A powerhouse of discovery and innovation
As North America's only dedicated Faculty of Math, we are nationally and internationally recognized as one of the top schools for Mathematics and Computer Science.
With nearly $30 million in research funding (2019/20) and an alumni network of over 45,000 across more than 100 countries, our students, faculty, and graduates continue to push the boundaries of research to discover new ways to harness the power of mathematics, computer science, and statistics.
News
Marek Stastna and team awarded $1.65 million in funding for CREATE program
Stastna’s CREATE program is titled “Training for Novel Directions in Quantitative Climate Science.”
Applied Math professors receive over $1 million in National Research Council grants
David Del Rey Fernandez and Achim Kempf have received a combined total of more than $1 million in research grants from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).
Cecilia Cotton and Jordan Hamilton win Distinguished Teacher Awards
Congratulations to Cecilia Cotton and Jordan Hamilton, recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Teacher Awards from Waterloo’s Centre for Teaching Excellence.
Events
Indigenous Beading Workshop
To mark Red Dress Day, the faculty of Math will be hosting a beading workshop. We have a limit of 15 participants and registration is required to attend this workshop.
Walking Tour: Black Presence in Berlin
A walking tour that features the lives and accomplishments of Black residents who lived in Kitchener in the late 1800s and early 1900s when it was still called Berlin.
Queer Film Series: The Wedding Banquet
Join us for a screening of The Wedding Banquet, directed by Ang Lee. It is a romantic comedy about a young gay Taiwanese man who agrees to a marriage to placate his parents. Hijinks ensue when his parents arrive in the US to plan his wedding banquet.