ABOUT ST. JEROME'S UNIVERSITY

St. Jerome's University registers full-time and part-time students in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo. Students enjoy the advantages of a small, vigorous academic community while having access to all courses, facilities, and services of the University of Waterloo and its affiliated University Colleges: Conrad Grebel, Renison, and St. Paul's. The University offers its students a wide range of courses informed by the latest scholarly research, and supports their educational efforts with academic counselling, scholarships, and bursaries, administrative services, library resources, information technology, and residences. The campus is also a centre for a vibrant Catholic community in the region. St. Jerome's University, like most institutions and religious establishments, had a very humble beginning. In 1865, two years before Canada achieved nationhood, St. Jerome's College was founded by the Reverend Dr. Louis Funcken, of the Congregation of the Resurrection. Over the years, the College grew in size and occupied various locations in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. In 1959, through an Act of the Ontario Legislature, St. Jerome's College was granted independent university status. The name was changed to the University of St. Jerome's College to reflect new university powers and the authority to grant degrees. As an independent university, St. Jerome's College entered into federation with the newly established University of Waterloo. Given the federation, St. Jerome’s University graduates receive a University of Waterloo degree, as St. Jerome’s University holds in abeyance its degree-granting privilege, except for degrees in theology. In 1998, the University of St. Jerome's College officially and legally changed its name to St. Jerome's University.