This Waterloo-related list is provided in the hope that it will be useful to bewildered readers. (Even if every student knows what CECA is, there are 7,000 newcomers a year who don’t.)
Emphatically, writers are not advised to use these acronyms. However, they are likely to be encountered in university publications (official or unofficial), on web pages, in email messages and memos, and sometimes even in conversation. Often it is possible to write "the research group" or "the committee" and improve understanding.
This list does not include abbreviations of buildings (see campus map) or course codes (see undergraduate studies calendar and graduate studies calendar).
See our section on conventions for recruitment materials for admissions-related acronyms.
A
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym ACE | Full name Arts Computer Experience |
Acronym ACE | Full name Association of Cultural Executives |
Acronym ACE | Full name Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment |
Acronym ACE | Full name University of Waterloo Angel Course Environment (was replaced by LEARN) |
Acronym ACO | Full name Arts Computing Office |
Acronym ACOE | Full name Accreditation Council on Optometric Education |
Acronym ADMI | Full name Advanced Design and Manufacturing Institute |
Acronym AFIW | Full name Affiliated and Federated Institutions of Waterloo |
Acronym AFM | Full name Accounting & Financial Management |
Acronym AFMNet | Full name Advanced Foods and Materials Network (NCE) |
Acronym AFSA | Full name Accounting & Finance Student Association |
Acronym AHS | Full name Applied Health Sciences |
Acronym AHSUM | Full name Applied Health Sciences Undergraduate Members |
Acronym AIDL | Full name Advanced Interface Design Lab |
Acronym AODA | Full name Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act |
Acronym APC | Full name Automotive Partnership Canada (federal) |
Acronym AquaNet | Full name Network in Aquaculture — ceased (NCE) |
Acronym ASCO | Full name Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry |
Acronym ASEC | Full name Accounting Students Education Contribution |
Acronym A-SiDIC | Full name Amorphous Silicon Devices and Integrated Circuits Group (now G2N) |
Acronym ASU | Full name Arts Student Union |
Acronym ATOP | Full name Access to Opportunities Program |
Acronym AUCC | Full name Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada |
Acronym AUTO21 | Full name The Automobile of the 21st Century (NCE) |
B
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym BBCR | Full name Broadband Communications Research Group |
Acronym BEG | Full name Building Engineering Group |
Acronym BGSA | Full name Biology Graduate Student Association |
Acronym BHEC | Full name Biotechnology and Health Engineering Centre |
Acronym BISRG | Full name Business and Industrial Statistics Research Group |
Acronym BoG | Full name Board of Governors |
Acronym BOSS | Full name Biomaterials and Ocular Surface Science Group |
Acronym BUGS | Full name Biology Undergraduates Society |
C
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym C&D | Full name coffee and doughnut (shop) |
Acronym C&O | Full name Combinatorics and Optimization |
Acronym C&PA or CPA | Full name outdated. Communications and Public Affairs is now University Communications. |
Acronym CACEE | Full name Canadian Association of Career Educators & Employers |
Acronym CACR | Full name Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research |
Acronym CAEL | Full name Canadian Academic English Language Assessment |
Acronym CAFCE | Full name Canadian Association for Co-operative Education |
Acronym CAG | Full name Conflict Analysis Group |
Acronym CAGS | Full name Canadian Association for Graduate Studies |
Acronym CAHR | Full name Centre for Applied Health Research (ceased) |
Acronym CAMJ | Full name Centre for Advanced Materials Joining |
Acronym CANEX | Full name Canada Exchange Scholars Award Program |
Acronym CAPDS | Full name Centre for Advanced Photovoltaic Devices and Systems |
Acronym CARE | Full name Centre for Accounting Research and Education |
Acronym CARL | Full name Canadian Association of Research Libraries |
Acronym CASE | Full name Council for Advancement and Support of Education |
Acronym CASF | Full name Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance |
Acronym CASIOPA | Full name Centre for Applied Science in Ontario Protected Areas |
