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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
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Research Output
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Total Students
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Faculty
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Int'l Students
The number of full time equivalent international students enrolled at the University.

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QS World University Ranking

  • 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

Total students
34,556

13%
87%

International students
9,400

25%
75%

Total faculty staff
1,930

562
1368

Total students
34,556

13%
87%

International students
9,400

25%
75%

Total faculty staff
1,930

1368
562
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Campus locations

Waterloo, Canada

University of Waterloo, Main Campus,

200 University Avenue West , Waterloo , Ontario , Canada , N2L 3G1

Kitchener, Canada

University of Waterloo Health Sciences Campus and School of Pharmacy,

10 Victoria Street South , Kitchener , Ontario , Canada , N2G 1C5

Cambridge, Canada

University of Waterloo, School of Architecture,

7 Melville Street South , Cambridge , Ontario , Canada , N1S 2H4

Stratford, Canada

University of Waterloo, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business,

125 St Patrick Street , Stratford , Ontario , Canada , N5A 0C1

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