Our graduate students enjoy their work. They find this university and
community a stimulating, comfortable, safe and enjoyable place to study
and to live.
A Masters or PhD degree from University of Waterloo will:
- qualify you for professions requiring a graduate degree
- allow you to earn a higher salary
- give you the opportunity to contribute to your area of interest through
your research
Our University:
- offers a President's
Graduate Scholarship valued at up to $10,000 annually to all Tri-Council
Award (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR) and OGS recipients.
- has an intellectual
property policy that permits researchers to retain ownership of
new technologies and encourages them to move their ideas into the economy.
- has the highest
reputation in Canada as "best overall" university in Maclean's
annual university rankings. Waterloo is #1 in three out of four national
reputation measures: Best overall; Most Innovative; Leaders of Tomorrow.
- is linked with the Perimeter
Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Centre
for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and the McMaster
University School of Medicine.
- is investing in new buildings on campus (Institute for Quantum Computing
and Nanotechnology, School of Accounting and Finance, Health Sciences
Centre).
- has a graduate student housing community located at Columbia
Lake Village.
- is located in the city of Waterloo, the ICF's 2007
Intelligent Community of the Year award winner.
- was the only Canadian university visited by Microsoft founder Bill
Gates during his Winter 2008 tour.
- has a major economic impact on the Region of Waterloo with several
spin-off companies (eg. Research in Motion, Waterloo Maple, Dalsa, Open
Text).
Our Professors:
- hold 60 Canada Research Chairs.
- have established over 33 centres and institutes on campus, including
the Canadian Centre for Arts
and Technology.
- participate with 17 networks of excellence.
- have 11 industrial sponsored NSERC Research Chairs.
- are 963 in number and growing.
- were awarded $169.5 million in research funding for 2009-2010.
- are nominated for awards
in graduate supervision by our graduate students.
Our Graduate Students:
