Understanding our Changing Planet

Finding practical solutions to complex problems. As a globally respected discipline, Geography is highly relevant in today’s complex world, giving us the perspective and tools to respond to many challenges facing society. At its core, Geography seeks to provide a location context and practical solutions to address issues that span from the local to the global. This interdisciplinary field bridges the social sciences (human geography), information technology (geomatics), and the natural and physical sciences (physical geography) in finding sustainable solutions to global to local problems. At Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management (GEM) does all of this.

Geography@Waterloo by the Numbers

7

Core Undergraduate Degree Plans

4

Pathways for Undergraduate Program

5

Terms of Undergraduate Experiential Co-op Opportunities

8

Undergraduate Field Course Opportunities

6,826

Number of Alumni from GEM (since 1970s)

-90S to 90N

Global Locations of Geography Alumni

8

Core Graduate Plans

~170 Undergrads and ~85 Grads

Annual Student Intake

37

Number of Professors and Staff

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If you are interested in research-infused graduate and undergraduate programs that offer innovative hands-on experiential training, quantitative and qualitative skills development, and an integrative perspective that needed to tackle the toughest environmental and sustainability challenges, you have come to the right place.