Editing University of Waterloo (section)

=== Affiliated institutions ===
[[File:RenisonCollegeOpening1959.jpg|upright|thumb|Opening of [[Renison University College]] in 1959. The university college is one of three [[affiliated college|affiliated institutions]] of the University of Waterloo]]
The university also includes three semi-autonomous affiliated colleges and a federated university. [[Conrad Grebel University College]] is a [[Mennonites|Mennonite]] [[university college]] that was chartered in 1961 and is religiously affiliated with the [[Mennonite Church Canada|Mennonite Church Eastern Canada]].<ref name="CGUC">{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/about-conrad-grebel/relationship-waterlool|title=Relationship with Waterloo – Conrad Grebel University College|access-date=5 January 2014|publisher=University of Waterloo}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Renison University College]] is an Anglican university college chartered in 1959; it entered an affiliation with the University of Waterloo in 1960<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/about-renison-university-college/history|title=History of Renison|publisher=Renison University College|access-date=16 August 2012|date=27 March 2012}}</ref> and is religiously affiliated with the [[Anglican Church of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/residence/first-year-student-information|title=First year student information|publisher=Renison University College|access-date=16 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805214804/http://uwaterloo.ca/renison/residence/first-year-student-information|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[St. Jerome's University]] is a [[Roman Catholic]] university, founded in 1865, which entered into a federation with the University of Waterloo shortly after the provincial government granted it university status in 1959.<ref name="SJU">{{cite web|url=http://www.sju.ca/about-sju/discover-sju/relation-university-waterloo|title=Relation with University of Waterloo|publisher=St. Jerome's University|access-date=29 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301041224/http://www.sju.ca/about-sju/discover-sju/relation-university-waterloo|archive-date=1 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[United College, Waterloo|United College]] is a university college founded by members of the [[United Church of Canada]] in 1962. However, United now operates independently from the United Church, without any formal or legal relationship.<ref name="SPUC">{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/stpauls/about-st-pauls-university-college|title=About St. Paul's University College|publisher=St. Paul's University College|access-date=16 August 2012|date=30 May 2012|archive-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805201120/http://uwaterloo.ca/stpauls/about-st-pauls-university-college|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The three colleges and federated university are all within the University of Waterloo's main campus and operate their own residences.<ref name="CGUC" /><ref name="SJU" /><ref name="SPUC" /><ref name="RENFQ">{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/prospective-students/frequently-asked-questions#degree|title=Frequently Asked Questions – Renison University College|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=5 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034251/https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/prospective-students/frequently-asked-questions#degree|archive-date=6 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Students of these affiliated colleges and federated university are also academically integrated with the University of Waterloo. Students who study at any of them are also considered registered students of the University of Waterloo; with students from the federated universities able to enrol in classes and faculties, and graduate as a student from the University of Waterloo.<ref name="CGUC" /><ref name="SJU" /><ref name="SPUC" /><ref name="RENFQ" /> Regardless of the affiliated colleges and federated university's religious affiliations, enrolment is not restricted based on the student's religious beliefs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sju.ca/future-students/admissions|title=Admission – SJU|publisher=St. Jerome's University|access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/future-students/frequently-asked-questions#|title=I am not Mennonite. Can I live at Grebel?|work=Frequently asked questions|publisher=Conrad Grebel University College|access-date=16 August 2012|date=16 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/prospective-students/frequently-asked-questions#anglican|title=Frequently asked questions|publisher=Renison University College|access-date=16 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805230737/http://uwaterloo.ca/renison/prospective-students/frequently-asked-questions#anglican|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>