University of Waterloo

Overview

University of Waterloo was established in 1957, and is renowned as Canada’s most innovative university—a distinction it has held for the past 25 years. The university campus has over a hundred buildings encompassing an area of 1000 acres (404 hectares) in Waterloo, Ontario. The university is ranked #115 globally as per QS world university ranking 2025. The Uniersity of Waterloo has more than 42,000+ students attending annually. Waterloo is #1 in Canada for experiential learning and employer-student connection The uniersity of Waterloo provides 95 UG programs and 11.

The uniersity of Waterloo provides 95 UG programs and 115 PG Uni of Waterloo programs for domestic and international students. The Co-operative education and the Engineering programs including Computer Science is significant at this university. Waterloo is a highly specialized school focusing heavily on engineering and applied sciences and very little on humanities and social sciences. As an international student, you must present a great SOP, get good LOR that improves your chances of admissions. If you are an Indian student from a middle class family, it will be difficult to afford eduction. Hence, you can look for assistantships, scholarships, portfolio funding and part time jobs provided by the university to cover the expenses.

The University of Waterloo campus is easily accessible by public transport, and surrounded by Waterloo Park, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Laurel Creek Conservation Area. Duing admissions, you can take help from my team of student mentors at UniRely who are currently studying at UWaterloo. As an Indian student, you will get a 2 week break after the Fall term exams, so you can go back to India during Christmas break. There is also a decent break between end of spring term to beginning of fall term. The cost of living in Canada is around CAD 20,000 – CAD 30,000 annually. Waterloo can get very cold in the winter. It's in the snow belt of Ontario and can sometimes get quite deep snow, very low temperatures, and high winds. Hence, you must carry belongings that will help you in winters.