 Groundbreaking was on 25 June 2002, with the first completed building, the Sybase campus building, opening on 26 November 2004.In 2010, the Waterloo Research and Tech Park was renamed as the David Johnston Research and Technology Park, after David Johnston, the 28th Governor General of Canada and former president of the university.From 2009 to 2012, the university managed four undergraduate programs in Dubai.