About Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is founded on leading engineering education and research, a world-renowned co-operative study program, and a bold history of innovation.

Waterloo Engineering is ranked among the top 50 engineering schools in the world; our ECE department is committed to sustaining that excellence in our areas of research while venturing into growing areas of opportunity. 

Named by Maclean’s as Canada’s most innovative university for 27 straight years, we attract the best and brightest students and faculty from around the globe, and our graduates are recruited worldwide by leading engineering firms, corporations, government agencies, and research-intensive universities. 

ECE – the future is what we do.