Acronym CATT | Full name Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies |
Acronym CAUBO | Full name Canadian Association of University Business Officers |
Acronym CBB | Full name Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
Acronym CBET | Full name No longer in use. see CCBET |
Acronym CBRPE | Full name Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation (now Propel Centre for Population Health Impact) |
Acronym CC | Full name Canada Council |
Acronym CCA | Full name Replaced . Used to stand for Centre for Career Action |
Acronym CCAE | Full name Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education |
Acronym CCARD | Full name Centre for Core Area Research and Design |
Acronym CCAT | Full name Canadian Centre of Arts and Technology |
Acronym CCBET | Full name No longer in use. Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre is now referred to as the Conrad Centre on second use. |
Acronym CCCI | Full name Canadian Centre for Cultural Innovation |
Acronym CCEC | Full name Centre for Control of Emerging Contaminants |
Acronym CCFSRG | Full name Canadian Cold Formed Steel Research Group |
Acronym CCIN | Full name Canadian Cryospheric Information Network |
Acronym CCIT | Full name Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology (OCE) |
Acronym CCLR | Full name Outdated. Used to stand for the Centre for Contact Lens Research, which is now the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) |
Acronym CCM | Full name Centre for Cultural Management |
Acronym CCMIC | Full name Centre for Computational Mathematics in Industry and Commerce |
Acronym CDMN | Full name Canadian Digital Media Network |
Acronym CE | Full name Centre of Excellence for Energy (OCE) |
Acronym CEC | Full name Canadian Engineering Competition |
Acronym CECA | Full name Co-operative Education & Career Action (was Co-operative Education & Career Services) |
Acronym CECR | Full name Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (federal) |
Acronym CECS | Full name Co-operative Education & Career Services (now CECA) |
Acronym CEET | Full name Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies (OCE) |
Acronym CEL | Full name Centre for Extended Learning (was Distance and Continuing Education) |
Acronym Cellnet | Full name Cell Factory Bioprocessing Research Network |
Acronym CEMC | Full name Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing |
Acronym CERC | Full name Canada Excellence Research Chair |
Acronym CFI | Full name Canada Foundation for Innovation |
Acronym CFM | Full name Computing and Financial Management |
Acronym CFPF | Full name Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism |
Acronym CHIP | Full name Computing Help and Information Place |
Acronym CIA | Full name Canadian Institute of Actuaries |
Acronym CIAR | Full name Canadian Institute for Advanced Research |
Acronym CIARS | Full name Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems |
Acronym CIGI | Full name Centre for International Governance Innovation |
Acronym CIHR | Full name Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
Acronym CIPC | Full name Chanchlani India Policy Centre |
Acronym CIPI | Full name Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (NCE) |
Acronym CIRFE | Full name Centre for Integrated Radio Frequency Engineering |
Acronym CITO | Full name Communications and Information Technology Ontario — now CCIT (OCE) |
Acronym CKI | Full name Centre for Knowledge Integration |
Acronym CLLRNet | Full name Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network — ceased (NCE) |
Acronym CMHR | Full name Centre for Mental Health Research |
Acronym CMM | Full name Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing (OCE) |
Acronym CMS | Full name Cultural Management Specialization |
Acronym CnD | Full name coffee and doughnut (shop) |
Acronym CNIB | Full name Canadian National Institute for the Blind |
Acronym COFU-UO | Full name Council of Finance Officers—Universities of Ontario |
Acronym ConGESE | Full name Consortium for Graduate Education in Software Education |
Acronym CORE | Full name
Centre for Ocular Research & Education (Formerly the Centre for Contact Lens Research) |
Acronym COS | Full name Community of Science |
Acronym COU | Full name Council of Ontario Universities |
Acronym CP | Full name Centre of Excellence for Photonics (OCE) |
Acronym CPA | Full name Outdated. Communications and Public Affairs is now University Communications |
