University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics
| Faculty of Mathematics | |
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| Established | January 1, 1967 |
| Type | Faculty |
| Academic affiliation | University of Waterloo |
| Location | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Dean | Stephen M. Watt |
| Undergraduates | 6,723 |
| Postgraduates | 857 |
| Doctoral students | 282 |
| Alumni | 29,866 |
| Symbol | Pink tie |
| Website | uwaterloo |
The Faculty of Mathematics is one of six faculties of the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. As of Fall 2015, it has 6,813 undergraduate students and 873 graduate students, 200 full-time professors, and offers over 500 courses in mathematics, statistics and computer science.
The Faculty also houses the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, which was formerly the faculty's computer science department.
In the latest release of QS World University Rankings, University of Waterloo is ranked 24th globally for Computer Science and 20th for Mathematics.
The faculty was founded on January 1, 1967, a successor to the mathematics department in the Faculty of Arts. Initially located in the Physics building, it was moved in May 1968 into the newly constructed Mathematics and Computer (MC) building.
One of the professors at this school at this time, Ralph Stanton, became legendary among students for wearing gaudy ties. This inspired the students to drape a gigantic pink tie over the MC building on the occasion of its opening, which later became an official mascot of the Faculty.
At the time of its founding, the faculty included five departments: Applied Analysis and Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Combinatorics and Optimization, Pure Mathematics, and Statistics. In 1975 the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science became simply the Department of Computer Science; in 2005 it became the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. The Statistics department also was later renamed to Statistics and Actuarial Science.
The Faculty of Mathematics finished construction of a third building, Mathematics 3 or M3, in 2011. It now houses the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and a large lecture hall.
The faculty presently has four departments: Applied Mathematics, Combinatorics and Optimization, Pure Mathematics, and Statistics and Actuarial Science. It also has one school, the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. Management responsibilities for Waterloo's Software Engineering program are shared between the Mathematics and Engineering faculties.
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