University of Waterloo Courses and Fees 2025

• Computer Science is one of the hardest course in Waterloo. In first year you have a lot of math related courses, and basic CS courses but in Second things get more CS related. The courses that you take are mostly your choice except the few courses that you are required to take. Some of them are purely Theoretical, Some of them are purely practical but most of them are a mix of both
• The most positive thing that stands out in my course is that in all the courses, they start building up from basic concepts and explaining all the required concepts to reach to the main part of the course so that everyone who has and does not have idea of the required concepts can understand (this is especially useful in upper years).
• The negative aspect is some of the courses are still outdated and teach programming languages that no one uses anymore.

• The fees is charged semester-wise. For computer Science, in first year my tuition fees was 33000 per semester but now it is 34000. They add additional expenses to that which comes up to 1000-2000 for insurance or co-op fee, it depends on the term. Then if your living on campus, they residences cost around 4000 per term, there are several residences to choose and all of them have different prices. Some residences require you to buy a meal plan while some don't, they cost around 3000 - 3200. But you mostly move out of University after first year and live outside. But since there is a housing crisis, the rent per month usually costs around 800-1200 CAD depends on the place, and If u cook then it should cost you more than 500 per month.
• If you eat out a lot, then it can cost you anywhere between 800-1000 per month. For other activities, they usually come up to another 100-200 if you like having going out and having fun a lot. Sometimes the clubs at university do take some membership fees, which is pretty small about 2-10 dollars depends on the club. the transportation (bus and metro fees) is included in your main fee structure, and you can use ur Waterloo ID to go anywhere in Waterloo unlimited using public buses and metro. So I estimate my monthly expenses to be around 1650 including rent, food, and other activities. (All numbers are in CAD)

The syllabus is always updated and relevant. Experience-wise, there is an optional co-op program every other term that is very good for future careers. The quality of the course curriculum varies depending on the faculty, but overall very good.

Around 700 per course. For a fully loaded term (5 courses), tuition + fees would round up to about $4700

Yes it is very relevant to the real world. Our co-op program provides us industry exposure.

25000 CAD per term

My course curriculum is very good and structured fantastically. We even have awesome subjects. There are a lot of opportunities to expand our knowledge and skill set. It is a vast curriculum and was perfectly designed for graduation course.

It is around $30,000 per year

Yes, so far, I have gotten a good experience of research and applying my knowledge in the field in real life.

Tuition fee: $60,000 CAD per year (and the co-op fee is approximately $750)

The University of Waterloo although they operate on a trimester system with fall and spring terms the full time course load is 5 courses per term equivalent to 2.5 units with the minimum 3 courses the equivalent is 1.5units this is credits

The annual tuition fee is between 40000 to 70000 it may be paid in two terms this is University charges the fee of the tuition fee. For this we have two terms to pay. I can pay in two terms annually. This is University charges the fee in year

I personally like it. The course syllabus is pretty vast and the co-op program gives industrial exposure with co-op. However, I do feel it is a bit disorganized to some extent as some of the course have coding languages and in my experience, I had courses with one coding language and then in my last year, they introduced another coding language in one of the econometrics courses which is unfair as this is happening in my last semester. Otherwise, I would say the professors are very knowledgeable and credible mostly and the academic advisors for students are very helpful and an important resource.

$2700-3200/ course and to graduate you have to do 40 courses (32 major, 8 minor or elective) you can choose to do more if you opt for a double-degree or double majors or an extra minor.

Totally up to date with all actuarial exams and coop gives really nice industry experience.

Really good for actuarial science and has an amazing coop opportunity with Waterloo works. I didn't have to submit anything and I had no interview as well.

The course curricula and academics are top-notch at UWaterloo. There are hundreds of courses to choose from in various subjects, along with different levels of the same course available at different difficulties in order to cater to all kinds of students. The flexibility in choosing different subjects allows students to pursue subjects in some level of depth that they never thought they could or would. For example, I never thought that I would study French and Economics, but I have taken up courses in both these fields this semester and the next, and am enjoying learning about them so far. There are options for students to pursue research at an undergraduate level like the Undergraduate Research Opportunity program, etc. As for industrial exposure, the co-op component of my program checks that box.

Roughly CAD 31,000 / semester * 8 = CAD 248,000, so around CAD 250,000 or Rs.1.45 Cr (as of March 2021) for my program (excluding scholarships).

I think the course is brilliant. Since this is Mathematics Hons, it makes us think logically. We take a few courses from other faculties as well which really helps us diversify and understand what we want to do. The work load is immense and completely different from schools.

I paid 50k CAD including the housing finances.