Acronym CPAMI | Full name Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence |
Acronym CPATT | Full name Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology |
Acronym CPSA | Full name Canadian Political Science Association |
Acronym CR | Full name Congregation of the Resurrection |
Acronym CRAIG | Full name Contracts Research and Industrial Grants (Office of Research) |
Acronym CRC | Full name Canada Research Chairs |
Acronym CRC | Full name Centre for Responsible Citizenship (SJU) |
Acronym CRE-MSD | Full name Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders |
Acronym CRESTech | Full name Centre for Research in Earth and Space Technology — now CEET (OCE) |
Acronym CRG | Full name Civics Research Group |
Acronym CS | Full name Computer Science |
Acronym CSC | Full name Co-op Students’ Council |
Acronym CSC | Full name Computer Science Club |
Acronym CSCF | Full name Computer Science Computing Facility |
Acronym CSE | Full name Centre for Sight Enhancement |
Acronym CSG | Full name Computer Systems Group |
Acronym CSRGC | Full name Centre for the Study on Rapid Global Change |
Acronym CSSBI | Full name Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute |
Acronym CSTV | Full name Centre for Society, Technology and Values |
Acronym CTE | Full name Centre for Teaching Excellence |
Acronym CTN | Full name Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience |
Acronym CURA | Full name Community-University Research Alliances (federal) |
Acronym CUT | Full name Certificate in University Teaching |
Acronym CWC | Full name Centre for Wireless Communication |
Acronym CWN | Full name Canadian Water Network (NCE) |
Acronym CWS | Full name Community and World Service |
D
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym DAC | Full name Digital Arts Communication |
Acronym DASL | Full name Design Analysis and Simulation Laboratory |
Acronym DC | Full name Deans’ Council |
Acronym DTA | Full name Distinguished Teacher Award |
Acronym DTRS | Full name Distinguished Teaching by a Registered Student Award |
E
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym E&CE | Full name Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Acronym E Co-op | Full name Enterprise Co-op |
Acronym EC | Full name Executive Council |
Acronym ECE | Full name Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Acronym ECEC | Full name Early Childhood Education Centre |
Acronym EGFD | Full name Environmental and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics group |
Acronym ELAS | Full name English Language for Academic Studies |
Acronym ELPE | Full name English Language Proficiency Exam |
Acronym ELPP | Full name English Language Proficiency Program |
Acronym EngSoc | Full name Engineering Society |
Acronym EP3 | Full name Education Program for Photonics Professionals |
Acronym EPHIP | Full name Education Program for Health Informatics Professionals |
Acronym ER | Full name External Relations |
Acronym ERA | Full name Early Researcher Awards |
Acronym ERA | Full name Centre for Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation |
Acronym ERCnet | Full name Engineering Remote Classroom network |
Acronym ERG | Full name Ecological Restoration Group |
Acronym ERS | Full name Environment and Resource Studies |
Acronym ESCS | Full name Ergonomics and Safety Consulting Services |
Acronym ESGA | Full name Earth Sciences Graduate Association |
Acronym ESL | Full name English as a second language |
Acronym ESQ | Full name Engineering Science Quest |
Acronym ESS | Full name Environment Students Society |
Acronym EWB | Full name Engineers Without Borders |
Acronym EWO | Full name Education at Work Ontario |
F
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym FANS | Full name Funding Agencies & Non-profit Sponsors (Office of Research) |
Acronym FASS | Full name University of Waterloo Faculty Association |
Acronym FAUW | Full name University of Waterloo Faculty Association |
Acronym Feds | Full name Federation of Students |
Acronym FLEX | Full name Lab Flexible Learning Experience Laboratory |
Acronym FOC | Full name Federation Orientation Committee |
Acronym FRSC | Full name Fellow of Royal Society of Canada |
Acronym FSF | Full name Faculty of Science Foundation |
Acronym FSO | Full name Financial Services Office (now Finance) |
Acronym FTE | Full name full-time equivalent |
G
H
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym HMLVD | Full name HeadMounted Low Vision Devices (clinic) |
