Established in 1911, Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading Canadian university known for academic excellence and a culture that inspires lives of leadership and purpose. Laurier has a distinct commitment to teaching, research and scholarship, combined with a strong student focus, high levels of student satisfaction and a deep sense of community. Laurier specializes in arts and social sciences, business and economics, music, science, social work, education and theology. Laurier has more than 16,000 students throughout its campuses in Waterloo and Brantford Ontario, its Faculty of Social Work in Kitchener, Ontario and its office in Toronto. 

Laurier students aren’t content with simply earning a university degree. Education is a springboard to something greater: it’s the key to shaping a life, building a community and making a difference.

For more than a century, Laurier has been known for academic excellence. But Laurier is also dedicated to the philosophy that students’ success is measured through more than grades – it’s based on the quality of the lives they lead, and those they inspire.