University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Latin: Concordia cum veritate Rank: 166th worldwide The University of Waterloo (commonly referred to as Waterloo, UW, or UWaterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on land adjacent to "Uptown" Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also operates three satellite campuses and four affiliated university colleges and a member of U 15 in Canada. The University of Waterloo traces its origins to Waterloo College (present-day Wilfrid Laurier University), the academic outgrowth of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, which was affiliated with the University of Western Ontario since 1925. When Gerald Hagey assumed the presidency of Waterloo College in 1953, he made it his priority to procure the funds necessary to expand the institution. On 25 January 1958, the Associated Faculties announced the purchase of over 74 hectares (180 acres) of land west of Waterloo College. By the end of the same year, the Associated Faculties opened its first building on the site, the Chemical Engineering Building. In 1959, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed an act which formally split the Associated Faculties from Waterloo College and re-established it as the University of Waterloo. In addition, the university owns several other properties in Cambridge, Huntsville, Kitchener, and Stratford, Ontario. The University of Waterloo is built on the strength of six remarkable Faculties. Individually, each is home to world-changing research, extraordinary teaching and support for education that is rooted in experience. As one of Canada's top innovation universities, the University of Waterloo is known to be the best when it comes to Engineering and home to 100+ programs in Business, Math, Health, Science, Arts and Environment. In terms of research reputation, Waterloo has very strong and highly recognized research in the fields of computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning, and engineering and It is recognized as top tier in Canada and well respected in the States. Waterloo graduates have accumulated several awards, such as George Elliott Clarke, recipient of the Governor General's Award, William Reeves, recipient of an Academy Award, and a number of Rhodes Scholarships. Also, business leaders have worked or studied at Waterloo such as David I. McKay, president and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada and David Johnston, the former President of Waterloo, served as the 28th Governor General of Canada from 2010 to 2017. The university's sports teams are known as the Waterloo Warriors. They participate in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports' Ontario University Athletics conference for most varsity sports. Varsity teams include badminton, baseball, basketball, cross country, curling, field hockey, figure skating, Canadian football, golf, hockey, Nordic skiing, rugby, soccer, squash, swimming, track and field, tennis, and volleyball. Being a top university when it comes to innovation. Physics and Astronomy professor Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 2, 2018, making her the third woman in history to receive the prestigious honor. Dr. Strickland was recognized for her breakthrough work on chirped pulse amplification in lasers, allowing for the development technology used for eye-laser surgery, within laser printers, and scanners sold in retail stores.