Location
Waterloo's campuses
Region of Waterloo
Advantages
Directions to campus are availaible in the "Visiting Waterloo" section of this website.
Waterloo's campuses
The University of Waterloo is situated on 4 campuses and a satellite location. The main campus is located in Waterloo, Ontario – approximately 100 km west of Toronto – in the heart of Southwestern Ontario.
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Main Campus | City of Waterloo |  | ||
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| Health Sciences Campus Kitchener, ON | City of Kitchener Total population: 229,400 Student population: 7,220 Distance from main campus: |  | ||
| School of Architecture 7 Melville St. S. Cambridge, ON N1S 2H4 | City of Cambridge Total population: 129,400 Student population: 1,770 Distance from main campus: |  | ||
| Stratford Campus6 Wellington StreetStratford, ON N5A 2L2 | City of StratfordTotal population: 32,350 Distance from main campus:
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Region of Waterloo
The cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge form the core of Waterloo Region.
Advantages
Studying in Waterloo Region comes with a number of advantages.
- Home to 2 universities and a community college, the City of Waterloo is dedicated to education, and many of the businesses and services are geared toward the student population.
- Check out the Living in Waterloo section of this website for more information.
- The Region of Waterloo is known as the "Tech-Triangle” of Canada, and the University of Waterloo campus is home to the David Johnston Research and Technology Park. Experience the advantage of having leading-edge companies (and potential employers) such as RIM, Open Text, Manulife, iAnywhere, Sybase, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Institute for Quantum Computing, and Communitech just down the street.
- The University of Waterloo is located in heart of southwestern Ontario, close to countless cities and local attractions.
| Destination | Approximate distance from Waterloo's main campus | |
| Toronto, ON | 100 km | |
| London, ON | 110 km | |
| Niagara Falls, ON | 145 km | |
| Buffalo, New York, USA | 175 km | |
| Detroit, Michigan, USA | 300 km |
- The University of Waterloo is located close to Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Guelph , and Conestoga College and often partners with these and other institutions to provide Waterloo students with the best education possible.
- The Intelligent Communities Forum (ICF) named the city of Waterloo the World's Top Intelligent Community of 2007 – a centre for knowledge-based employers, global think-tank organizations, and outstanding post-secondary institutions.
- The Intelligent Community Forum credits the University of Waterloo's strong history: "Like Stanford University in Silicon Valley, it spurred spin-outs of technology-based businesses, and local entrepreneurs began to build clusters of companies working on the most exciting technologies of the day."
- The Globe and Mail reports: "A key driver in the city's high-tech prowess has been the supply of graduates from the
University of Waterloo." - Waterloo Mayor, Brenda Halloran, said "This recognition belongs to our community – to the businesses, to the schools, to the universities and colleges, to our libraries, to our not-for-profits – all of whom look for innovative ways to use technology to make Waterloo a better place. There are great things happening in Waterloo."
