University reference

University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo, established in 1956, is an active ROR organization in Waterloo, CA. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.

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Key facts

ROR identifier
https://ror.org/01aff2v68
Country
CA
City
Waterloo
Administrative area
Ontario
Website
https://uwaterloo.ca/
Established
1956
Organization types
education, funder
Aliases
UWaterloo
Acronyms
UW
External identifiers
fundref501100008411, 501100004490, 501100024430
gridgrid.46078.3d
isni0000 0000 8644 1405
wikidataQ1049470, Q3799227
Organization relationships
child01sqgq073
related02czb6c47, 02j3zn476
Latitude
43.4668
Longitude
-80.51639
ROR last modified
2026-07-20

ROR identity context

Names, identifiers and relationships

These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.

AliasesUWaterloo
AcronymsUW
FUNDREF identifiers501100008411, 501100004490, 501100024430
GRID identifiersgrid.46078.3d
ISNI identifiers0000 0000 8644 1405
WIKIDATA identifiersQ1049470, Q3799227
ROR child relationships01sqgq073
ROR related relationships02czb6c47, 02j3zn476

Wikidata structured context

Published identifiers and revision

Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.

QIDQ1049470
Revision2511223894
Modified2026-06-27T20:29:16Z
Structured labelUniversity of Waterloo
Websitehttps://uwaterloo.ca
Country QIDQ16
Inception
after0
before0
calendarmodelhttp://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1985727
precision11
time+1956-07-04T00:00:00Z
timezone0

OpenAlex institution metadata

Works and research-topic context

Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.

156774Indexed works
9700662Citations recorded

Published topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Advanced Graph Theory Research, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Algorithms and Data Compression, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Coding theory and cryptography

Annual indicator

Institution works indexed by OpenAlex

7,313.00 works2024

Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.

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