University of Alberta

The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the top universities in Canada. The university's current enrolment is over 36,000, placing it among the five largest universities in the country. The main campus covers 50 city blocks with over 90 buildings directly across the North Saskatchewan River from downtown Edmonton.

The University of Alberta consistently ranks as one of the top universities in Canada. Newsweek (International Edition) in 2006 rates the top 5 Canadian universities (world rankings in brackets). Webometrics Ranking of World Universities in 2008 rates the top 5 Canadian universities (world rankings in brackets). The Times Higher Education Supplement in 2008 rates the top 5 Canadian universities (world rankings in brackets).

Alberta College of Art & Design

The Alberta College of Art & Design (ACAD) is located in Calgary on the North Hill overlooking the Bow River and the downtown skyline, in a 245,000 square foot (23,000 m²) building designed to house the college in 1973. ACAD's close proximity to downtown and The University of Calgary, via the C-Train (Calgary's light rail transit) provides students with easy access to the city's galleries, museums and cultural events. The current president is Lance Carlson.

Ambrose University College

Ambrose University College (AUC) is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Calgary, Alberta.

Athabasca University

Athabasca University, headquartered in Athabasca, Alberta, is a fully accredited institution specialized in the delivery of distance education courses and programs. Athabasca University is also recognized as one of the fastest growing universities in Canada. Courses are offered in both English and French. Athabasca University has improved geographical accessibility through multiple campuses spread throughout the province and by offering distance education. The university is especially popular with students who are disabled, overseas, or looking after family members, single parents who need a degree to get ahead in their careers, members of the Canadian Forces, Olympic competitors, athletes, prison inmates, students who are working full time and students who need an extra course to add on to their degrees or diplomas at a traditional university. A high school diploma is not required for admission; however, there is an age minimum of sixteen years. They serve 32,000 students per year. In 2004, Athabasca's Executive MBA was rated in the top 75 by the Financial Times, the only executive MBA on the list that is delivered entirely online. Part of the University's holdings include a residence for the President.

Augustana University College

Augustana University College was a Lutheran college in Camrose, Alberta, Canada, from 1910 until its 2004 merger with the University of Alberta. Now known as the Augustana Faculty of the University of Alberta, it began its operations in 1910 under the name Camrose Lutheran College. In its early years, it provided a significant opportunity for secondary education and was recognized for the quality of its academic program and its endeavour to provide an education that extended beyond the intellect to the "heart and its affections." As such, the university emphasized residence life and students were highly involved in on-campus programs which formed a pivotal part of the university experience. Augustana began offering university work in the fall of 1959 as an affiliated college of the University of Alberta and added a second year of the university transfer program in 1969. It became Alberta's first private university in 1985 when the first B.A. degrees were granted.

Banff Centre

The Banff Centre is an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility located in Banff, Alberta. A part of Alberta's post-secondary educational system, the Centre offers professional career development and creative support in the performing and fine arts, mountain culture, and leadership development.

Bow Valley College

Bow Valley College is a public college, with its main campus located in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

BVC offers certificates and diplomas in a variety of areas including health and business career training, adult upgrading and English as a Second Language.

University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a research-intensive public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University is composed of 24,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students.

Webometrics University Rankings, which ranks universities on their presence on the Internet, ranks the University of Calgary 45th in the USA and Canada category and 50th in the world. It is ranked 3rd in Canada.

Canadian University College

Canadian University College is a private Christian University affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist. Canadian University College is part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education. Although a significant number of students come from an Seventh-day Adventist background, all students who are interested in living and studying in a Christian context are welcome to apply. The College is a degree-granting institution and teacher's college in Lacombe, Alberta. It offers more than twenty fully-accredited undergraduate degree, diploma, and certificate programs. The college has an enrollment of about 400, with a student-to-teacher ratio of ten to one.

