Undergraduate scholarships and awards

Continued growth of our undergraduate scholarship endowment fund will help the Faculty of Arts bring top quality undergraduate students to Waterloo. Such scholarships are instrumental in rewarding the best Arts students for their accomplishments and enabling outstanding students to defray tuition costs that have more than doubled over the past decade.

Graduate scholarships and awards

Establishing more graduate scholarships will attract more students to the Faculty of Arts to develop specialized knowledge and applied skills to help understand and solve complex problems of the world. Investing in graduate scholarships ensures the continued transfer of knowledge and expertise from university seminar rooms to society.

Wolfe Chair in Scientific & Technological Literacy ($5M goal – Philosophy)

Addressing a need for all students to develop the skills required to critically assess scientific and technological innovations and their impacts on society.  The Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy will be a campus-wide initiative to develop students’ fundamental understanding of the scientific and technological innovation environments.

Chanchlani India Policy Centre ($10M goal)

The Chanchlani India Policy Centre will enhance Canada’s research capacity in the study of India and Canada-India relations and work on the development of public policy research that will deepen the engagement between Canada and India.  This central work will serve both countries’ mutual interests.

Waterloo Centre for German Studies ($5M goal)

Over the past fifteen years, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies and the Waterloo Centre for Germanic Studies have positioned the University of Waterloo as one of the major centres in North America for the study of Germanic language and literature.  A series of transformative investments by private supporters and the University have built on that strength, solidifying the WCGS's place a formidable presence in the field.

Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies ($5M goal)

The Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies (WIHS) was established in 2010 as the first research centre in North America dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the Hellenistic era. It functions as an international networking hub for scholars and students, and to foster collaborative scholarly activities that explore the Hellenistic era (323 BCE to 30 BCE) as an early form of globalisation. WIHS initiatives seek to understand the impact of technological change on society and economy in an increasingly globalized ancient world.

Canadian Centre for Arts & Technology

The Canadian Centre for Arts & Technology conducts research in a wide range of fields connecting technology, people, and the Arts. Over the past eight years, CCAT projects have attracted more than two million dollars in external funding, making it one of the most successful and active research centres at the University of Waterloo. Researchers focus on digital design and testing in such media as music, theatre, sound, video, and images.

Research centres

Departmental priorities