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Map Colour Codes

Academic Buildings Academic / Administrative Buildings
UW Roads and Parking Lots Roads & Parking Lots
City Roads and Parking Lots City Roads & Parking Lots
Pathways Pathways
Residence Buildings Residence Buildings
Water Water
Research Park Buildings Research Park Buildings

 

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Building Abbreviations

AAR Architecture Annex Rome
AL Arts Lecture Hall
ARC School of Architecture
7 Melville Street South
Cambridge
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B1 Biology 1
B2 Biology 2
BAU Bauer Warehouse
BMH B.C. Matthews Hall
BRH Brubacher House
C2 Chemistry 2
CGR Conrad Grebel University College
CIF Columbia Icefield
CLN Columbia Lake Village North
CLV Columbia Lake Village
COG Columbia Greenhouses
COM Commissary (UW Police & Parking)
CPH Carl A. Pollock Hall
CSB Central Services Building
DC William G. Davis Computer Research Centre
DWE Douglas Wright Engineering Building
E2 Engineering 2
E3 Engineering 3
E5 Engineering 5
E6 Engineering 6
ECH East Campus Hall
EIT Centre for Environmental and Information Technology
ERC Energy Research Centre
EV1 Environment 1
EV2 Environment 2
EV3 Environment 3
ESC Earth Sciences & Chemistry
FED Federation Hall
GA

335 Gage Street (Centre for Extended Learning)
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GH Graduate House
GSC General Services Complex
HH J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities
HMN Hildegard Marsden Nursery
HS Health Services
HSC Huntsville Summit Centre
IHB Integrated Health Building 1
KDC Klemmer Day Care
LHI Lyle S. Hallman Institute for Health Promotion
LIB Dana Porter Library
M3 Mathematics 3
MC Mathematics & Computer Building
MHR Minota Hagey Residence
MKV William Lyon Mackenzie King Village
ML Modern Languages
NH Ira G. Needles Hall
OPT Optometry Building
PAC Physical Activities Complex
PAS Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology
PHR

School of Pharmacy

10 Victoria Street South, Kitchener
PHY Physics
QNC Quantum Nano Centre
RA2 Research Advancement Centre 2
RAC Research Advancement Centre
RCH J.R. Coutts Engineering Lecture Hall
REN Renison University College
REV Ron Eydt Village
SCH South Campus Hall
SLC Student Life Centre
STJ St. Jerome's University
STP St. Paul's University College
TC William M. Tatham Centre for Co-operative Education and Career Services
TH Tutors' Houses
UAE United Arab Emirates Dubai
UC University Club
UWP University of Waterloo Place
V1 Student Village 1
WSS 6 Wellington Street, Stratford

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PARKING

Visitor Parking

All day, every day:
  • C, N, W, X: $5 per day pay and display. Lot X is free on weekends.
  • M: $6.00 pay and display
  • HV: Weekdays: $2 per hour up to daily maximum of $15. After 5 pm and weekends: $5 coin entry
  • D: Weekdays: $2 per hour up to daily maximum of $15. After 5 pm and weekends: $5 coin entry
  • P: $4 coin entry for St. Jerome's University, Renison University College and St. Paul's University College; $1 per hour up to a $4 daily maximum at Conrad Grebel University College
  • OV: $5 coin exit
  • J, S, V: $5 pay and display; Pay in lot S
  • CL, UWP: $5 pay and display
After 4 pm and weekends:

A, B, EC, H, R - $5 coin entry

Permit Parking

Student Permit/Visitor Parking

With pay and display machines- $5.00 per day - C, N, W, X (Lot X is free on weekends)

Faculty/Staff Permit Parking

A, B, H, K, L, N, O, R, T, X

Resident Permit Parking

CL, J, S, V, UWP, T: Parking in any ungated lot after 4:30 pm with valid Faculty/Staff Permit

Short-term Parking

Fifteen minute parking is available on Ring Road at Environment 2, Ira G. Needles Hall, and William G. Davis Computer Research Centre. Meter parking is available, visit the Parking website for locations.

