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General questions? Not sure who to contact?

Email askus@uwaterloo.ca
Call 519-888-4567, ext. 43614 (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday except holidays)
Chat online (10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday except holidays)

Ways to learn more

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Contact Waterloo's admissions office

Questions about your application, transcripts, admissions status, or transferring to Waterloo? Email myapplication@uwaterloo.ca or call 519-888-4567, ext. 43106 (please include your first and last name and Waterloo student ID number if you have one).

Learn about documents we require and how to send them or review our admissions FAQs.
If you're applying to part-time studies or online learning and have questions, contact applicant.help@uwaterloo.ca or 519-888-4567, ext. 33548.

Questions about programs

Wondering about courses, admission requirements, co-op, careers, student experience, further education, transferring to Waterloo, or anything else about our programs? We're here to help!

Not sure which faculty offers your program(s) of interest? View a list of programs by faculty.

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Programs: Health Studies, Kinesiology, Public Health, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Recreation and Sport Business, Therapeutic Recreation, Tourism Development

Pamela Hurvid, 519-888-4567, ext. 46220
Email ahsinfo@uwaterloo.ca or visit the Applied Health Sciences website

Faculty of Arts

Programs: Honours Arts, Honours Arts and Business, Social Development Studies, plus 23 Arts majors

Samantha Wiebe, 519-888-4567, ext. 47581
Email arts@uwaterloo.ca or visit the Arts web page

Accounting and Financial Management (AFM)

Sarah Lima, 519-888-4567, ext. 39143
Email afm@uwaterloo.ca or visit the AFM website

Global Business and Digital Arts (GBDA)

Lauren Kochanowski, 519-888-4567, ext. 23004
Email lkochanowski@uwaterloo.ca or visit the GBDA website

Social Development Studies (SDS)

Lauren Zalewski, 519-884-4404, ext. 28638
Email renison@uwaterloo.ca or visit the SDS website

Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecture

Engineering Info Line, 519-888-4567, ext. 30309
Email enginfo@uwaterloo.ca or visit the Engineering website

School of Architecture

Donna Woolcott, 519-888-4567, ext. 27604
Email archinfo@uwaterloo.ca or visit the Architecture website

Faculty of Environment

Programs: Environment and Business; Environment, Resources and Sustainability; Geography and Aviation; Geography and Environmental Management; Geomatics; International Development; Knowledge Integration; Planning

519-888-4567, ext. 32787
Email envinfo@uwaterloo.ca or visit the Environment web page

Faculty of Mathematics, includes Computer Science

Math Info Line, 519-888-4567, ext. 36284
Email mathinfo@uwaterloo.ca or visit the Math website

David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Computer Science Recruitment Coordinator, 519-888-4567, ext. 35144
Email future-ugrad@cs.uwaterloo.ca or visit the Computer Science website

Faculty of Science

Katelyn Doerbecker, 519-888-4567, ext. 36243
Email science@uwaterloo.ca or visit the Science website

Computing and Financial Management (CFM)

Heather Steinmetz, 519-888-4567, ext. 37033
Email bcfm@uwaterloo.ca or visit the CFM website

Additional contacts

Residence and off-campus housing

You have three main options for living: Waterloo's main residences, four University Colleges (also located on campus), and off-campus accommodation.

Main Waterloo residences

Columbia Lake Village-South, Mackenzie King Village, Ron Eydt Village, UW Place, and Village 1

uwaterloo.ca/housing
519-888-4567, ext. 32679 or housing@uwaterloo.ca

University College residences

Located on Waterloo's campus, each University College is a smaller community with its own character and distinctive programs where you can get involved and contribute.

Conrad Grebel University College

Visit the Grebel website
519-885-0220, ext. 24251 or grebres @uwaterloo.ca

Renison University College

Visit the Renison website
519-884-4404, ext. 28610 or 28611 or ren-res @renison.uwaterloo.ca

Scholarships, bursaries, OSAP, and other financial aid

Student Awards and Financial Aid website or 519-888-4567, ext. 33583
Due to the complex nature of financial aid, please contact us by phone or visit us on campus in The Centre, located on the ground floor of Needles Hall, so that we can work with you to ensure that you receive an accurate and complete response.
Estimate your first-year costs and resources using our student budget calculator.

Submitting documents

All documents required for admission should be submitted online. If you need to send documents by mail, they should come directly from your school or test centre and be mailed to

Office of the Registrar
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave W
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 CANADA

If possible, please include your full name, program(s) applied to, Waterloo ID number, and OUAC (Ontario Universities' Application Centre) reference number.