How University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Gives Students a Head Start in the Workforce

The University of Waterloo is home to the largest engineering school in Canada. Founded in 1957 to train skilled engineers for local industries, the institution has been central to the Waterloo Region’s economic growth. Its students, researchers and alumni have helped forge the Toronto-Waterloo tech corridor — known as the “Silicon Valley of the North” — and put the University on the global map.