Offered by University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada, BA/BS in Mathematics is a bachelor's degree in Mathematics programme. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 29,259 per semester (CAD 3,125 per semester for local students).
The Mathematics program at the University of Waterloo awards a Bachelor of Mathematics and lets students choose from a range of majors within the Faculty of Mathematics, at the undergraduate level. The first year builds a foundation in algebra, calculus, linear algebra, and computer science, after which students draw on several hundred upper-year mathematics courses to pursue a chosen major, such as Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Pure Mathematics, Statistics, or Mathematical Physics, among others listed by the faculty. The degree is available either as a co-op option, alternating study terms with paid work terms, or as a regular full-time course of study, and a Mathematics minor is offered to students in other programs. Delivery is on the Waterloo campus. The program suits students with a strong mathematical foundation who are considering software development, consulting, banking, insurance, or research careers, or further study in fields such as commerce, computing, engineering, or science that build on quantitative reasoning.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from Ontario high school into Mathematics, with the major chosen at the end of first year. Required: six Grade 12 U/M courses including Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, any Grade 12 U English, and one other 4U course, with Grade 11 Introduction to Computer Science recommended. Admission is competitive: the Faculty of Mathematics selects individually, with an admission average trend of the mid-80s. The Admission Information Form (AIF) is required for admission; writing the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest or the Euclid contest is optional but required for certain Faculty of Mathematics scholarships. International and non-Ontario applicants follow the equivalent OUAC route with the program's prerequisite subjects. Applicants whose secondary education was not in Canada or in English follow the same OUAC route and must meet Waterloo's institution-wide English proficiency requirement: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (6.0 minimum band, 6.5 in writing and speaking), TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall with 5 in writing and speaking for tests from 21 January 2026 onward (90 overall with 25 in writing and speaking for earlier tests), PTE Academic 63 (65 in writing and speaking), or Duolingo 120 (125 in Literacy and Production).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Waterloo admits first-year students for September entry only, through the OUAC, with identical deadlines for domestic and international applicants. For Fall 2027, most programmes must be applied to by 1 February 2027 with documents due 15 February 2027; Engineering programmes (excluding Architecture) close earlier, on 15 January 2027, with documents due 1 February 2027, and require an online interview. Waterloo states a deadline may be extended if a programme is not yet full, but publishes no separate rolling-admission date and no explicit application-opening date. Pharmacy is a named exception with its own earlier deadline; Social Work and the Conditional Admission to Pharmacy stream are directed to programme-specific timelines outside this page. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