Acronym HR | Full name Human Resources |
Acronym HRC | Full name Heritage Resources Centre |
Acronym HRM | Full name Human Resources Management Program |
Acronym HRMS | Full name Human Resources Management System |
Acronym HSG | Full name Health Studies and Gerontology |
Acronym HSR | Full name Health and Safety Representative |
I
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym IAP | Full name Institutional Analysis & Planning |
Acronym IBMB | Full name Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Acronym IC3 | Full name Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change |
Acronym ICR | Full name Institute for Computer Research |
Acronym ICVDM | Full name Integrated Centre for Visualization, Design and Manufacturing (ceased) |
Acronym IEEE | Full name Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Acronym IELTS | Full name International English Language Testing System |
Acronym IGR | Full name Institute for Groundwater Research (now WIGR) |
Acronym IIPR | Full name Institute for Insurance and Pension Research |
Acronym IIQP | Full name Institute for Improvement in Quality and Productivity (now BISRG) |
Acronym IIR | Full name Institute for Innovation Research |
Acronym INFORMS | Full name Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences |
Acronym IOBP | Full name International Optometric Bridging Program |
Acronym IP | Full name intellectual property |
Acronym IPACS | Full name Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies |
Acronym IPMG | Full name Intellectual Property Management Group (now WatCO) |
Acronym IPO | Full name International Programs Office |
Acronym IPR | Full name Institute for Polymer Research |
Acronym IQC | Full name Institute for Quantum Computing |
Acronym IQFI | Full name Institute for Quantitative Finance and Insurance (now WatRISQ) |
Acronym IRC | Full name industrial research chair |
Acronym IRIS | Full name Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (NCE) |
Acronym IRR | Full name Institute for Risk Research |
Acronym ISIS | Full name Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures — ceased (NCE) |
Acronym ISO | Full name International Student Office |
Acronym IST | Full name Information Systems and Technology |
Acronym ITC | Full name International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project |
Acronym ITMS | Full name Instructional Technologies and Multimedia Services (was AV Centre) |
Acronym ITS | Full name International Trade Specialization |
J
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym JHSC | Full name Joint Health and Safety Committee |
Acronym JIF | Full name job information form |
L
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym LED | Full name light-emitting diode |
Acronym LED | Full name Local Economic Development |
Acronym LEED | Full name Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
Acronym LIF | Full name Learning Initiatives Fund |
Acronym LIFT | Full name Leadership in Faculty Teaching awards |
Acronym LRI | Full name Office of Learning Resources and Innovation (now CTE) |
Acronym LRT | Full name Light Rail Transit. ION is the name of the light rail system in Kitchener-Waterloo |
Acronym LT3 | Full name Centre for Learning and Teaching Through Technology (now CTE) |
M
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym MAD | Full name Mapping, Analysis and Design |
Acronym MAREP | Full name Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program |
Acronym MARGOT | Full name Moyen Age et Renaissance: Groupe de recherche — Ordinateurs et Textes |
Acronym MathSoc | Full name Mathematics Society |
Acronym MCRC | Full name Mid-size City Research Centre |
Acronym MEF | Full name Mathematics Endowment Fund |
Acronym MELAB | Full name Michigan English Language Assessment Battery |
Acronym MEMS | Full name micro-electromechanical systems |
Acronym MET | Full name Ministry of Education and Training (now MTCU) |
Acronym MFCF | Full name Mathematics Faculty Computing Facility |
Acronym MIAMI | Full name Medical Instrument Analysis and Machine Intelligence |
Acronym Micronet | Full name Microelectronic Devices, Circuits and Systems — ceased (NCE) |
Acronym MITACS | Full name Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (NCE) |
Acronym MMO | Full name Materials and Manufacturing Ontario — now CMM (OCE) |
Acronym MRC | Full name Medical Research Council of Canada |
