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The University of Waterloo is a school that you attend after high school. It is in the Southwest of Ontario. This university is marked the 5th best university in Canada. This university is very large. It was founded in 1957.

Contests

The University of Waterloo holds many contests in mathematics for students in high school. Some contests let you choose the correct answer out of many wrong answers ( multiple choice ), and for other contests one must write the whole answer and how it was found. Anybody in Canada can take these contests. Each contest is named after famous mathematicians, such as Galois or Fermat.

Notable people

Related pages

  • cemc.uwaterloo.ca

Images for kids

  • Dana Porter

    Dana Porter, the first Chancellor of the university

  • Wes Graham (right) University of Waterloo IBM (cropped)

    Wes Graham (right) with an IBM computer, Waterloo was one of the first universities in North America to establish a department of computer science.

  • Dana Porter Library 2

    The Dana Porter Library, home to a collection of books focused on the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

  • Minota Hagey Residence at uwaterloo

    Minota Hagey Residence, one of eight residences at the university's main campus

  • School of Pharmacy UW 2013

    The university's School of Pharmacy based in Kitchener

  • RenisonCollegeOpening1959

    Opening of Renison University College in 1959. The university college is one of three affiliated institutions of the University of Waterloo

  • University of Waterloo William G. Davis Computer Research Center

    The William G. Davis Computer Research Centre houses teaching facilities and a library for engineering, mathematics and science.

  • Mike-and-Ophelia-Lazaridis-Quantum-Nano-Centre

    The university's institutes for both nanotechnology and quantum computing are in the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre.

  • Chase the puck (4305087271)

    The Waterloo Warriors men's ice hockey team is one of several varsity sports teams operated by the university

  • UWaterloo Porcellino

    A copy of the Porcellino sculpture outside the Modern Languages Building serves as a mascot for the Faculty of Arts

  • Donna Strickland, OSA Holiday Party 2012

    Donna Strickland, Nobel laureate in physics

  • Chris Hadfield 2011

    Chris Hadfield, retired Canadian astronaut.

  • Mr Mike Lazaridis OC FRS

    Mike Lazaridis, founder of BlackBerry Limited.

  • Kevin O'Leary 2012

    Kevin O'Leary, Canadian businessman, author, politician, and television personality.

  • Chamath Palihapitiya 2016 Dialog (cropped)

    Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of Social Capital and minority owner of the Golden State Warriors.

  • Beckie Scott

    Beckie Scott, Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing.

  • Rupi Kaur by Baljit Singh

    Rupi Kaur, popular Canadian poet and author of Milk and Honey.

See also

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