Enrollment: 26,451
From theWaterloo website:
The University of Waterloo is located in the City of Waterloo, Ontario about 100 km west of Toronto. The area is a hub of Canada's knowledge economy. There are 2 universities and a community college in the immediate region in addition to many student-oriented businesses. Housing:
For first-year undergraduates that have received an offer of acceptance are guaranteed on-campus residences. Students must submit a Residence Community Ranking Form and a $500 non-refundable deposit no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on June 2, 2011, and $2,000 Entrance Scholarship; $1,500 International Experience Award* and/or; $1,500 Research Award*, or both Open to students admitted to full-time first-year degree studies at Waterloo who are beginning post-secondary studies for the first time in fall 2011. *Note: The International Experience Award and/or Research Award are available in your upper years if you choose to claim them and if you complete your first year with at least an 80% average. The International Experience Award is available only to Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Open to students admitted to full-time first-year degree studies at Waterloo who are beginning post-secondary studies for the first time in fall 2011. Open to students admitted to full-time first-year degree studies at Waterloo who are beginning post-secondary studies for the first time in fall 2011.
In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada's Technology Triangle, has become one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities with more than 30,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs.
A new satellite campus has opened in the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Waterloo offers chemical and civil engineering programs that started in 2009; programs in information technology management and finance and risk management started in 2010.
Entrance scholarships
Award
Range of scholarship
Criteria
President’s Scholarship of Distinction
President’s Scholarship
$2,000 Entrance Scholarship
Merit Scholarship
$1,000 Entrance Scholarship
Deer Ridge Entrance Award
One or more awards valued at a minimum of $1,000 for one year
Open to students entering from a Region of Waterloo high school
Hong Kong Alumni Association Entrance Award
One at $1,200
Open to students who reside in or who previously resided in Hong Kong
China Hong Kong Entrance Scholarship
One at $2,000
Open to students who reside in or who previously resided in Hong Kong or mainland China
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