Acronym MRG | Full name Motion Research Group |
Acronym MSC | Full name Outdated. Marketing and Strategic Communications (formerly CPA) is now two units: Marketing and Strategic Initiatives (MSI) and University Communications. |
Acronym MSI | Full name Marketing and Strategic Initiatives (part of University Relations) |
Acronym MTCU | Full name Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities |
Acronym MUR | Full name Marketing and Undergraduate Recruitment |
Acronym MVS | Full name Museum of Vision Science |
N
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym NARP | Full name Neurobehavioural Assessment and Rehabilitation Program |
Acronym NASA | Full name National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) |
Acronym NCAR | Full name National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) |
Acronym NCE | Full name Networks of Centres of Excellence (federal) |
Acronym NEMS | Full name nano-electromechanical systems |
Acronym NERAM | Full name Network for Environmental Risk Assessment and Management |
Acronym NIH | Full name National Institutes of Health (U.S.) |
Acronym NMR | Full name nuclear magnetic resonance |
Acronym NNI | Full name Nortel Networks Institute for Advanced Information Technology |
Acronym NRC | Full name National Research Council of Canada |
Acronym NSERC | Full name Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council |
Acronym NSF | Full name National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
Acronym NSSE | Full name National Survey of Student Engagement |
O
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym OAC | Full name Ontario Academic Credit |
Acronym OCE | Full name Ontario Centres of Excellence |
Acronym OCGS | Full name Ontario Council on Graduate Studies |
Acronym OCUA | Full name Ontario Council on University Affairs |
Acronym ODAA | Full name Office of Development and Alumni Affairs (now Advancement) |
Acronym OEC | Full name Ontario Engineering Competition |
Acronym OED | Full name Centre for the New Oxford English Dictionary and Text Research |
Acronym OGL/EML | Full name Organic Geochemistry and Environmental Microbiology Lab |
Acronym OGS | Full name Ontario Graduate Scholarships |
Acronym OGSST | Full name Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology |
Acronym OHSA | Full name Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario) |
Acronym OIT | Full name Ontario Innovation Trust (now ORF-RI) |
Acronym OLRC | Full name Optometry Learning Resource Centre (now WLRC) |
Acronym OPD | Full name Office for Persons with Disabilities |
Acronym ORC | Full name Ontario Research Chairs |
Acronym ORDCF | Full name Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund (now ORF-RE) |
Acronym ORE | Full name Office of Research Ethics |
Acronym ORF | Full name Ontario Research Fund |
Acronym ORF-RE | Full name Ontario Research Fund — Research Excellence |
Acronym ORF-RI | Full name Ontario Research Fund — Research Infrastructure |
Acronym ORTC | Full name Ontario Rehabilitation Technology Consortium |
Acronym OSAP | Full name Ontario Student Assistance Program |
Acronym OSC | Full name Ontario Synchrotron Consortium |
Acronym OSS | Full name Ontario Secondary School |
Acronym OTSS | Full name Ontario Trust for Student Support |
Acronym OUAC | Full name Ontario Universities’ Application Centre |
Acronym OUF | Full name Ontario Universities’ Fair |
P
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym PACS | Full name Peace and Conflict Studies |
Acronym PACSC | Full name Provost’s Advisory Committee on Staff Compensation |
Acronym PAC-SMH | Full name President's Advisory Committee on Student Mental Health |
Acronym PAMI | Full name Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Group |
Acronym PD | Full name professional development |
Acronym PDEng | Full name Professional Development for Engineering Students (now WatPD — Engineering) |
Acronym PEO | Full name Professional Engineers Ontario |
Acronym PHR | Full name Population Health Research Group |
Acronym PI | Full name Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Acronym PLG | Full name Programming Languages Group |
Acronym PMRI | Full name Porous Media Research Institute (ceased) |
Acronym PREA | Full name Premier’s Research Excellence Awards (now ERA) |
Acronym PRFO | Full name Parks Research Forum of Ontario (now CASIOPA) |
Acronym PRO | Full name Photonics Research Ontario — now CP (OCE) |