DeVry University

DeVry University and DeVry Institute of Technology are divisions of DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV), one of the largest publicly held, international, higher educational organizations in North America, and the parent organization for DeVry University, Ross University, Apollo College, Western Career College, Chamberlain College of Nursing, Becker Professional Review and Advanced Academics, Inc. DeVry University provides career-oriented undergraduate and graduate degree programs in technology, science, business, the arts, and management. Students access these programs through a North American system of more than 90 locations as well as through DeVry University Online. DeVry's diverse and geographically dispersed student population totals more than 65,000.

Grant MacEwan College

Grant MacEwan College is an educational institution located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. As of 2006, the institution refers to itself in all publicity materials simply as MacEwan without the word college, reflecting a change in direction toward fields normally associated with universities in Canada. The college is currently considering a name change to Grant MacEwan University. MacEwan has four campuses in Edmonton. The school newspaper, Intercamp, is a member of the Canadian University Press.

Grande Prairie Regional College

Grande Prairie Regional College, often abbreviated GPRC, is a comprehensive community college with two campuses [Grande Prairie and Fairview, Alberta]]. Over 2,000 students in credit programs, and over 6,000 in workforce training and recreational programs, attend GPRC and Fairview College Campus annually. The college offers a number of apprenticeship and academic programs including certificates and diplomas, university studies, academic upgrading, and workforce development courses in various subjects.

Keyano College

Keyano College is a fully accredited comprehensive community college headquartered in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada which serves post-secondary courses and programs to communities throughout Northern Alberta through both in-classroom and distance education. Keyano College also collaborates with Athabasca University,University of Lethbridge,University of Alberta and University of Calgary to enable students to earn academic degrees in many areas without leaving Fort McMurray. A large portion of the student population is registered in skilled trades training for employers in the Fort McMurray oilsands; and also offers a full range of academic degree and diploma programs. Keyano is currently the only institution in Canada offering a Musical Instrument Repair Cooperative Education diploma.

King's University College (Edmonton)

The King's University College is a private liberal arts college, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The University was founded by members of the Christian Reformed Church who saw a need for a regional, trans-denominational, Christian college in Western Canada. In December 1970, a constitution, and statement of principles gave written expression to their vision of Christian Higher education. King's is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

Lakeland College

Lakeland College is a post-secondary college in Alberta. It is publicly funded, and maintains two campuses in Lloydminster and Vermilion. Lakeland College also has a learning centre in Sherwood Park. Lakeland has nearly 7,000 full- and part-time students.

Lakeland College is Canada’s only inter-provincial college, as it serves both Alberta and Saskatchewan residents, following a partnership agreement between the governments of the two provinces. The city of Lloydminster stretches on both sides of the provincial border.

University of Lethbridge

The University of Lethbridge (also known as U of L) is a public university located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, with two other urban campuses in Calgary and Edmonton. The main building sits among the coulees on the west side of the Oldman River. The university press, The Meliorist, is a member of CUP.

Lethbridge College

Lethbridge College, formerly Lethbridge Community College, was opened in 1957 as the first public community college in Canada. Over 7,000 students attend the Lethbridge, Alberta, institution.

Lethbridge College offers a range of different educational opportunities, including business and management, design and technology, justice studies, health and human services, agriculture and the environment, trades, preparatory studies, and university transfer. The college provides vocational training in more than 50 career areas via one-year certificates, two-year diplomas, apprenticeships, applied degrees, and pre-employment programs.

Medicine Hat College

Medicine Hat College is a public, board governed, comprehensive community college serving a large region of southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. The MHC is located in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. MHC has been serving students in southeastern Alberta and beyond since 1965. MHC’s main campus services almost 2,500 students each year with another 200 attending Brooks Campus, located 100 km west of Medicine Hat.

Mount Royal College

Mount Royal College (MRC) is a public undergraduate focused post-secondary institution in south-west Calgary, Canada. Comparable to the University of Calgary and SAIT in enrollment of full time undergraduate students, MRC is in a transition phase of becoming a university.

