
Change of 10 hour employment rule for graduate students
To date,theon-campusemployment of full-time graduatestudentshas been limited to 10 hours/week on average per term.The University has heard from students that there wasa strong desiretoprovidegreater flexibilityin employment hours.Thus, whileit isstillthe case that full-time students wouldtypicallynot take on on-campus employment that exceeds10hours per week on average,the“10 houremployment rule” for graduate students was revised and approved by Senatein October 2021.Studentsmaynowpursue on-campus employment thatexceeds 10 hours per week on average (but does not exceed 20 hours per week, on average, in eachterm),by following procedures outlined by theirfaculties.
For more information, visit theGuidelines for graduate student employment web page.