A powerhouse of discovery and innovation

$coin icon$ 17.3
million dollars in research funding (2017/18)

$earth icon$ 38,882
graduates in 105 countries

$badge icon$ Top 40
in the world for mathematics and computer science

$Math ambassadors ready to greet students at an Open House$ Future students

$Students smiling and laughing at a laptop$ Undergraduate students

$students working at a whiteboard$ Graduate students

$Graduate students in the fluid lab$ Research

$David McKay addresses 2018 Spring Convocation$ Alumni and friends

May 21, 2019 Making AI more human is key to widespread acceptance $Female interacting with robot$
The key to people trusting and co-operating with artificially intelligent (AI) agents lies in their ability to display human-like emotions, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo.
May 15, 2019Three students nominated for the Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award $Kevin Hyun$
Congratulations to the three students nominated for the Jessie W.H.
May 13, 2019New system offers protection against data breaches $Data privacy$
Researchers have developed a system that allows data owners to regulate how much of their privacy may be breached when personal information is being analyzed.

The novel system, APEx, also lessens the burden on data scientists who traditionally have had to compromise the accuracy of their analysis in order to give their clients certain privacy guarantees.

May 27, 2019Waterloo Mathematics Networking Reception in Calgary $U of C entrance photo$

Join us and fellow Math alumni for a cold drink and appetizers at the University of Calgary. Professor Stefan Steiner, Chair of Statistics & Actuarial Science, will share exciting updates from the Faculty and Waterloo.
May 29, 2019 Building a Canadian Startup in California $Desk scape$
June 1, 2019Mathematics Alumni Weekend $on the shoulders of giants picture$
On the Shoulders of Giants

Celebrating our Past, Building our Future
Mathematicians and computer scientists of today build on the knowledge and discoveries made by those who have come before them. Two such giants in the field were Professor William Tutte and J. Wesley Graham.