At Waterloo, we're dedicated to your success. Hundreds of people across campus are ready to help you define and achieve your goals.
And it pays off. Waterloo's graduation rate is higher than the Ontario average, and our student loan default rate is less than half the provincial average, which means our students are getting good jobs after graduating.
Strength in diversity
Racial Advocacy for Inclusion, Solidarity, and Equity (RAISE)
RAISE lifts students up by addressing the impacts of racism and xenophobia in our community.
The Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity
The Glow Centre supports all sexual orientations and gender identities through peer support, discussion groups, social events, and resources.
International and Canadian Student Network
With the goal of making all students feel at home, this network connects local, international, and exchange students through weekly events.
Chaplains
Representing 11 faith traditions, Waterloo's chaplains can provide you with support and help as you explore spiritual questions.
Indigenous services
The Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre supports a variety of Indigenous student needs, from cultural to academic.
Wellness
Health Services
The on-campus Student Medical Clinic offers a range of services, from providing prescriptions and immunizations to addressing your mental and sexual health concerns.
Counselling
Counselling Services supports your personal, social, and academic experiences through one-on-one counselling, group therapy, and skills seminars.
Mates
Focused on student well-being, Mates offers one-on-one peer support and a wellness lounge, where you can participate in wellness activities.
Empower Me
Empower Me is a confidential mental health and wellness service available to you 24/7 through phone, video call, or in person.
Special Constable Service
The Special Constable Service patrols the campus 24/7 to maintain a safe and secure environment for all.
Student support
Student success
The Student Success Office provides academic support programs, leadership workshops, and peer coaching.
Career advice
Advisors in the Centre for Career Development can help you research and prepare for summer and co-op jobs, your career, or further education.
Academic advisors
Need help selecting courses or specializations? Advisors in each faculty are ready to help you get the most from your degree.
Entrepreneurship
Have an idea? Our support for student entrepreneurs includes mentorship, funding, courses, workshops, and incubators.
Accessibility
AccessAbility Services designs and facilitates academic accommodation plans if you have a permanent, temporary, or suspected disability.
Sustainability Office
The Sustainability Office helps build a more sustainable campus through academics, operations, and engagement programming.
Staying active
As home to one of the largest campus recreation programs in Canada, we have lots of ways to get moving, from intramural leagues to sports clubs and fitness classes.
Moving to Canada?
Friendly and supportive staff are here to help you transition to life in Canada, including help with immigration consulting and an international student peer community.
International Experience Centre (IEC)
The International Experience Centre provides free immigration consulting, community events, and exchange and study-abroad opportunities.
Equity, Diversity, and Anti-Racism (EDI-R)
Our EDI-R Office advances equity across campus through policies, practices, and programs
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO)
The SVPRO provides support to anyone who has experienced or been impacted by sexual violence.
President's Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART)
PART works to amplify the voices of Black, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and other Peoples of Colour and address racism at Waterloo
From the Missing Manual
Visit our Missing Manual website for tips and advice from Waterloo students and staff. Topics include
How to deal with stress in healthy ways
Dealing with stress can be stressful on its own. You have to figure out how to cope with it while also looking for ways to eliminate it, not to mention dealing with the thing that’s actually causing the stress.
Looking after your mental health
Being a healthy human being is about a lot more than just eating healthy and being physically active, although those are a big part of it.
Ways to counter self-doubt
Self-doubt is a feeling that can be all too familiar to students at all levels. This is a mental state where you are caught between believing you can and believing you can’t do something.