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Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Waterloo

Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation.  They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products.  ECE - the future is what we do.

STUDENT WORKING AT DESK2,500+ STUDENTS
Feather icon96 FACULTY MEMBERS
$27+ research funding$27M+ RESEARCH FUNDING
GROUP50+ SUPPORT STAFF
GRADUATE11,800+ ALUMNI

News

  1. Nov. 20, 2020Electrical and computer engineering professor, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, identified as one of the world's most highly cited researchers

    Each year,

  2. Nov. 18, 2020Startups win financial backing at Velocity pitch event

    Two startup companies with strong connections to Waterloo Engineering won financial backing at a recent Velocity Fund Pitch Competition.

  3. Nov. 18, 2020Diabetes work recognized in global Tech Briefs contest

    A doctoral student at Waterloo Engineering took a t

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Events

  1. Nov. 24 to 27, 2020Women Entrepreneurship Week (WEW) Speakers Series

    The Conrad School is hosting a Speakers' Series as part of the annual Women Entrepreneurship Week 2020 global awareness and celebration.

    Join us virtually on any of the following dates and times:

    Tuesday, November 24th, between 12:00 p.m. and 12:45 p.m.
    Thursday, November 26th, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

  2. Nov. 25, 2020Renison Workshop: Entrepreneurship 101
    Renison Workshop: Entrepreneurship 101

    Interested in learning the essentials of entrepreneurship?

    In partnership with Entrepreneurship Society and Renison University College, join us at a Renison Workshop: Entrepreneurship 101 session to learn how to find the right problem and right solution from Conrad School Lecturer, David Rose. 

  3. Nov. 25, 2020MASc Seminar Notice - Quantum Computation with Superconducting Parametric Cavity

    Candidate: Jimmy Hung

    Title: Quantum Computation with Superconducting Parametric Cavity

    Date: November 25, 2020

    Time: 2:00 PM

    Place: Remote

    Supervisor(s): Wilson, Chris

     

    Abstract:

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