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 over 10,900 students enrolled in 2023. In 2023/24, external research funding from Canadian and international partners exceeded $79.3 million, a strong indication of our extensive industry partnerships and the excellence of our engineering research programs.
News
Remembering the Polytechnique tragedy
Today, the Faculty of Engineering commemorated the tragic loss of 14 female engineering students whose lives were cut short 35 years ago at École Polytechnique de Montréal (now known as Polytechnique Montréal).
The event paid tribute to these young women, mourned their loss, and confronted the ongoing reality of violence against women and girls.
Alumni’s robotic exoskeleton celebrates major mobility milestone
A health-tech startup founded by two Waterloo Engineering graduates hit an impressive milestone recently when the total number of steps taken by people using its robotic exoskeleton topped one million.
Trexo Robotics was launched in 2016 by Manmeet Maggu (BASc ’13, mechanical and mechatronics engineering) and Rahul Udasi (BASc ’14, mechanical and mechatronics engineering). The company helps people, especially children, with cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, brain injuries and other conditions beat the odds and walk.
Retired civil engineering prof receives national honour
Dr. Reinhold Schuster, a retired civil engineering professor and a pioneer in cold-formed steel engineering, was awarded the Alfred F. Wong Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this month by the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC).
This national honour award recognizes individuals whose transformative contributions have advanced the structural steel industry through design, fabrication, construction, or academia.
Events
National Day of Remembrance
Canada changed forever on December 6, 1989 when 14 women were murdered in a gender-based act of violence at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.
The Faculty of Engineering invites you to join us, on December 6, 2024, for a ceremony and moment of silence observing Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Please join us as we come together to honour and reflect on the lives of these 14 women and everyone else whose lives were forever changed.
When: Friday, December 6 | 10:30–11:00am
Where: Engineering 7, 2nd Floor Event Space
Waterloo Engineering Alumni Ski Days 2025
Please join us on the slopes to ski or snowboard at these exclusive and beautiful private resorts in the Blue Mountains (near Collingwood)! We’ll also be welcoming your classmates from the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Health and the Faculty of Science to join us on the hills.
Waterloo Engineering Alumni Ski Days 2025
Please join us on the slopes to ski or snowboard at these exclusive and beautiful private resorts in the Blue Mountains (near Collingwood)! We’ll also be welcoming your classmates from the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Health and the Faculty of Science to join us on the hills.