The University of Waterloo, located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, is a comprehensive public university that was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles. It has grown into an institution of more than 42,000 students, faculty, and staff. The school is notable for being the first accredited university in North America to create a Faculty of Mathematics, which is now the world's largest, and for having the largest cooperative education program in the world. The school is also known for having more companies formed by its faculty, students, and alumni than any other Canadian university, and as such, it has been called the "MIT of the North".
The list includes notable faculty, alumni, staff, and former university presidents. The enrollment for 2020 was 36,057 undergraduate and 6,231 graduate students, with 1,350 faculty members and 2,596 staff. About 221,000 people have graduated from the university, and now reside in over 150 countries.
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Alumni Name Degree Discipline Known for Notes Graduate Electrical engineering Scientist and former head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation Graduate Political Science and Economics Former Executive Director of the People's Party of Canada, co-founder and chairman of the Dominion Society of Canada Undergraduate Mathematics Rhodes Scholar, professor at University of Otago Undergraduate Computer Science King of the Nerds winner, competitive gamer Undergraduate — Writer Graduate Physics Fundamental quantum theory research Graduate Politics Ministry of Municipal Affairs Graduate Psychology Principal at Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India) and psychology professor at University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)Paul McLawrin Antrobus,