Bachelor of Science - Physics

Students will be able to study the most fundamental aspects of nature in one of Canada’s largest and most innovative physics departments.

Physics at the University of Waterloo offers award-winning teaching, 20 months of optional co-op experience, and partnerships with one of the world's leading institutes for research and training in foundational theoretical physics.

Students will have the opportunity to join a program that fosters curious minds to question the smallest particles, the largest forces, and everything in between. Where students will get the support they need to succeed (and maybe win a Nobel Prize like the University of Waterloo professor Donna Strickland or be part of a team to take the first image of a black hole, like professor Avery Broderick).

Students can choose from a broad range of courses in applied physics, astrophysics, biophysics, chemical physics, mathematical physics, and quantum computing. Then supplement their learning with hands-on labs and tutorials. Over the course of a student’s degree, they will develop the strong quantitative and analytic skills that industry is looking for.