Waterloo sources and notes

Dates below apply to September 2027 entry. Architecture and professional-entry programs can have separate requirements.

Individual selection, based on previous years. This is not a guaranteed cutoff.

The school calendar focuses on first-year September entry. Architecture portfolio timing is shared with applicants invited to the next stage. Waterloo publishes separate timelines for professional, part-time and non-degree study.

The 70% prerequisite marks are course minimums, not a competitive admission average. Ontario course codes are shown; other curricula have different requirements.

Waterloo publishes low to mid-90s guidance for Ontario applicants. Unidex shows that wording alongside fit and leaves the admission band unclassified. Waterloo also requires supplementary forms and an online interview.

For September 2027 entry, accept your offer by its deadline, June 1 for most students. Submit the residence application and $500 non-refundable deposit by 11:55 p.m. ET on June 8, 2027.

Transfer students are also covered. The application includes Campus Housing, Renison, St. Jerome’s and United College. Building and room preferences depend on availability. Accessibility documents for these providers are due June 8. Conrad Grebel has a separate application. Contact Grebel by early May for accessible housing. For creed-based housing, follow Campus Housing’s request process or contact your preferred University College directly.

Residence prices use the period and rate year displayed beside each amount. Some prices cover one room for eight months; family housing may be priced for a whole apartment or townhouse per month. These amounts cannot be compared as equal contracts.

Meals included means the displayed room fee already includes the published meal package. Otherwise the meal plan is additional or optional, as shown inside the residence row.

Eligibility filters can include the same residence in more than one group. Room types are subject to allocation and availability. Waterloo lists New Residence Building prices in its 2026–27 table, with the building planned to open in 2027 and separate 2027–28 rates still unpublished.

Dining hours come from the university or operator. Check the linked hours for closures and holidays. Google review scores are snapshots from the named dining place’s listing, checked October 12, 2026. Scores for an entire college or residence are not used as dining reviews.

University-published estimates for September 2026 entrants taking five courses per term. CAD. Housing, meals and co-op fees are additional.

Exact charges appear in the student account before each term. These are first-year estimates, not full-degree prices.

Incidental fees include the transit pass, health and dental plans, recreation and student services.

Certain Indigenous students qualify for Ontario tuition rates or a tuition waiver; check the published policy.

Number of charges varies by program. No tuition is charged during co-op work terms.

The estimates use published 2026–27 prices. Waterloo has not published September 2027 rates. Co-op charges are included where required in first year for the selected option. Off-campus rent and food outside a selected meal plan are excluded.

University estimates in CAD. Books and supplies are separate. The co-op fee is listed separately per study term. Housing, food and personal expenses are additional; exact student-account fees vary. Tuition is not charged during co-op work terms.

Accounting and Financial Management, Sustainability and Financial Management: Accounting and finance tuition increases significantly in upper years.

Architecture: Supplies include a laptop, studio equipment and field trips. Waterloo recommends living in Cambridge for Architecture.

Computer Science: For the co-op stream, add $1,672 for two first-year study terms.

Computing and Financial Management: Accounting and finance tuition increases significantly in upper years.

Geography and Aviation: Flight training is billed separately. Waterloo Aviation estimates $100,000 across the degree. First-year flight fees are pending.

Science and Aviation: Flight training is billed separately. Waterloo Aviation estimates $100,000 across the degree. First-year flight fees are pending.

Mathematics (includes 16 majors), Mathematics/ Business Administration, Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy: Accounting and finance tuition increases significantly in upper years.

Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management: For the co-op stream, add $1,672 for two first-year study terms.

Main-campus entrance award families published by Waterloo. Selection and enrolment conditions apply. University College awards have separate terms; St. Jerome’s automatic entrance awards replace the equivalent main-campus award.

These ten entrance award families explicitly cover Software Engineering or university-wide eligibility. Individual academic, citizenship, financial-need, identity and selection criteria still apply. Mathematics-only award families are excluded.

Meeting published criteria does not guarantee an award. Automatic, application-based and competitive awards have different selection rules. Award values can cover one term, one year or multiple years; each expanded row states its scope.

Base units across all eight academic terms. The numerator counts 12 approved electives, including restricted lists. Required either/or courses remain in the denominator. Excludes COOP, PD and additional paired laboratory units. Not unrestricted study.

The course plan is from the 2026–2027 academic calendar. Waterloo plans to publish the 2027–2028 calendar on April 2, 2027.

The eight example weeks combine compatible sections from Waterloo’s published class schedules. Winter 2027 sections are preliminary. Your assigned sections are in Quest.

The examples include published dated meetings that fall in the selected week. Free-choice electives vary by student. The preliminary 3A example lists the available meetings and identifies SE 464 as unlisted.

Sustainability may overlap with another eligible elective requirement. It is not an additional thirteenth elective. Extra science laboratories can add units beyond the base plan.

Share of the published schedule, not a job-placement rate or a promise of earnings. At least five credited work terms are required to graduate.

6 scheduled work terms ÷ (8 study + 6 work terms) × 100 = 42.9%.

12 approved 0.5-unit elective slots × 0.5 ÷ 21.5 listed degree units × 100 = 27.9%.

Waterloo describes previous admission averages as low to mid-90s. The marked endpoints of about 90% and 95% illustrate that wording. Waterloo applies individual selection.

University-published career examples and dated individual profiles. These are not placement guarantees, a complete employer list, or an employment-rate measurement.

Engineers Canada lists Waterloo Software as accredited from 2006 to present. Professional Engineer licensure has additional requirements.

Named roles and employers are examples published by Waterloo. They do not establish an employment rate, placement promise or salary expectation.

The school page lists active Unidex programs with their own program pages. Waterloo’s official directories cover a wider set of programs and majors.

103 distinct program and major pages from Waterloo’s faculty and alphabetical directories. Umbrella programs, majors and joint degrees do not each represent separate application choices.

The student count includes undergraduates and graduate students in Fall 2025. The club count covers active WUSA clubs in Winter 2026.

Campus and life lists Waterloo’s libraries and resource collections, local and intercity transit, and university athletic facilities. Individual listings include hours, schedules or facility details where available.