Societies Listing
The Federation of Students recognizes and supports various student societies across campus. Each society fulfills an unmet need of student interests and takes a unique approach at supporting student success in their respective faculty. Societies are a great way to get involved, connect with your faculty, attend events, and get the support you need!
- Applied Health Sciences Undergraduate Members (AHSUM)
- Accounting & Finance Student Association (AFSA)
- Arts Student Union (ASU)
- Engineering Society (EngSoc)
- Environment Students Society (ESS)
- Mathematics Society (MathSoc)
- Science Society (SciSoc)
- Society of Pharmacy Students (SOPHS)
- Waterloo Architecture Student Association (WASA)
AHSUM
Applied Health Sciences Undergraduate Members
The Applied Health Sciences Undergraduate Members (AHSUM) is the AHS student society! We are here to help with many aspects of your University of Waterloo experience. We have social events (meet and greet, BBQ, Mystery Busy Trips) and offer a number of services for AHS students (including an exam bank, clothing orders, and a candy shop).
All AHS students are invited to participate in our weekly meetings where we will discuss topics varying from AHS clothing we should purchase to what is happening in our Faculty.
The AHSUM members, class representatives and the executive are responsible for making sure the voice of AHS undergrads are heard by the departments, faculty, FEDS and the rest of uWaterloo. Our constitution is available for anyone to read.
Contact Information
Web: http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/getinvolved/ahsum/
Email: ahsum@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567, ext. 36237
Office: BMH 1035A - Monday to Friday (9:30am - 4:00pm)
AFSA
Accounting & Finance Student Association
The Accounting & Finance Student Association (AFSA) is a student-run organization composed of Arts, Math, and Science accounting and finance students. Our goal is to meet the specific needs of accounting and finance students at the University of Waterloo.
We organize social events, distribute accounting and finance merchandise, organize professional development seminars, and hold other various accounting and finance-related activities throughout the year to help enrich your time as an accounting or finance student at uWaterloo.
We will continue to provide an environment in which all accounting and finance students at Waterloo feel comfortable and can grow both socially and professionally.
Contact Information
ASU
Arts Student Union
All Undergraduates registered in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo are automatically members of the Arts Student Union, provided the Arts Student Union Fee is paid, and has not been reclaimed.
Students who are not in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo, but are from other University of Waterloo faculties, may become a member by visiting the Arts Student Union office (located AL 120), and paying the Arts Student Union Fee.
The purposes and objectives of the ASU shall be as follows:
- To be the official representative body of all undergraduate Arts students.
- To secure and promote the interests of all members of the ASU.
- To ensure all clubs and organizations under the ASU act in the most effective and efficient manner to the interest of their constituencies.
- To establish and promote unity and communication among all students, clubs, organizations, and departments within the Faculty.
- To sponsor, coordinate and execute social, educational, cultural, athletic and academic endeavours for all members of the ASU.
- To represent its members and express their interests on those governing bodies and other organizations within the University that are deemed relevant to the ASU.
Associated Clubs
Accounting Students Association
Anthropology Student Society
Classical Medieval Studies Society
Economics Society
English Society
Film Society
French Society
German & Slavic Society
History Society
Independent Studies Society
Legal Studies Society
Liberal Studies Society
Music Society
Peace and Conflict Studies Society
Philosophy Society
Political Science Student Association
Psych Society
Religious Studies Society
Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies Society
Social Development Society
Society of Fine Artists (SOFA)
Sociology Society
Spanish Society
Speech Communications Society
Theatre Students Union (TSU)
Women's Studies Society
Contact Information
Web: http://asu.uwaterloo.ca
Email: asu-executive@asu.uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32322
Office: AL 120
EngSoc
Engineering Society
The Engineering Society is the official organization of all engineering undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo. We exist to support you through your time at Waterloo, whether it be academically or socially. We provide academic services such as resume critiques, an online exam bank, and cheap report binding, they also run a wide variety of events throughout the term, ranging from trivia competitions to skydiving to theatre productions! We also represent student interests in relations with the Faculty of Engineering Administration, the Engineering Faculty Council, the Federation of Students, and student organizations of other faculties and universities.
