University of Waterloo offers BA/BS in Pure Mathematics, a bachelor's degree in Mathematics programme in Waterloo, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 29,259 per semester (CAD 3,125 per semester for local students).
Also offered as: Master's Degree, Doctorate
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Mathematics
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 3,125 / semester
International tuition: CAD 29,259 / semester
Last checked September 2026 · Source: uwaterloo.ca ·
Program details
Overview
Pure Mathematics at the University of Waterloo leads to a Bachelor of Mathematics in Pure Mathematics, at the undergraduate level, delivered on the Waterloo campus. The curriculum centers on geometry, number theory, and logic, extending into algebra, calculus, linear algebra, differential geometry, Galois theory, analytic number theory, and measure theory, with a first year that also includes computer science and communications courses and electives drawn from roughly a hundred subject areas. Students can customize the degree with minors such as Combinatorics and Optimization or Computer Science, and can apply for an Undergraduate Student Research Award to work alongside a faculty member during a paid term. The program is offered as a co-op option, alternating study terms with paid work terms, or as regular full-time study. It suits students who want to build strong problem-solving skills applicable to industry, business, government, or graduate school, with career paths including quantitative analyst, data scientist, software engineer, and threat intelligence analyst roles.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from Ontario high school; applicants apply to Mathematics and choose Pure Mathematics as their major 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.
