University of Waterloo

Fun Facts

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• The University of Waterloo was founded in 1957 under a proposal for co-operative education that included both studies in the classroom and training in the industry
• On January 1 1967, the University of Waterloo established the first Faculty of Mathematics in North America
• In Maclean’s 2022 Canadian University Rankings, UWaterloo was ranked as the #1 most innovative, #1 for experiential learning, and #1 in computer science
• 22% of undergraduates and 40% of graduate students are international

Academics

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