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Wilfrid Laurier University

Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

Official telephone: (519) 884-1970
Fax number: (519) 884-8826
Website: https://www.wlu.ca/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 20,364
Full-time undergraduates: 16,683
Part-time undergraduates: 3,681
Total graduate students: 2,251
Full-time graduate students: 1,127
Part-time graduate students: 1,124

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 40 acres
Nearest major city: Toronto

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 96%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 20%
Percent of students who live off campus: 80%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Habitat for Humanity of WLU; Laurier Musical Theatre; East Meets West; Laurier SOS; Laurier Ski and Snowboarding Club

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: CIAU

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's basketball  
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's football  
Men's golf  
Men's ice hockey  
Men's rugby  
Men's soccer  
Men's swimming and diving  
Women's basketball  
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country running  
Women's ice hockey  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's rugby  
Women's soccer  
Women's swimming and diving  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; basketball; badminton; football; ice hockey; lacrosse; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; skiing (cross-country)

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Lester B. Pearson Internationa

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 95% within six months of graduation

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