Essential tools and guides
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies provides tools, webinars, and informative and practical guides to the university community.
Tools and guides from the Faculty
Guide to Graduate Studies for Research Master’s and Doctoral Students
The Guide to Graduate Studies is designed to help you make timely progress and get the most out of your studies at Université Laval.
It has everything you need to know - starting with the first questions you should ask yourself before undertaking graduate studies - to effectively guide you on your way:
- Are you ready for graduate school?
- The graduate studies framework at Université Laval
- Research supervision and progress
- Student’s roles and responsibilities
- Research supervisor’s roles and responsibilities
- Final evaluation: from initial submission to graduation
Guide to Graduate Studies (PDF) (in French only)
Practical Guide for applying for graduate scholarships or a postdoctoral internship
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers you a Practical Guide for applying for graduate scholarships or a postdoctoral internship. This guide offers you useful tips for developing and writing your application.
Practical guide for applying for graduate scholarships or a postdoctoral fellowship (PDF) (in French only)
Student guide for choosing a graduate studies research supervisor
Student guide for choosing a graduate studies research supervisor (PDF)
The supervision of a student enrolled in a research Master's or Doctoral program provides for the use of the collaboration plan to ensure that the student progresses according to the timeline established.
The collaboration plan takes the form of a document testifying to the agreement established between the student and his or her research supervisor and, where applicable, his or her co-supervisor.
Find out about our upcoming information sessions and other webcast events on topics for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. View recordings of past events (in French only).
Other useful resources
You need help writing your work and research? These trainings will allow you to learn the main techniques and rules of writing in French to improve the quality of your texts.
See all the workshops (In French only)
The Centre d’aide aux étudiants actively supports students with extracurricular initiatives and with projects for showcasing their talents. It welcomes and supports students of all origins and helps them integrate into student life. In a spirit of cooperation, commitment, and respect, the BVE team offers students the support they need to make the most of their time at UL.
Workshops and conference on learning and achievement (In French only)
Information about grad studies (In French only)
Université Laval rejects all forms of discrimination and promotes the advantages of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), sources of wealth, excellence and innovation for teaching and research as well as for all members of his community.
To better understand the concepts, see trainings and services offered
In collaboration with the Service d'accueil et de soutien spécialisé en situation de handicap of the Centre d'aide aux étudiants, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies would like to remind you that support and accommodation measures are available for students with disabilities enrolled in a graduate program.
ÆLIÉS offers its members a wide range of services to help them achieve their academic goals.
In collaboration with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and the Université Laval Library, AELIÉS offers free writing retreats.
Et si on rédigeait! (in French only)
As a true living laboratory in responsible entrepreneurship at L'Université Laval, La Centrale entrepreneuriale offers the opportunity to exchange, share and collaborate with other passionate students while taking advantage of the expertise of the various resources of the circuit.
See all workshops and trainings (In French only)
In collaboration with its partners, Sentinel North deploys a rich program of transdisciplinary training activities designed to address the themes of its research program and aimed at developing forward-thinking skills.
To improve your French skills and achieve the level of language proficiency you need to successfully undertake and complete your studies at Université Laval, take advantage of the language learning support measures available to non francophone speaking students.
See all the information and programs
Perfecting your French
Are you a non-French speaker studying in a 1st, 2nd or 3rd cycle program at Université Laval? Do you feel comfortable in French, but sometimes have difficulty speaking or writing? Some trainings are available.
Library (In French only)
Faculty of Arts and humanities (In French only)
Acfas is a non-profit organization contributing to the advancement of science in Quebec, in the Canadian francophonie and on the international francophone scene.
Science communication training is offered to improve your skills in communicating your research.
RaccourSci is a directory of existing resources on scientific communication in French, and a source of original content from contributors around the world.
Thèsez-vous is a non-profit organization that specializes in creating physical and human environments to facilitate scientific writing. We offer researchers and graduate students ideal conditions for writing theses, scientific articles or funding applications, based on documented best practices.
In the event of a discrepancy between the French and English texts, the French version prevails.