Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.92
Liaison Mat Thijssen
Submission Date Oct. 26, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Waterloo
PRE-5: Academics and Demographics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Mat Thijssen
Sustainability Manager
Sustainability Office
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Number of academic divisions:
6

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent):
45

 Headcounts

Report the unduplicated total number of students enrolled and workers employed over a 12-month period or else representative headcounts (e.g. autumn figures).

Number of students enrolled for credit:
42,288

Total number of employees:
6,062

 Full-Time Equivalents (FTE)

Report the institution’s best estimates, annualized as feasible and/or calculated according to relevant national, regional or international standards. Non-credit students may be included.

Full-time equivalent student enrollment:
39,429

Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education:
29,200

Full-time equivalent of employees:
5,737

 On-Campus Residents

Report annualized headcounts as feasible or else representative snapshots (e.g. autumn headcounts).

Number of students resident on-site:
2,002

Number of employees resident on-site:
0

Number of other individuals resident on-site:
0

 Weighted Campus Users

Weighted campus users, performance year:
12,475

 Optional Fields

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Academic departments included all those listed as course owners within the academic calendar, including Dean’s Offices, Co-operative Education and Career Action, and Graduate Studies. Academic departments hosted primarily through the Affiliated and Federated Institutions of Waterloo were excluded based on the boundary for this report. This is different than how Waterloo typically identifies and lists academic departments, but is most appropriately aligned with the credits for STARS.

Note the data above represents the significant shift to online learning for all terms in 2020 regarding distance education due to COVID-19. It also includes decreased employee headcounts. This is provided for purposes of transparency and to offer the most updated data. However, in operational credits such as OP-5,2,18.and 21 both 2019 performance data and FTEs are used as these are more representative of expected future conditions (for example as employees and students resume in-person activity). This discrepancy is noted in each of the above credits, for clarity.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.