Application

Note: The Ontario University Application Centre, our online application, will be accepting credit card payments only between August 7 and October 6, 2019.
The online applicaiton will not be availalble August 27 (7am to 8:30am), September 10 (7am to 12pm) and October 6-8, 2019 due to system maintenance and upgrades.

At the University of Waterloo, many factors are taken into consideration during the application review process. Most importantly, your previous academic record: courses taken, degree(s) received, overall standing. Other factors include reference letters, research area, supervisor availability, funding availability and lab space, etc.  Learn more about your application documents.

Waterloo's graduate studies application process is entirely electronic, simply follow the steps below.