Christina Marchand (BSc ’14) and Hyder Hassan (BA ’12) review design sketches for a line of clothing for FullSoul, a social enterprise they launched to equip hospitals in Uganda with medical supplies to protect the health and safety of mothers.

High-performing, world-ready graduates don’t just happen. Waterloo starts with some of the brightest, most driven students in the world. The skills and knowledge they develop here turn exceptional students into truly remarkable alumni — the leaders of tomorrow.

By the numbers

• 48% of new undergraduate students have an entrance average ≥ 90%
• 13 teaching fellows providing leadership across six Faculties
• 30,600 full- and part-time undergraduate students; 5,300 full- and part-time graduate students
• 95% of Waterloo co-op students employed in positions related to skills developed in their field of study, six months after graduation — Ontario average 73%
• 18,300 students participate in the world’s largest co-op education system

"My co-op in Uganda was life-altering not because of what I saw but because of how empowered I felt at having the chance to make a difference."

CHRISTINA MARCHAND, an Applied Health Sciences alumnus who helped deliver babies as part of her work term with the nonprofit organization Save the Mothers