Type | Faculty |
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Established | 1957 |
Affiliation | University of Waterloo |
Dean | Mary Wells |
Academic staff | 309 |
Undergraduates | 7630 |
Postgraduates | 1872 |
Location | , , Canada 43°28′16″N 80°32′21″W / 43.470992°N 80.539267°W |
Symbol | Wrench (The TOOL) |
Website | uwaterloo |
Cooperative education program is compulsory. |
The Faculty of Engineering is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It has 8,698 undergraduate students, 2176 graduate students, 334 faculty and 52,750 alumni [1] making it the largest engineering school in Canada [2] with external research funding from 195 Canadian and international partners exceeding $86.8 million.[3] Ranked among the top 50 engineering schools in the world,[4] the faculty of engineering houses eight academic units (two schools, six departments) and offers 15 bachelor's degree programs in a variety of disciplines.[5]
All undergraduate students are automatically enrolled in the co-operative education program, in which they alternate between academic and work terms throughout their five years of undergraduate study. There are 7,600 co-op positions arranged for students annually.[6]