Watcard Payment

Available at Lot C, N, W, X, M, UWP

Motorcycles

Purchase a term or day pass from Parking Services, in the COM building for use at motorcycle pads.

Accessible Parking

Accessible parking for persons with disabilities is available in most lots. For details visit: www.parking.uwaterloo.ca

Short Term Parking

Fifteen minute parking is available on the Ring Road at Environment 2 and Ira G. Needles Hall. Meter parking is available. For locations visit
www.parking.uwaterloo.ca

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VIRTUAL TOUR

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

 

DIRECTIONS TO WATERLOO MAIN CAMPUS

  • from Highway 401 take Exit 278 (from Toronto) or Exit 278B (from London) to Highway 8 West, Kitchener.
  • exit at Highway 85 to Waterloo
  • exit at University Avenue West
  • University of Waterloo is at University Avenue and Seagram Drive

     

FROM PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TORONTO:

      Take Highway 427 South, exit at Highway 401 West, and follow directions above

Map of this route

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DIRECTIONS TO SATELLITE CAMPUSES AND SATELLITE LOCATIONS

CENTRE FOR EXTENDED LEARNING

      Directions

  • from Highway 401 take Exit 278 (from Toronto) or 278B (from London) to Highway 8 West Kitchener
  • exit at Highway 7/8 to Stratford
  • exit at Homer Watson Boulevard and turn right onto Homer Watson Boulevard
  • turn left at Stirling Avenue
  • turn right at Westmount Road
  • turn right at Gage Avenue

      Centre for Extended Learning is located at:

      335 Gage Avenue, Kitchener

      519-888-4050

      www.cel.uwaterloo.ca

DOWNTOWN KITCHENER HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS - SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

      Directions

  • from Highway 401 take Exit 278 (from Toronto) and 278B (from London) to Highway 8 West Kitchener
  • exit at King Street
  • turn left at Victoria Street

      Health Sciences Campus is on the right at:

      10 Victoria Street South, Kitchener

      519-888-4848

      www.pharmacy.uwaterloo.ca

     

HUNTSVILLE SUMMIT CENTRE

      Directions

  • from Highway 401 take Exit 66 (Highway 400 North) toward Barrie
  • merge onto Highway 11 North toward Orillia/North Bay
  • take Exit 219 (Muskoka Road 3) toward Huntsville
  • turn right onto Main Street West
  • turn right onto Brunel Road
  • turn left onto Forbes Hill Drive

      Huntsville Summit Centre is located at:

      87 Forbes Hill drive, Huntsville

      705-571-0259

      www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/research/huntsville/

MASTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM

      Directions

  • from Highway 401 take Exit 278 (from Toronto) or Exit 278B (from London) to Highway 8 West, Kitchener.
  • exit at Highway 85 to Waterloo
  • exit at University Avenue West
  • turn left on King Street

      Master of Public Service is on the left at:

      180 King Street South, Suite 700 (Allen Square in UpTown Waterloo)

      519-888-4567 ext. 31012

      http://www.mps.uwaterloo.ca/

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

      Directions

  • from Highway 401 take Exit 282 (Highway 24 South/Hespeler Road) toward Brantford
  • turn onto Highway 24/Hespeler Road South
  • turn right at Main Street/Regional Route 27
  • turn left at Grand Street parking or
  • turn left at Melville Street South

      The School of Architecture is located at:

      7 Melville Street South, Cambridge

      519-888-4567, ext. 27602

      www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca

STRATFORD CAMPUS

      Directions

  • from Highway 401 take Exit 278 (from Toronto) or 278B (from London) to Highway 8 West Kitchener
  • exit Highway 7/8 to Stratford
  • in Stratford, turn left at Downie Street

     The Stratford Campus is located at:

     6 Wellington Street, Stratford

     519-275-2727

     www.stratfordcampus.uwaterloo.ca

INTERNATIONAL CAMPUSES

  • Rome Program

         www.romeprogram.uwaterloo.ca

  • Sino-Canadian College, Nanjing, China

         www.scc.uwaterloo.ca

  • United Arab Emirates Dubai

         www.uae.uwaterloo.ca

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