Canada's Largest Engineering School

Ranked among the top 50 engineering schools worldwide, Waterloo Engineering is committed to leading engineering education and research.

We are the largest engineering school in Canada, with more than 9,500 students enrolled in 2016. In 2016/17, external research funding from Canadian and international partners exceeded $64 million, a strong indication of our extensive industry partnerships and the excellence of our engineering research programs.

News

Aug. 17, 2017Waterloo ranks sixth globally for telecommunication engineering
Waterloo has placed sixth in the world for telecommunication engineering in ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017.

Telecommunications engineering, centered on electrical and computer engineering, supports and enhances telecommunication systems. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments.
Aug. 15, 2017Engineering researchers awarded CFI funding
Five Waterloo Engineering researchers will receive $410,000 for projects ranging from developing advanced automotive materials for improved crash performance to accelerating the adoption of metal additive manufacturing to address challenges associated with part quality, process repeatability and reliability.
Aug. 11, 2017Architecture student wins $5,000 in essay contest
A second-year student at the School of Architecture is one of three $5,000 scholarship winners in an essay contest sponsored by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC).

Osman Bari will receive his award at a gala in Toronto next month after his illustrated 1,000-word essay was selected from 180 entries from students at Canada’s 11 accredited architecture schools and other institutions.

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Events

Aug. 20 to 24, 201718th Biennial Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference
The Conference will cover the general area of the growth, characterization, processing and application of semiconductor materials and devices, including but not restricted to fundamental problems, epitaxy, photonics and more.
Aug. 24, 2017WIN Seminar: Chalcogenide Compounds- A Magical Class of Functional Materials
Professor Hao Zeng
Department of Physics
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Buffalo, New York, United States
Sep. 5, 2017WaterTalk Lecture Series: Data instead of concrete? Exploring the potential of digitalization in urban drainage
Max Maurer, head of the Urban Water Management
Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (Eawag)