"Tenure-Track Teaching-Stream Assistant Professor in Statistics and Actuarial Science"

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo invites applications for one tenure-track, teaching-stream Assistant Professor position in Statistics and Actuarial Science. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in statistics, actuarial science, or a related area and have a proven record of teaching undergraduate courses in statistics and actuarial science. Experience of teaching at the graduate level is considered an asset. The expected start date for the position is July 1, 2026, although the actual start date is flexible. The annual salary range for the position is $100,000 to $140,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The University of Waterloo is one of Canada’s leading universities with over 40,000 full and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science is one of the top academic units for the statistical and actuarial sciences in the world and is home to 70 full-time faculty, more than 200 graduate students, and near 2,000 undergraduate students in programs including Actuarial Science, Financial Analysis and Risk Management, Quantitative Finance, Data Science, Statistics, and Biostatistics. The department offers a vibrant research and teaching environment over a wide range of areas.

Interested individuals should apply using https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27991. Applications should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, teaching statement, and teaching evaluation summaries (if available). In addition, applicants should arrange to have at least two reference letters submitted through MathJobs on their behalf. The application deadline is February 28, 2026.

If you have any questions regarding the position, the application process, assessment process, or eligibility, please contact

Professor Changbao Wu, Chair
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, CANADA
cbwu@uwaterloo.ca