Statistics
    Duration4 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    CAD 21,174 / per year
    Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026
    Statistics

    About

    In today’s data-driven world, statisticians are in high demand. Get the skills you need to help businesses market new products, researchers evaluate medical treatments, governments shape effective public policy, and more.

    In one of the world’s top centres for statistics, you’ll learn to design experiments and surveys, explore and analyze data, simulate complex systems, and extract meaningful information.

    You’ll also get experience in statistical computing, forecasting, mathematical modelling, and statistical process control — all skills that will make you highly marketable. Not to mention up to two years of paid work experience if you enrol in co-op.

    Where you apply those skills is up to you. Our grads go on to work in a huge range of fields, including biology, business, engineering, environmental science, finance, manufacturing, and the health sciences.

    Disciplines

    Faculty of Mathematic

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Admission requirements

    Ontario students: six Grade 12 U and/or M courses including

    • Advanced Functions
    • Calculus and Vectors
    • Any 4U English
    • One other 4U course

    Recommended course: Grade 11 U Introduction to Computer Science

    Admission averages: Individual selection from the mid-80s

    How to apply

    Apply to Mathematics and choose Statistics as your major. There are supplementary information forms, including the Admission Information Form, which are required for admission. We'll email you detailed instructions once we receive your application.

    We strongly encourage you to participate in the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest and/or the Euclid Mathematics Contest to enhance your admissions status.

    To be considered for entrance scholarships in the Faculty of Mathematics, you must write one or both of the contests. If you complete both contests, we'll use the results of the contest in which you performed best.

    English Requirements

    • PTEMin 63
    • IELTSMin 6.5
    • TOEFLMin 90

    Career

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    21,174 / per year
    Statistics
    University of Waterloo
    University of Waterloo
    Canada

    Canada, Waterloo