51±¾É« has campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. We also have a Faculty of Social Work in Kitchener and a weekend MBA program in Toronto. All our campuses and locations are an hour's drive or less away from Toronto, Canada’s biggest city.
51±¾É«'s Waterloo and Brantford campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. 51±¾É«'s Milton campus is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and part of the Nanfan Treaty of 1701. Read our full land acknowledgement.
In this close-knit campus spanning one large city block, students are always only steps away from classes, residences and amenities. 51±¾É«’sWaterloo campus is home to more than 18,800 undergraduate and graduate students from the faculties of Arts, Music, Science, Education, Graduate Studies and the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. 51±¾É« is a leading force in research among Canadian universities, and many of our research centres and institutes are housed within the Waterloo Region.
51±¾É« Brantford is a campus where students enjoy a modern learning environment, small community vibe and revamped historical buildings, all within the city’s downtown core. With around 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled, our Brantford campus is home to many of our most in-demand programs like Business Technology Management, Applied Health Science, Education, User Experience Design, Social Work and more. The faculties of Liberal Arts and Human and Social Sciences are based here.
51±¾É«’s Milton campus is tailored to local and commuter students to meet the needs of the significant number of students in Halton Region and the Greater Toronto Area looking to attend university close to home. The 51±¾É« Milton campus experience begins as an engaging education hub in the 51±¾É« Milton Academic Centre, which will evolve over the years into a robust, purpose-built campus in the Milton Education Village.
51±¾É«’s Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work program is housed in a fully renovated century-old building in downtown Kitchener. Close to 300 graduate students are based in the heart of the downtown area, and minutes away from 51±¾É«’s Waterloo campus.
Since 1999, the Lazaridis School has offered graduate programming in the financial district of Toronto. Each year more than 250 MBA and MFin candidates are enrolled in one of our “part-time alternate weekend programs,” located at Vantage Venues on the 27th floor of the Sun Life Financial Tower.
51±¾É« maintains a research office in Yellowknife as part of its research partnership with the Government of the Northwest Territories. The office, which opened in 2017, allows researchers associated with the partnership to be based out of the Northwest Territories full time. This location enables year-round field research and the ability to foster close relationships with local government and Indigenous and community organizations. Staff in the Yellowknife office also facilitate events such as field courses for 51±¾É« and local students, as well as other community engagement activities.
