University of Waterloo

Waterloo has long been recognized as the most innovative university in Canada. We are committed to advancing learning and knowledge through teaching, research, and scholarship in our faculties, colleges, and schools.

Our six faculties:

    • Applied Health Sciences
    • Arts
    • Engineering
    • Environmental Studies
    • Mathematics
    • Science

Our federated university and affiliated colleges:

    • St. Jerome’s University
    • Conrad Grebel University College
    • Renison College
    • St. Paul's United College

Our five faculty-based professional schools:

    • Accountancy (based in Arts)
    • Architecture (Engineering)
    • Computer Science (Mathematics)
    • Optometry (Science)
    • Planning (Environmental Studies)

A sixth, the School of Pharmacy, based in Science, will open in January 2008, anchoring a new Kitchener health sciences campus that will include a facility for McMaster University’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.

What sets us apart is how we go about accomplishing our mission. From the beginning, Waterloo has been an outward-looking university, aware of and responsive to the needs of society.

We have the largest post-secondary co-operative education program in the world, and our students graduate with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience required to solve today’s complex and pressing problems and to embrace future challenges.

But producing the leaders of tomorrow is just part of our mission. A research-intensive university, we’re committed to discovering new knowledge and finding ways to use that knowledge for the benefit of all.

We are the national leader in the transfer of ideas and technology to the private sector. More Canadian high-tech and knowledge-based spin-off companies trace their roots to the University of Waterloo than to any other school.