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
Four with engineering ties included in Forbes 30 Under 30
Young entrepreneurs who studied at Waterloo Engineering and launched companies to fill a void in the marketplace are part of Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2021.
Engineering mourns the loss of a beloved dean
Pearl Sullivan, Waterloo's former dean of engineering and the first woman to hold the position, died on November 28 after a 12-year battle with cancer.
Passionate about supporting students, she was dedicated to ensuring they had a full understanding of engineering principles as well as the tools and
facilities they needed to succeed.
Redirecting master's research for COVID detection
Linda Wang quickly pivoted her work last spring to develop technology to detect COVID-19.
Wang, who will receive her master’s degree in systems design engineering this week, helped create COVID-Net, now an open-source tool designed to 
screen coronavirus cases from chest X-ray images.
Linda Wang, middle, celebrated receiving her BASc with her parents in 2018.
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