BA/BS in Nanotechnology Engineering is a bachelor's degree in Nanotechnology programme offered by University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada. The programme runs for 5 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 34,942 per semester (CAD 7,124 per semester for local students).
Nanotechnology Engineering at the University of Waterloo awards a Bachelor of Applied Science and is offered only as a mandatory co-op program at the undergraduate level; it is not available as a minor. Study draws on chemical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, chemistry, materials science, quantum physics, biology, and medicine, progressing from first-year chemistry, physics, calculus, linear algebra, and programming into upper-year topics such as quantum mechanics, microfabrication, thin-film technology, and nanomaterials, with coursework in nanofabrication and characterization techniques. Students can specialize in Nanobiosystems, Nanoelectronics, Nanofabrication, or Nanomaterials, or choose Computing or Quantum Engineering options. Some laboratory work uses the university's dedicated clean-room facilities in the Quantum-Nano Centre. Co-op work terms alternate with study throughout the degree, delivered on the Waterloo campus. It suits students interested in pharmaceuticals, biomedical devices, electronics, energy, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, or climate-related technologies, with career paths spanning battery materials, drug delivery, semiconductor fabrication, and materials testing roles in industry and government research.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from Ontario high school for Nanotechnology Engineering. Required: six Grade 12 U/M courses including Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, Chemistry, Physics and English (ENG4U), each with a minimum final grade of 70%. Admission is competitive: the Faculty of Engineering selects individually, with an admission average trend of the mid-to-high 80s. All Engineering applicants, admitted individually against these prerequisites, must also complete the Admission Information Form (AIF) and an online interview, per the University of Waterloo's own admission requirements. 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.
