- 45% of MBET alumni have led business start-ups in the past five years
- 42% of our students are involved in a start-up immediately upon graduation
- Since graduation, 75% of alumni have been associated with a start-up in various capacities
- More than 30 companies have been successfully created by MBET grads since 2003
- The majority of start-ups associated with the MBET program are in Ontario, mostly within the GTA and Waterloo Region
- 36% of MBET students are international students
- Incoming students have an average work experience of 3 years
- In 2007, Waterloo was named the world's top intelligent community
- For the 18th year in a row in 2009, Waterloo was named Most Innovative University in Canada by MacLean's Magazine
- Waterloo is home to the world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program
- The University of Waterloo has consistently placed among the top Canadian universities for Highest Quality, and first in categries ranking Leaders of Tomorrow and Best Overall in MacLean's Magazine
- Waterloo Region, also refered to as Canada's Technology Triangle, is home to more than 40 tech start-up operations and 400 tech companies
- 39% of students are female
- On average, 35% of MBET commercialization practicums are led by women in the program, including the highly successful award-winning 2G robotics team (class of 2009)
