University of Waterloo

200 University Avenue West, Waterloo

#115 QS Global World Ranking
PublicStatus
Very HighResearch Output
34,556Total Students
1,930Faculty
9,400Int'l Students

About

The best and brightest are drawn to the University of Waterloo for our renowned academic programs, world-leading paid internship (co-op) program, and teaching and research excellence. We embrace the opportunity to collaborate with, and be elevated by, a world-class peer group. Ranked Canada’s most innovative university for the past 28 years, Waterloo champions a culture of curiosity, exploration, risk-taking, entrepreneurship, global stewardship and leadership. We bring bold ideas and brilliant minds together – inspiring innovations with global impact today and in the future.

From quantum computing, nanotechnology, and clinical psychology, to engineering, the environment, and health sciences research, ideas that change the world are at the heart of who we are. Located about 110 km west of Toronto in the heart of Canada's technology hub, the University of Waterloo welcomes 35,000 students from 120 countries.

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University highlights

2012
#191
2014
#180
2015
#169
2016
#152
2017
#=152
2018
#152
2019
#=163
2020
#=173
2021
#=166
2022
#=149
2023
#154
2024
#112
2025
#115

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Student & Staff

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Data

Total students

34,556

PG students

13%

UG students

87%

International students

9,400

PG students

25%

UG students

75%

Total faculty staff

1,930

Int'l staff

562

Domestic staff

1368

Total students

34,556

PG students

13%

UG students

87%

International students

9,400

PG students

25%

UG students

75%

Total faculty staff

1,930

Domestic staff

1368

Int'l staff

562

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Scholarships

Offered

Yes

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