You don’t want just any business degree. You want one that makes employers take notice. Working with employers, we created business programs that give you an edge in the marketplace.
Business + your major
Waterloo's business degrees give you two areas of expertise: a deep knowledge of a specific subject (your major) – plus skills in marketing, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, and more.
With the combination of business skills and your major, you might help biotech firms commercialize their research, help a clean energy company grow, or promote a major league team's run for the championship.
Business programs at Waterloo
- Accounting and Financial Management
- Business Administration (Laurier) and Computer Science (Waterloo) Double Degree
- Business Administration (Laurier) and Mathematics (Waterloo) Double Degree
- Computing and Financial Management
- Environment and Business
- Global Business and Digital Arts
- Honours Arts and Business
- Information Technology Management
- Management Engineering
- Mathematical Finance
- Mathematics/Business Administration
- Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy
- Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management
- Science and Business
- Science and Financial Management
- Sport and Recreation Management
- Sustainability and Financial Management
Business + paid co-op work experience
Gain up to two years of paid work experience while testing out careers before you graduate. Work for Fortune 500 companies, startups developing the next big idea, government, non-profits, and everything in between.
PitchBook, which tracks investments in venture capital and private equity markets, found that Waterloo produced 562 founders with undergraduate degrees and 478 companies which raised $20 billion USD in capital over the last decade. Source: 2025 PitchBook university rankings.
Why should I choose business at Waterloo?
Turn your ideas into action
Whether your passion is tech, social justice, Indigenous-based businesses, or environmental change, Waterloo's support for student entrepreneurs provides space and tools for you to explore your ideas.
Among the top entrepreneurial communities
Ranked among the world’s top ecosystems for entrepreneurs, Waterloo region offers business incubators, funding, and a supportive network of other startups. Our on-campus Accelerator Centre ranks top five in the world – and has a 93 per cent success rate for launching companies, compared to the national average of only 51 per cent.
Own your ideas
Unlike most universities where ideas belong to the institution, Waterloo allows you to capitalize on the ideas you generate through one of North America's most entrepreneurial-oriented intellectual property (IP) policies.
That means you can easily turn your ideas into a business with lots of on-campus support.
Make entrepreneurship part of your degree
Take a few courses or include a minor in entrepreneurship (available as an option if you're in Engineering).
You can also choose minors in International Trade, Human Resources Management, Legal Studies, Management Studies, and more.