- Student-faculty ratios: 23.6
- Male to female ratio: 47 : 53
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://uwaterloo.ca/
- Address: University Avenue W,Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1,Canada
- Phone: +1 519 888 4567
The University of Waterloo is a public institution that was founded in 1957. The Canadian university's main campus is in Waterloo, Ontario, not far from several of the Great Lakes and the U.S. border. The university also has satellite campuses in nearby Cambridge, Kitchener and Stratford. More than 30,000 students attend the university. Tuition is generally higher for international students, though a handful of graduate programs charge domestic and international students the same rate. University housing is available for both undergraduate and graduate students.The university has six main academic divisions: applied health sciences, arts, engineering, environment, math and science. The main campus has four affiliated university colleges – Conrad Grebel University College, Renison University College, St. Jerome’s University and St. Paul's University College – where students can pursue a Waterloo degree in a smaller academic community. The language of instruction is English, and the university's academic calendar consists of three terms. Many of the university's students participate in a co-op program that allows them to alternate academic terms with terms spent in in the workforce. More than 120 of Waterloo's undergraduate programs offer a co-op option. The university also offers joint degree programs with global universities in several countries, including China's Tsinghua University, Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University and the U.K.'s University of Warwick. A sampling of the university's research institutions includes the Water Institute, the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research and the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre.
- Total number of students 32,395
- Number of international students 5,899
- Total number of academic staff 1,365
- Number of international staff 470
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 5,888
- Number of master's degrees awarded 1,695
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 303
- Number of research only staff 314
- Number of new undergraduate students 6,567
- Number of new master's students 1,677
- Number of new doctoral students 414
- Global score 59.1
- Global research reputation #151
- Regional research reputation #66
- Publications #201
- Books #131
- Conferences #100
- Normalized citation impact #471
- Total citations #213
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #221
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #465
- International collaboration #511
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #334
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #237
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #458
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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23.6
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47 : 53
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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33,519
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2012
201-225
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2013
226-250
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226-250
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2015
251-275
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2016
179
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201–250
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201–250
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201–250
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World Reputation Rankings
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91-100
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Arts & humanities
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201–250
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251–300
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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301–400
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301–400
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Engineering & technology
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2012
48
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2014
67
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2015
68
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2016
61
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2017
78
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2018
83
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2019
101–125
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Life sciences
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2019
251–300
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Physical sciences
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2016
68
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2017
96
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2018
126–150
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126–150
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Social sciences
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2018
101–125
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151–175
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Business & Economics
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2018
151–175
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2019
201–250
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Computer Science
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23
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33
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41
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Psychology
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101–125
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11
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Impact Rankings: Peace, justice and strong institutions
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54
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5
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34
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9
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=16
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19
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Impact Rankings: Decent work and economic growth
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49
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=99
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101–200
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=72
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#374 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 29.0
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #331
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #88
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #371
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #333
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #367
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #329
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #269
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #549
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #322
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #343
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #337
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#106 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 66.0
- Chemistry global research reputation #125
- Chemistry regional research reputation #42
- Chemistry publications #170
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #104
- Chemistry total citations #130
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #154
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #228
- Chemistry international collaboration #303
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #322
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #99
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #99
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#448 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 42.3
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #275
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #86
- Clinical Medicine publications #512
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #486
- Clinical Medicine total citations #513
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #471
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #464
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #761
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #323
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #612
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #666
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#14 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 81.7
- Computer Science global research reputation #34
- Computer Science regional research reputation #22
- Computer Science publications #18
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #55
- Computer Science total citations #17
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #16
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #61
- Computer Science international collaboration #59
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #24
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #17
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #49
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#196 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 24.7
- Economics and Business global research reputation #133
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #55
- Economics and Business publications #191
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #200
- Economics and Business total citations #214
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #201
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #185
- Economics and Business international collaboration #161
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #79
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #212
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #222
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#58 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 73.3
- Engineering global research reputation #87
- Engineering regional research reputation #43
- Engineering publications #64
- Engineering normalized citation impact #187
- Engineering total citations #51
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #59
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #265
- Engineering international collaboration #251
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #146
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #71
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #271
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#184 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 50.2
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #160
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #54
- Environment/Ecology publications #105
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #342
- Environment/Ecology total citations #175
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #194
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #339
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #322
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #235
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #199
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #284
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#188 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 49.6
- Geosciences global research reputation #61
- Geosciences regional research reputation #47
- Geosciences publications #204
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #202
- Geosciences total citations #212
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #232
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #235
- Geosciences international collaboration #67
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #111
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #255
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #259
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#104 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 56.3
- Materials Science global research reputation #237
- Materials Science regional research reputation #44
- Materials Science publications #130
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #118
- Materials Science total citations #103
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #102
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #111
- Materials Science international collaboration #166
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #138
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #105
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #119
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#130 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 51.8
- Mathematics global research reputation #68
- Mathematics regional research reputation #33
- Mathematics publications #59
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #300
- Mathematics total citations #115
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #198
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #334
- Mathematics international collaboration #238
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #79
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #257
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #322
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#240 Physics
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- Physics overall score 60.5
- Physics global research reputation #166
- Physics regional research reputation #55
- Physics publications #171
- Physics normalized citation impact #423
- Physics total citations #246
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #218
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #408
- Physics international collaboration #539
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #427
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #218
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #373
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#126 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 47.2
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #102
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #61
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #139
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #105
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #124
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #127
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #140
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #275
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #193
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #158
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #192
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#148 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 49.7
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #379
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #124
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #131
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #94
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #107
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #138
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #269
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #98
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #99
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #102
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #121
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#173 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 31.3
- Space Science global research reputation #145
- Space Science regional research reputation #48
- Space Science publications #209
- Space Science normalized citation impact #82
- Space Science total citations #173
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #157
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #65
- Space Science international collaboration #108
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #86
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #139
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #67