:30 | NSERC Grant Writing WorkshopDaniel Newman - Director of Graduate Writing Support | 2 hours | BA 3200 |
| 19:00 | Onwards | CSGS Pub Night | TBD |