The Graduate Diploma (Type 1) in Accounting is awarded to students who were registered in the Accounting field of the MA Management program  and who decided not to complete the required major research paper.  The Program provides an enriching, professionally-relevant, and flexible academic experience by including students as part of a collaborative culture that emphasises evidence based management.  Students will be equipped with the necessary skills to support managerial decision making with evidence-based reasoning. The program will: provide students with an opportunity to continue in higher education as well as work on substantive research projects; enhance the research training essential for advanced study and for supporting managerial decision making; prepare students for careers in management that require evidence based decision making; foster collaboration between academia and industry and within academia, across the spectrum of potential studies in management analysis.

The Graduate Diploma (Type 1) in Management is awarded to students who were registered in the Management Research field of the MA Management program  and who decided not to complete the required major research paper.  The Program provides an enriching, professionally-relevant, and flexible academic experience by including students as part of a collaborative culture that emphasises evidence based management.  Students will be equipped with the necessary skills to support managerial decision making with evidence-based reasoning. The program will: provide students with an opportunity to continue in higher education as well as work on substantive research projects; enhance the research training essential for advanced study and for supporting managerial decision making; prepare students for careers in management that require evidence based decision making; foster collaboration between academia and industry and within academia, across the spectrum of potential studies in management analysis.

The PhD program in Bioinformatics will be the only one of its kind offered in Ontario. This interdisciplinary program involves graduate faculty members from four different colleges (College of Biological Science, College of Physical and Engineering Sciences, the Ontario Agricultural College and the Ontario Veterinary College) to provide graduates with advanced education, knowledge, and technical expertise in the broad area of bioinformatics, and more specifically in the emerging fields of statistics, computational biology and genomics and its allied fields: transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics together with strong established disciplines of computational statistics, genetics and computer science. This program will thus help address the acute shortage of highly qualified researchers who have been trained to develop computational and statistical tools for the analysis of the increasingly diverse types of emerging omics data.

The two-year, thesis-based master’s degree is a new research program that will provide a range of adaptable and transferable skills, and equip students with a broad knowledge of the theory and practice of tourism and hospitality research, preparing them for research and/or administrative careers in the public and private sectors. It also represents a potential stepping-stone to the PhD in Management. Each course in the program will involve a research component and be evaluated in part through an assignment that fosters research and scholarship. These assignments will vary in emphasis but, collectively, will encompass all facets of tourism research, including theoretical concept assessment, conceptual model development, methodology selection, research design, data analysis, and presentation of results.

This is a one-year, direct-entry graduate diploma program that meets the needs of students who want to extend their knowledge of tourism research beyond the level of their undergraduate degree, but do not want to undertake a thesis-based degree. The objective of the program is to develop a solid academic background and underpinning in the field of tourism, its sustainability as an industry and that of its destinations.

A Type 1 Graduate Diploma in Tourism Studies may be awarded to a master’s candidate who completes a minimum of 2.5 credits of taught courses in the MSc program in Tourism and Hospitality, but withdraws from the program without completing the full program requirements.

The proposed Electrical Engineering program at Guelph provides students with a foundation in electrical, electronic, and computer engineering, preparing them for careers in industries such as automation, biomedical, power/energy, manufacturing, robotics, and telecommunications. With both a 5-year co-op stream and a 4-year regular stream, students earn a Bachelor of Engineering degree. The program focuses on hands-on learning through integrated design courses, laboratories, and project-based experiences. The curriculum covers critical and emerging technologies, including semiconductors, power electronics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, quantum computing, and cybersecurity, while also focusing on sustainability, energy efficiency, and renewable energy solutions. With an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, industry engagement, and research-driven innovation, graduates are equipped for professional engineering careers or further studies in specialized fields. The Electrical Engineering curriculum offers three Areas of Emphasis in Microelectronics and Smart Devices, Connected Systems and Automation, or Electromagnetics and Sustainable Energy, allowing students to tailor their education to their career goals.

The proposed Civil Engineering program at the University of Guelph will prepare graduates to provide innovative, adaptive and resilient infrastructure systems to support our collective future, and to address challenges such as aging infrastructure, social inequality, and climate change. With both a five-year co-op stream and a four-year regular stream, students would earn a Bachelor of Engineering degree. Students will benefit from an interdisciplinary and experiential approach to learning that includes four capstone design courses at the end of each academic year. A distinctive feature of the program is its focus on equipping students with the knowledge and skills to optimize infrastructure systems to include resilience for future changes, incorporate new green materials and lifecycle principles, be designed for future disassembly and resource recovery, and ensure that the needs of all members of society are met through collaborative design. Graduates will be equipped to work in various industries, including civil and environmental engineering, urban development, construction, and the public sector, supporting the need for graduates with skills in environmental stewardship, social equity, and advanced technologies. The curriculum offers flexibility through optional Areas of Emphasis in Urban Water Infrastructure and Smart Systems, allowing students to tailor their education to their career goals.

The proposed Mechatronics Engineering program at the University of Guelph integrates mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering/science to train students in designing intelligent, computer-controlled, electro-mechanical systems. With both a four-year regular stream and a five-year co-op stream, students would earn a Bachelor of Engineering, benefiting from an interdisciplinary approach integrated with other engineering programs. A distinctive feature of the program is its strong focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), with students encouraged to incorporate these elements into their capstone projects. Graduates will be equipped to work in various industries, including agriculture, automation, automotive, aerospace, biomedical, defense, machine vision, manufacturing, power/energy, and robotics, addressing the increasing demand for professionals with multidisciplinary expertise to solve complex technological challenges. The curriculum offers flexibility through optional Areas of Emphasis in Robotics-Control-AI or Manufacturing-Automation, allowing students to tailor their education to their career goals.

The Bachelor of Creative Arts, Health and Wellness is a four-year Honours program designed to prepare a generation of highly- skilled creative arts graduates, equipping them with the skills to engage with the complex fields of health and well-being as they intersect with artistic practices, self- expression, and creative autonomy. In the interest of also training students in inclusive, anti-colonial, and anti-racist practices, the program emphasizes anti-oppressive approaches found within the fields of creative and expressive arts activism, health, wellness, and therapy. Students in the program combine the rigorous training of an artistic discipline—by selecting a major in Studio Art, Theatre Studies, or Music—with studies in psychology and a suite of core courses in health and wellness where these areas connect to and are enriched by the creative arts.