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I wish you a warm welcome to Lakehead University. Since 2015, Lakehead University has been ranked as one of Canada’s top research universities in our peer category by Research INFO$OURCE, Canada’s leading research ranking agency. This includes being ranked #1 for five years in a row from 2015 to 2019 and #1 in 2022 for not-for-profit research income. We also led the country in our category for increase in publication growth for the two-decade period from 2002-2022. These rankings demonstrate our strong commitment to being a research-intensive university.

Our continued success in research and innovation is largely due to the quality of graduate programs we offer, as well as our award-winning faculty and students. The vast majority of research projects at Lakehead University involve graduate students, and this training is one of the special features of our university. Our Research Plan, recently extended to 2024-2026, identifies our research priorities and highlights the graduate programs that relate to each priority. You will find the list very extensive.

At Lakehead University, we have a number of world-class research institutes and centres. A look at these will make it easy to identify leading researchers and areas where you can conduct research that ignites your passions and makes a difference. An area where we particularly excel is in community-based research. The impact of our research makes a difference far beyond the lab at Lakehead University to reach our local, regional, national, and international communities.

Our Office of Innovation, Partnerships and Economic Development can help you commercialize your innovations and develop partnerships with industry and government to facilitate knowledge transfer and community connections.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies is located in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering and Sciences (CASES). The graduate student lounge is a vibrant hub for graduate students to gather and connect over shared interests.

CASES is also home to Ingenuity, Lakehead University’s first student business incubator. We are increasingly seeing that graduate students are looking to connect their research to innovation. This often takes the form of developing start-up companies and other forms of commercialization. The resources and space offered at Ingenuity can help with this development. Throughout the year, Ingenuity offers workshops on intellectual property, commercialization, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Training of highly qualified personnel is a priority at Lakehead University. Students from the masters to postdoctoral levels are able to access state-ofthe-art equipment and receive excellent mentorship from our faculty. Whether you are a budding entrepreneur or researcher, boundless opportunities await you here at Lakehead University, and we hope that you will become one of our proud alumni.

Andrew P. Dean, PhD, Vice-President, Research and Innovation

Lakehead offers 40 Graduate Programs at Master and PhD levels. Students have the ability to work closely with their supervisor due to our smaller student population.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies at Lakehead University welcomes you to explore our exceptional graduate programs and potential research opportunities outlined in this guidebook. As a comprehensive and research-intensive university, Lakehead’s graduate programs endeavor to provide you with the scholarly student-centered environment necessary to pursue your personal, professional, and intellectual development. The Faculty of Graduate Studies is geared towards your academic success and prepares you for an exciting, successful, and unstoppable career. We provide our graduate students the intellectual freedom to pursue the unconventional and help them realize their dreams and succeed. Our mission is to support and promote graduate education and research, to foster excellence in graduate programs, and to attract top national and international graduate students. The graduate students at Lakehead University come from many cultures and many Nations and are passionate about both their own individuality and their communities. At Lakehead University, your graduate experience extends beyond the lab or classroom, as many of our programs offer placements, fieldwork, co-op opportunities, and plenty of chances to socialize with fellow students on or off campus. I encourage you to explore the many unconventional opportunities available for you to engage with our community of scholars at Lakehead University, and I look forward to welcoming you to one of our campuses.

Chander Shahi, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies

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