NorQuest College

NorQuest College is a publicly-funded community college in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The student body numbers over 10,800, with 3,800 full time and 7,000 part-time students. More than 2,000 students graduate each year.

In addition to health care, allied health, human services, business and industry career programs, NorQuest offers expertise in adult literacy, English as a Second Language (ESL), intercultural education, Aboriginal education, academic upgrading, and learner supports for students with disabilities.

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and provides technical training and applied education designed to meet the demands of Alberta's industries. NAIT is currently home to over 84,000 students in over 250 full time programs. By the close of the 2007/08 academic year, NAIT had served more than 84,000 customers – up from 80,769 the previous year. The 2007/08 student numbers include 8,754 full-time students, 14,379 apprentice registrants and 61,227 registrants in part-time studies. The university press, The Nugget, is a member of CUP.

Northern Lakes College

Northern Lakes College is a publicly-funded comprehensive community college in north-central Alberta, Canada.

Administrative offices are located in Slave Lake and Grouard, Alberta, with a staff of more than 275 working in more than 30 campuses. The college connects students from throughout the region with the latest in real-time teaching and learning techonolgy to create manageable class cohorts.

Olds College

Olds College is a post-secondary institution located in Olds, Alberta, established in 1913 as Olds Agricultural College. Total student enrollment for the 2006/2007 year was 1,309.

Portage College

Portage College is a publicly-funded community college in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada.

Portage College offers 30 certificate and diploma programs career programs, trades and technical, academic upgrading and university studies. Continuing education is offered in the fields of business, university studies, human services, health and wellness, native arts and culture, trades and technical careers.

Prairie Bible College

Prairie Bible College, incorporated as Prairie Bible Institute (PBI), was opened on October 9, 1922 in a vacant building on the property of the McElheran family farm near the community of Three Hills, Alberta.

Red Crow Community College

Red Crow Community College is a college located on the Kainai Nation reserve in southern Alberta, Canada with a campus in Lethbridge.

Red Deer College

Established in 1964, Red Deer College is a public comprehensive college of approximately 20,000 students located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. RDC was built for a smaller semi-rural community but, in the four and a half decades since its founding, the city has grown into the third largest in the province. The college has made an effort to maintain the sense of community that fosters learning with small class sizes, hands-on learning, and instructors who are accessible and interested in their student's success.

The college offers certificates, diplomas, and/or degrees in over 75 different career and academic programs. The college has programs in Mechanics, Motion Pictures or Management, with apprenticeships and internships with a focus on student success in the job market.

Reeves College

Reeves College is a private post-secondary facility with four campuses in Alberta, Canada. The college specializes in training students for business and health care related careers in under one year. Programs are developed in direct consultation with the business and health care communities to satisfy industry demands for certain skill sets. The college continuously accepts applications for enrolment in the next session of each certified career program.

Rocky Mountain College, Calgary

Rocky Mountain College is a multi-denominational Christian college in Calgary, Alberta. It was formed in 1992 when Mountain View Bible College (Didsbury, Alberta) merged with Hillcrest Christian College (Medicine Hat, Alberta) and is sponsored by the Canada West District of the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada.

SAIT Polytechnic

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, or SAIT (sayt) as it is referred to locally, is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a polytechnic undergraduate college.

Offering more than 70 applied degrees, diplomas and certificates, it serves as a polytechnic institution for the city of Calgary and southern Alberta.

St. Mary's University College, Calgary

St. Mary's University College is a private Catholic liberal arts institution in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The college officially became a university college on June 16, 2004, and granted its first degrees on September 25, 2004. St. Mary's celebrated its 20th anniversary as a chartered educational institution on September 18, 2006.

Taylor University College and Seminary

Taylor University College and Seminary is a private college in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The College and Seminary is "Aspiring to be a leading evangelical centre of academic excellence and Christian character."