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 10,898 enrolled in 2025, and expansive range of state -of- the -art, future ready labs powered by industry and government funding. In 2024/25, external research funding from Canadian and international partners exceeded $103 million, up $24 million from prior year, this strong growth is reflective of our extensive industry partnerships and the excellence of our engineering research programs.
News
Splash-free urinal earns prof, students laughs and a prize
A professor at Waterloo Engineering has a lot more material for his classes after winning one of the world’s wackiest academic prizes last week.
Dr. Zhao Pan and one of his students, Kaveeshan Thurairajah, were thrilled to accept the 2026 Ig Nobel Physics Prize in bright yellow raincoats in a sold-out, 1,500-seat theatre in Zurich, Switzerland with collaborators from two other universities.
Prof receives national grad studies mentorship award
A Waterloo Engineering professor has been recognized with a national award for her decades of dedication to graduate students.
Dr. Catherine Burns, a professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Factors in Healthcare Systems, has received the 2026 Dr. Suning Wang Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship from the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS).
Undergrads launch new high-performance computing design team
A new student design team at Waterloo Engineering is tackling one of computing's most demanding disciplines: high-performance computing.
Computer engineering students James Redekopp and Karl Keshavarzi founded UW High Performance Computing (UWHPC) earlier this year within the Sedra Student Design Centre (SSDC).
Events
Economic Briefing with Professor Larry Smith
This October 1, Waterloo Engineering invites you to join us in Toronto for an evening reception and lecture with Professor Larry Smith. The event marks Smith’s remarkable 45-year career at the University where he specializes in forecasting and the economics of innovation.
This event is part of Waterloo Engineering's annual alumni lecture series exploring the forces shaping our global future. This year's focus on economic futures connects to the University of Waterloo's Global Futures vision — a framework for addressing the defining challenges of our time.