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
Smaller brother of TALOS makes its engineering debut
The much-anticipated REEM-C recently arrived on campus and has already started an extensive training program.
The humanoid robot is described as the slightly smaller and lighter brother of TALOS, the full-size black and purple robot that was welcomed with great 
fanfare at Engineering 7 almost two years ago.
Katja Mombaur greets REEM-C, the University's newest humanoid robot
Air filtration likely to make dental visits safer
Waterloo Engineering researchers have found that COVID-19 transmission during a dental appointment could be significantly decreased with proper air filtration.
Robohub featured in Robert Downey Jr. AI series
Waterloo Engineering’s RoboHub is highlighted in an episode of the "The Age of A.I.", a documentary series covering the ways artificial intelligence, machine learning, and neural networks are changing the world.
Engineering 7’s state-of-the-art robotics research, testing, and training facility is profiled in Episode 6 entitled Will a robot take my job?, one of the world’s most googled questions.
Events
2026 Capstone Symposium
Capstone Design is the culmination of the undergraduate student experience, creating a blueprint for innovation in engineering design.
Come check out this year's Capstone Design Symposium!
TronCon 2026
It's a full day of discovery at TronCon 2026! TronCon will coincide with the Mechatronics Capstone Design Symposium to give alumni an opportunity to view the newest batch of Capstone design projects (FYDPs) by fourth year mechatronics students, get involved in judging the capstone design projects, and reconnect with the Tron community at the event and at the dinner that follows.
Socratica Symposium 2026 — Free Student Showcase
70+ students, creators, tinkerers and members from the community are showing passion projects they've spent the year working on, and you're invited.
What you'll see: a robot that flips pancakes, a laptop turned into a trombone, AI designing live light shows, animatronic video game characters, handmade jewelry, live art, and 70+ other projects across every discipline.
Day 1 — March 21: features a showcase of live stage demos. Day 2 — March 22: an interactive gallery where you can try projects and meet the people who made them.
Free entry. Open to all students. RSVP at symposium.socratica.info