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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
- Environment
- Mathematics
- Science
Our federated university and affiliated colleges:
- St. Jerome’s University
- Conrad Grebel University College
- Renison University College
- St. Paul's College
Our seven faculty-based professional schools:
- Accounting and Finance (based in Arts)
- Architecture (Engineering)
- Balsillie School of International Affairs (Arts)
- Computer Science (Mathematics)
- Optometry (Science)
- Pharmacy (Science)
- Planning (Environment)
The Balsillie School, founded in 2007, is a collaborative initiative of the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, with the support and involvement of the Centre for International Governance Innovation. The School of Pharmacy opened in 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.