Wilfrid Laurier University

Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada and Waterloo College and became a secular university in 1973, named for prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It sits beside the University of Waterloo as a mid-size comprehensive campus rather than a technical institute. Further sites operate in Brantford, Milton, and Kitchener for social work.

Faculties include arts, science, the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, music, education, and social work. Graduate students work with the Lazaridis Institute, the Balsillie School of International Affairs (a partnership with the University of Waterloo and CIGI), and the Faculty of Music. Psychology, social work, business, and geography are established graduate fields.

About 20,000 students enroll, including a few thousand graduate students and an international cohort from many countries. Faculty number several hundred. Alumni include business graduates of the Lazaridis School, social workers trained in Kitchener, and professional musicians from the Faculty of Music.

Study is built on one- and two-year master's degrees and PhDs in selected fields such as management, psychology, and social work, mixing seminars with a thesis or project. The calendar uses fall and winter semesters and a spring term. Assistantships and grants are the usual supports. Students live in the Waterloo-Kitchener university corridor, with some programs in Brantford.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Wilfrid Laurier University lists 6 graduate programs across 6 subjects, all of them master's programs, with the widest choice in business & management, chemistry and communication, media & journalism.