Students at the University of Waterloo will get a fall reading break starting in the 2016-2017 academic year.

That means students will get an additional two days off following the Thanksgiving long weekend, but it won't be an entire week off.

That still aligns Waterloo with Wilfrid Laurier University, which already offers a fall reading week.

The university's senate approved a three-year trial run of fall reading break at a meeting on Monday.

The approval comes after a student referendum showed that almost 75 per cent of students were in favour of the break.