Acronym PSSA | Full name Political Science Student Association |
Q
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym QNC | Full name Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre |
Acronym QSI | Full name Quaternary Sciences Institute (ceased) |
R
Acronym | Full name |
---|---|
Acronym R&D | Full name research and development |
Acronym RAIC | Full name Royal Architecture Institute of Canada |
Acronym REEP | Full name Residential Energy Efficiency Project |
Acronym RF | Full name radio frequency |
Acronym RIA | Full name Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging |
Acronym RIM | Full name Research In Motion (now BlackBerry) |
Acronym RLS | Full name Recreation and Leisure Studies |
Acronym RPW | Full name Rhetoric and Professional Writing |
S
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym SAC | Full name Students Advising Co-op (ceased) |
Acronym SAF | Full name School of Accounting and Finance |
Acronym SBSA | Full name Science and Business Students Association |
Acronym SCB | Full name Students Council of Biotechnology |
Acronym SCC | Full name Student Catholic Community |
Acronym SciSoc | Full name Science Society |
Acronym SCN | Full name Stem Cell Network (NCE) |
Acronym SCRUBS | Full name Science C’tee of Revolutionary Undergraduate Business Students (now SBSA) |
Acronym SCUBA 2 | Full name Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2 |
Acronym SD | Full name Systems Design |
Acronym SDS | Full name Social Development Studies |
Acronym SEED | Full name School of Environment, Enterprise and Development |
Acronym SEEPAC | Full name Sight Enhancement Equipment Pool and Assessment Centre |
Acronym SERP | Full name Special Early Retirement Program |
Acronym SFF | Full name Sandford Fleming Foundation |
Acronym SFM | Full name Sustainable Forest Management Network (NCE) |
Acronym SGRC | Full name Senate Graduate and Research Council |
Acronym SHARCNET | Full name Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network |
Acronym SiDIC | Full name Silicon Devices and Integrated Circuits Group |
Acronym SIN | Full name Sir Isaac Newton (exam) |
Acronym SISP | Full name Student Information Systems Project |
Acronym SJCCE | Full name St. Jerome’s Centre for Catholic Experience (now CRC) |
Acronym SJU | Full name St. Jerome’s University |
Acronym SLC | Full name Student Life Centre |
Acronym SLEF | Full name Student Life Endowment Fund |
Acronym SMF | Full name Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies |
Acronym SOA | Full name School of Accountancy (now School of Accounting and Finance) |
Acronym SOCC | Full name State of the Canadian Cryosphere |
Acronym SOTU | Full name Informal name of the State of the University Report. Used internally only. |
Acronym SOTY | Full name Co-op Student of the Year Award |
Acronym SRC | Full name Survey Research Centre |
Acronym SSHRC | Full name Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
Acronym SSND | Full name School Sisters of Notre Dame |
Acronym SSO | Full name Student Success Office |
Acronym STEC | Full name Solar Thermal Engineering Centre — ceased |
Acronym STEP | Full name Sustainable (formerly Solar) Technology Education Project |
Acronym STS | Full name Science Technical Services |
Acronym SWAG | Full name Software Architecture Group |
Acronym SWEN | Full name Software Engineering Group |
Acronym SWORDC | Full name Southwestern Ontario Research Data Centre |
Acronym SyDE | Full name Systems Design Engineering |
T
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym T&D | Full name training and development |
Acronym TASSEP | Full name TransAtlantic Science Student Exchange Program |
Acronym TBRG | Full name Teaching-Based Research Group |
Acronym TLA | Full name three-letter acronym |
Acronym TOEFL | Full name Test of English as a Foreign Language |
Acronym TRACE | Full name Teaching Resources and Continuing Education (now CTE) |
Acronym TTLO | Full name Technology Transfer and Licensing Office (now WatCO) |
Acronym TUG | Full name TriUniversity Group of Libraries |
U
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym UAE | Full name United Arab Emirates (use U.A.E.) |
Acronym UCC | Full name University Catholic Community |
Acronym UCIST | Full name University Committee on Information Systems and Technology |
Acronym UFA | Full name University Faculty Awards (NSERC) |
Acronym UFE | Full name Uniform Evaluation |
