University of Waterloo

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History

Images

Read Next

The United States pavilion, World's Fair, Montreal, by Buckminster Fuller built n 1967. The structure is now known as the Montreal Biosphere and houses an environmental museum inside the original geodesic dome. Reflection

11 Architectural Wonders to Visit in Canada

College graduation. University graduates in caps and gowns.

Pro and Con: College Education

Banff National Park. Aerial view of Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Aerial perspective.

Canada: 10 Claims to Fame

Graduation asian female friends hold diploma. cheerful students hugging shoulders arms with thumbs up beautiful cheerful women students looking each other smiling

Pro and Con: Free College

Discover

Commemorative medal of Nobel Prize winner, Johannes Diderik Van Der Waals

7 Nobel Prize Scandals

Portrait of American President Gerald Ford dressed in a blue, pin-striped suit as he stands with his arms crossed, taken during his first month in office, August 1974. First official portrait of President Gerald R. Ford.

5 Fascinating Facts about the Births and Deaths of U.S. Presidents

Portion of the Aleppo Codex, a manuscript of the Hebrew Bible written in the Hebrew language in the 10th century CE; in the Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Why Do Languages Die?

Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army

8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Lateral view of an adult bedbug, Cimex lectularius, as it was in the process of ingesting a blood meal from the arm of a voluntary human host. Photo dated 2006.

8 Animals That Suck (Blood)

University of Waterloo

university, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Dec 8, 2024 • Article History

Quick Facts

Date:: 1957 - present

Areas Of Involvement:: public education

Notable Alumni:: Kevin O’Leary; Ingrid Mattson

News •

UW NDP club creates petition over proposed budget cuts to Grand River Transit • Dec. 4, 2024, 2:00 AM ET (CBC)

Music or just noise? Piano at UW locked up during classes • Dec. 4, 2024, 1:45 AM ET (CBC)

University of Waterloo, Public university in Waterloo, Ont., Can., founded in 1957. It has faculties of applied health sciences, arts, engineering, environmental studies, mathematics, and science, as well as schools of accounting, architecture, optometry, and urban and regional planning. Special facilities include museums of optometry and of games.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.