how to reach the University of Waterloo
by mail
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
by telephone
- (519) 888-4567 -- automated switchboard, 24 hours a day. When the automated
attendant answers, press the extension number you want.
- (519) 885-1211 -- voice switchboard
- Departmental
phone directory
by fax
(519) 884-8009 (central stores fax service; most departments also have their
own fax numbers)
by road
UW is located in the twin cities of
Kitchener-Waterloo in
southwestern Ontario, about 90 minutes' drive west of Toronto or three hours
east of Windsor-Detroit.
Regional
map,
Map
of Kitchener-Waterloo.
- From east or west, follow highway 401 to exit 278, highway 8 West.
- Ontario road
condition reports
- From Buffalo and Niagara Falls, follow Queen Elizabeth Way in the "Toronto" direction
to highway 403 West (one hour); follow 403 West to 6 North to 401 West
to exit 278 (45 minutes); proceed as below.
- Follow 8 West to 7 East (an expressway called the Conestoga
Parkway). Be sure to take the exit for 7 East, not 7 West.
- Continue on 7 East (keep left) as it becomes 85 North (formerly 86).
- Exit at University Avenue West and drive about 2 miles (3 km).
- Stop at the entrance kiosk for parking information and directions. Visitor parking is
available near the main entrance.
Map of
this route
Use
Google Maps for directions to UW.
the Architecture building
by public transportation
by the World Wide Web
- http://www.uwaterloo.ca (UWinfo Web
home page)
- University
officers and administrators
- Individual users: The University of Waterloo does not have a central
index of individual users' home pages, because there are several tens of
thousands of users spread over several thousand computing systems. It may
be possible to determine the URL for the home page, if the individual has
one, based on the electronic mail address. E-mail addresses are listed in
UWdir, which is accessible from the UWinfo home page. If an e-mail address
is of the form username@machine.uwaterloo.ca the home page, if it
exists, will probably be found at http://machine.uwaterloo.ca/~username.
Two faculties maintain their own listings of individual home page addresses:
arts
and mathematics.
by electronic mail
federated and affiliated colleges
- St. Jerome's University -- Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G3
Switchboard (519) 884-8110, automatic 884-8111, fax 884-5759
- St. Paul's United College -- Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G5
Switchboard (519) 885-1460, automatic 885-1465, fax 885-6364
- Renison College -- Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G4
Switchboard (519) 884-4400, automatic 884-4404, fax 884-5135
- Conrad Grebel College -- Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G6
Switchboard (519) 885-0220, fax 885-0014
frequently called numbers
- Registrar's office ext. 5378
- Undergraduate student admissions ext. 3777
- Graduate studies office ext. 5209
- Graduate student admissions:
- Applied Health Sciences, Mathematics, ext. 2670
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, Environmental Studies, ext. 2576
- Engineering, ext. 7170
- Arts, MBET, Science, ext. 6030
- Visitor centre ext. 3614
- Purchasing ext. 4501
- Human resources ext. 2524
- Distance education ext. 4050
- Library ext. 4883
- Student Life Centre turnkey desk (open 24 hours) 888-4434
- IST (computing) help desk 888-4357
- UW police (24 hours) 888-4911 or ext. 4911