Acronym UMRG | Full name Uncertainty Management Research Group |
Acronym UNENE | Full name University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering |
Acronym URL | Full name universal (or uniform) resource locator |
Acronym USRA | Full name Undergraduate Student Research Awards (NSERC) |
Acronym UW-ACE | Full name University of Waterloo Angel Course Environment (was replaced by LEARN) |
Acronym UWAFT | Full name University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team |
Acronym UWAEG | Full name University of Waterloo Aquatic Ecology Group |
Acronym UWOSS | Full name University of Waterloo Optometry Student Society |
Acronym UWRA | Full name University of Waterloo Retirees Association |
Acronym UWSA | Full name University of Waterloo Staff Association |
Acronym UWSP | Full name University of Waterloo Sustainability Project |
Acronym UW-URI | Full name University of Waterloo — Undergraduate Research Internship program |
W
Acronym | Full name |
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Acronym WAC | Full name Waterloo Advisory Council |
Acronym WAC | Full name Web Advisory Committee |
Acronym WACE | Full name World Association for Co-operative Education |
Acronym WARG | Full name Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group |
Acronym WASA | Full name Waterloo Architecture Student Association |
Acronym WatAIR | Full name Waterloo Atmosphere-land Interactions Research group |
Acronym WatCACE | Full name Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education |
Acronym WatCAR | Full name Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research |
Acronym WatCo | Full name Waterloo Commercialization Office |
Acronym WatForm | Full name Waterloo Formal Methods research group |
Acronym WATER Lab | Full name WATerloo Environmental change Research Lab |
Acronym WATLab | Full name Waterloo Advanced Technology Lab |
Acronym WatLEO | Full name Waterloo Laboratory for Earth Observations |
Acronym WATMIMS | Full name Waterloo Management of Integrated Manufacturing Systems group |
Acronym WatPD | Full name Waterloo Professional Development program |
Acronym WatRISQ | Full name Waterloo Research Institute in Insurance, Securities and Quantitative Finance |
Acronym WatSEE | Full name Waterloo Sight Enhancement Engineering |
Acronym WatSEF | Full name Waterloo Science Endowment Fund |
Acronym WATSPEC | Full name Waterloo Mass Spectrometry Facility |
Acronym WCAG | Full name Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Current version is 2.0, but 2.1 will be introducing guidelines specific to mobile. |
Acronym WCAS | Full name Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Sciences |
Acronym WCGR | Full name Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research (now WIGR) |
Acronym WCGS | Full name Waterloo Centre for German Studies |
Acronym WCMS | Full name Waterloo Content Management System |
Acronym WDR | Full name Waterloo Engineering Endowment Foundation |
Acronym WE | Full name Waterloo Engineering |
Acronym WEEF | Full name Waterloo Engineering Endowment Foundation |
Acronym WESEF | Full name Waterloo Environment Students Endowment Foundation |
Acronym WHMIS | Full name Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System |
Acronym WICI | Full name Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation |
Acronym WIGR | Full name Waterloo Institute for Groundwater Research |
Acronym WIHIR | Full name Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research |
Acronym WIHS | Full name Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies |
Acronym WIN | Full name Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology |
Acronym WISC | Full name Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre |
Acronym WISE | Full name Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy |
Acronym WISIR | Full name Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience |
Acronym WLRC | Full name Witer Learning Resource Centre |
Acronym WORC | Full name Waterloo Organizational Research and Consulting Group |
Acronym WoRK | Full name Workflow Research and Knowledge Group |
Acronym WPIRG | Full name Waterloo Public Interest Research Group |
Acronym WPPG | Full name Water Policy and Governance Group |
Acronym WRAP | Full name Waterloo Research in Aging Participant Pool |
Acronym WSIB | Full name Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (Ontario) |
Additional resource: Council of Ontario Universities Common Acronyms