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Appendix I: Undergraduate (UG) Enrolment (Fall Full-Time Head Count)

First-Year Undergraduate Intake
By Campus 2014
Actual
2015
Actual
2016
Actual
2017
Actual
2018
Projected
2018 vs
2017
Waterloo campus 3,135 3,441 3,740 4,116 3,830 -286
Brantford campus 674 550 566 661 639 -22
Campus Total 3,809 3,991 4,306 4,777 4,469 -308
By Type of Student 2014
Actual
2015
Actual
2016
Actual
2017
Actual
2018
Projected
2018 vs
2017
Domestic 3,615 3,791 4,052 4,471 4,160 -311
International 194 200 254 306 309 3
Type of Student Total 3,809 3,991 4,306 4,777 4,469 -308
By Academic Faculty 2014
Actual
2015
Actual
2016
Actual
2017
Actual
2018
Projected
2018 vs
2017
Faculty of Arts 957 1,045 1,182 1,210 1,220 10
Faculty of Science 917 1,006 1,183 1,327 1,195 -132
Lazaridis School of Business
and Economics
1,177 1,267 1,221 1,346 1,210 -136
Faculty of Music 111 92 122 123 125 2
Waterloo Campus Double
Degree
85 134 133 170 150 -20
Faculty of Human and 
Social Sciences
234 257 264 339 276 -63
Faculty of Liberal Arts 294 132 140 204 231 27
Faculty of Social Work 34 58 61 58 62 4
Faculty of Education* 0 0 0 0 0 0
Academic Faculty Total 3,809 3,991 4,306 4,777 4,469 -308
Total Undergraduate Enrolment
By Campus 2014
Actual
2015
Actual
2016
Actual
2017
Actual
2018
Projected
2018 vs
2017
Waterloo campus 12,044 12,178 12,376 12,827 13,130 303
Brantford campus 2,763 2,647 2,474 2,406 2,448 42
Campus Total 14,807 14,825 14,850 15,233 15,578 345
By Type of Student 2014
Actual
2015
Actual
2016
Actual
2017
Actual
2018
Projected
2018 vs
2017
Domestic 14,163 14,013 14,015 14,265 14,497 232
International 644 812 835 968 1,081 113
Type of Student Total 14,807 14,825 14,850 15,233 15,578 345
By Academic Faculty 2014
Actual
2015
Actual
2016
Actual
2017
Actual
2018
Projected
2018 vs
2017
Faculty of Arts 4,206 4,057 4,114 4,001 4,128 127
Faculty of Science 3,349 3,417 3,602 3,935 4,015 80
Lazaridis School of Business
and Economics
4,040 4,220 4,045 4,022 4,103 81
Faculty of Music 337 353 379 419 417 -2
Waterloo Campus Double
Degree
244 292 330 418 458 40
Faculty of Human and 
Social Sciences
923 1,029 1,011 1,107 1,153 46
Faculty of Liberal Arts 1,473 1,188 972 910 883 -27
Faculty of Social Work 115 209 284 295 291 -4
Faculty of Education* 120 60 113 126 130 4
Academic Faculty Total 14,807 14,825 14,850 15,233 15,578 345

*Faculty of Education is a second entry UG program and therefore students are not included in the first year undergraduate intake figures.

Appendix II: Cost Driver Detailed Information

Appendix III: Acronyms Used in Budget Document

  • BIU: Basic Income Unit
  • CAS: Contract Academic Staff
  • CM: Contribution Margin
  • CPAM: Communications, Public Affairs and Marketing
  • COG: Core Operating Grant
  • COGS: Cost of Goods Sold
  • CUPE: Canadian Union of Public Employees
  • F&I: Finance and Investments Committee
  • FHSS: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
  • FTE: Full-Time Equivalent
  • HSS: Human Social Sciences
  • ICT: Information and Communications Technologies
  • MA: Masters
  • MAESD: Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development
  • NASM: Net Assignable Square Metres
  • OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries
  • OTO: One Time Only
  • RCM: Responsibility Centre Management
  • SEM: Strategic Enrolment Management
  • SEO: Senior Executive Officer
  • SHERM: Safety, Health, Environment and Risk Management
  • SIPG: School of International Policy and Governance
  • SMA: Strategic Mandate Agreement
  • UF: University Fund
  • UG: Undergraduate
  • UCR: University and Community Relations
  • VP: Vice-President
  • VPA: Vice-President Academic
  • VRIP: Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program
  • WGU: Weighted Grant Units
  • WLU: Wilfrid Laurier University
  • WLUFA: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
  • WLUSA: Wilfrid Laurier University Staff Association

Appendix IV: Glossary of Budget Terms

  • BIU: A weighted measure of enrolment activity, based on FTE enrolment, used for grant calculation/allocation purposes up to and including the 2016/17 fiscal year. The weighting factor is based on a student’s academic program and level of study and reflects the differing relative costs of educating students in different programs and levels of study.
  • OTO: Expenses that occur in the current year only and do not carry forward into the following budget year.
  • SMA2: Laurier’s second Strategic Mandate Agreement with MAESD, effective from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2020. The Strategic Mandate Agreement outlines the role the University currently performs in Ontario’s postsecondary education system and how it will build on its current strengths to achieve its vision and help drive system-wide objectives and government priorities.
  • SMA3: Assuming the Strategic Mandate Agreement process continues, this would be Laurier’s third such agreement with MAESD and would likely be effective April 1, 2020.
  • Student FFTE/FTE: Revenue from undergraduate students is based on fiscal full-time equivalents (FFTEs), which is calculated using course enrolments for the fiscal year. Revenue from graduate level students is based on full-time equivalents (FTEs), which is based on student headcounts in each academic term (FTE for a full-time graduate student is 1.0, and for part-time graduate student is 0.3).
  • Student Headcounts: The number of students enrolled in programs at Laurier. The Fall academic term is used as the benchmark for measuring year-over-year enrolment changes.
  • WGU: A new weighting system, replacing the BIU, which is part of the new operating grant funding model effective for fiscal 2017-18. The weighting factors for calculating WGUs has been revised from those used for BIUs in order to create equal grant funding per weighted student enrolment for students in similar programs across all institutions as well as a common grant per WGU rate.
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