Wilfrid Laurier University is a Canadian university with campuses and locations in Waterloo, Brantford, Milton, Kitchener and Toronto.
Laurier traces its roots to the opening of the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary in Waterloo in 1911. In 1973 the university's name changed from Waterloo Lutheran University to Wilfrid Laurier University. The university opened its campus in Brantford in 1999 and welcomed its first Laurier Milton students in September 2024.
Laurier is devoted to excellence in learning, research, scholarship and creativity. The university has nine faculties, and students can choose from more than 100 academic programs. Its programs provide a broad spectrum of traditional and innovative learning across arts and social sciences, business and economics, music, science, social work and education.
Most Laurier graduate programs and postdoctoral fellowships concentrate heavily on research. Students and postdoctoral fellows have won prestigious provincial and national awards for their research on topics such as food security in African cities, forests in the Arctic, spinal cord injury, and Indigenous female identity.
The university has locations in Waterloo, Brantford, Milton, Kitchener and Toronto. Facilities include Laurier Library, Robert Langen Art Gallery, Library Makerspace, podcasting studios, Laurier Archives, Hotel Laurier, theatres, computer labs, exhibition spaces, and residence buildings. The university has 22 varsity teams, including baseball, basketball, curling, football, hockey and soccer.
Laurier offers undergraduate admission for Ontario high school applicants, undergraduate admission for students outside Ontario, mature students and other applicant types, international undergraduate admission, and graduate admission.