Associated Clubs
Chemical Engineering Student Society
Waterloo Architecture Student Association (WASA)
GradComm
Women In Engineering
Contact Information
Web: http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca
E-mail: engsocstaff@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32323 Fax: (519) 725-4872
Office: Carl Pollock Hall
ESS
Environment Students Society
The Environment Students Society is the representation of the undergraduate students in the Faculty of Environment. We are a group of students who seek to improve our education, maintain communication about important issues, keep you from going hungry with the ESS Coffee Shop, provide opportunities for social events, and to work with the various student associations representing each program.
We consist of an executive council and association representatives. Our weekly meetings are available for any undergraduates to attend and to voice their concerns. These meetings are our main events and help us to move forward with ideas, issues, policies and programs. Our positions are obtained by election and if there are fewer than two candidates, the applicant is acclaimed. We are the voice of the undergraduates and we seek to represent you as best as we can within the Faculty and within the larger university context.
Feel free to contact anyone on the ESS Executive if you feel it is appropriate or wish to bring something of concern to light.
Associated Clubs
Environment and Resource Studies Student Association (ERSSA)
Waterloo Environment And Buisness Students (WEBS)
Waterloo Association of Geography Students (WAGS)
Planning Students Association (PSA)
Knowledge Integration Student Society (KISS)
Student Association for International Development (SAID)
Contact Information
Web: http://ess.uwaterloo.ca/
Email: environment.student.society@gmail.com
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 35044
Office: EV1 Room 138A
MathSoc
Mathematics Society
The object of the Society shall be to promote and coordinate student participation in athletic, cultural, social, academic and recreational activities; to provide services to undergraduates in the faculty; encourage inter-student communication and cooperation; increase awareness of the Faculty of Mathematics in the outside community; and to aid-in and give a forum for student representation within the Faculty of Mathematics and the University of Waterloo as a whole.
Associated Clubs
Accounting Finance Association
Actuarial Science Club
Bioinformatics Club
Computational Math Club
Computer Science Club
Math/Business Double Degree Club
Pure Math, Applied Math, Combinatorics and Optimization Club
Statistics Club
Teaching Students Association (TSA)
Contact Information
Web: http://www.mathsoc.uwaterloo.ca/
Email: mathsoc@mathsoc.uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32324
Office: MC 3038 (Mathematics Society Office) and MC 3039 (Executive Office)
SciSoc
Science Society
The purpose of SciSoc is to provide a channel of communication between the undergraduate body and faculty of the Faculty of Science of the University of Waterloo; to initiate, encourage, and support academic, social, and athletic activities, and departmental clubs within the Faculty of Science; and to promote, in general, the interests and welfare of the undergraduate body of the Faculty of Science.
All Undergraduates registered in the Faculty of Science of the University of Waterloo are automatically members of the Science Society, provided the Science Society Fee is paid, and has not been reclaimed.
Students who are not in the Faculty of Science of the University of Waterloo, but are from other University of Waterloo faculties, may become a member by visiting the Science Society office (located PHY 345A), and paying the Science Society Fee.
Associated Clubs
Biochemistry Survivors Club (BSc)
Chemistry and Biochemistry Club (ChemClub)
Physics Club (PhysClub)
Science and Business Student Association (SBSA)
Earth Sciences Undergraduate Society / WATROX
Optometry Student Society
Contact Information
Web: http://www.scisoc.uwaterloo.ca
E-mail: scisoc@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32325
Office: PHY 345A
SOPHS
Society of Pharmacy Students
The Society of Pharmacy Students (SOPhS) is committed to enriching the lives of its members, and unifying students’ voices in addressing issues on university-wide, local and national levels. Moreover, SOPhS prides itself in providing students with social, athletic and educational events aimed at enriching the students’ non-academic lives. SOPhS will facilitate student involvement within the surrounding community, thereby promoting the profession of pharmacy. Through it all, SOPhS will act with the highest codes of ethics and professionalism, and therefore lead the students by example.
Associated Clubs
Contact Information
Web: http://www.sophs.uwaterloo.ca/
Email: uw.sophs@gmail.com
Office: 10A Victoria St S, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5
Hours: can be viewed here
WASA
Waterloo Architecture Student Association (WASA)
The Waterloo Architecture Students Association is the undergraduate student union elected to represent all undergraduate architecture students. They tackle every issue from tuition policy to campus safety. WASA hosts a lot of exciting events for students every term, as well as run a number of small and student–focused services on campus.
Contact Information
Web: http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/people/wasa.html
Email: info@architecture.uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 27602
Fax: (519) 622-3525
Office: School of Architecture Cambridge, 7 Melville Street South, Cambridge, Ontario N1S 2H4
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm