WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, July 12, 2012) - The University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering is the best Canadian engineering school, according to a recent survey by Business Insider, a respected U.S.-based website.

Of the 723 survey respondents to the survey, 91 per cent reported having a computer science, engineering or equivalent degree. Most engineers who responded were research scientists, mobile developers or mechanical engineers. Most respondents said the two most important criteria that went into choosing an engineering school were the skills and knowledge that they acquired in school and the brand value of the school.

“Waterloo has the largest engineering school in Canada, and our students and faculty are among the best and most innovative in the world,” said Feridun Hamdullahpur, president & vice-chancellor of Waterloo. “It is an honour for us to be considered the leader in Canada, and ranked highly among the world’s best engineering schools.”

The same survey placed Waterloo Engineering 29th in the world.  The other Canadian engineering schools to make the list of the world’s top 50 engineering schools were the University of Toronto at 35th place, and the University of Ottawa ranked 44th.

“I’m delighted that we’ve been recognized as the number one engineering school in Canada,” said Pearl Sullivan, dean of engineering at Waterloo. “The ranking speaks volumes about the high quality of our students and alumni.  Our exceptional faculty members continue to make a significant global impact through education and technological innovations in Canada and around the world.”

According to the survey, the top engineering school in the world is the California Institute of Technology, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University.      

The Business Insider website was launched in February 2009 and is based in New York City. Founded by DoubleClick Founder and former C.E.O. Kevin P. Ryan, the site provides and analyzes business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web.

About Waterloo Engineering

The faculty of engineering at the University of Waterloo is a multi-faceted engineering school with eight academic units, home to about 280 faculty members, more than 1,825 graduate students and 6,550 undergraduate students. More than 34,500 alumni have made their mark in industry, academe and the public sector, in Canada and around the world. For further information, please visit www.engineering.uwaterloo.ca.

About the University of Waterloo

In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada's technology hub, has become one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with 34,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Waterloo, as home to the world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program, embraces its connections to the world and encourages enterprising partnerships in learning, research and discovery. In the next decade, the university is committed to building a better future for Canada and the world by championing innovation and collaboration to create solutions relevant to the needs of today and tomorrow. For more information about Waterloo, please visit www.uwaterloo.ca.

Media Contacts:

Carol Truemner

Communications Officer

Faculty of Engineering

University of Waterloo

519.888.4567 ext. 33470

ctruemner@uwaterloo.ca

Pamela Smyth

Media Relations Officer

Communications & Public Affairs 

University of Waterloo

519.888.4777

psmyth@uwaterloo.ca

Waterloo news release no. 59

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