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Top reasons to study at University of Alberta

  • Ranked among the top 4 universities in Canada and top 100 in the world
  • Guaranteed Tuition model, meaning your tuition does not increase during your program
  • Each year, 25 students are awarded the President’s International Distinction Scholarship, worth up to CAN $120,000
  • Co-op and paid work experience opportunities in many programs
  • Guaranteed place in residence for first year students who apply by 30 April
  • Graduates can apply for the three year Post-Graduation work permit, which allows you to work in Canada for up to 3 years
  • Top 100 in the world for Graduate Employment outcomes

Overview of the university

The University of Alberta, located in Canada, is a top teaching and research institution with an outstanding reputation for excellence and renowned opportunities for undergraduate students. It consistently ranks among the top four universities in Canada and was ranked 94th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings. 

In addition to offering a world-class education, the university provides competitive tuition rates in one of Canada’s most affordable urban areas. International students also benefit from a tuition guarantee, which ensures their fees will remain the same throughout their program. The University of Alberta awards 25 President’s International Distinction Scholarships, worth up to CAN $120,000 over 4 years to international students with a superior admission average and demonstrated leadership qualities. 

The University of Alberta offers a wide range of rigorous academic options. Many programs are ranked in the global top 50. A complete program listing is available at uab.ca/programs.

Over 46,000 students, from nearly 159 countries, study at the University of Alberta. The university is home to over 450 student clubs and groups, offering numerous ways for international students to get involved, make connections, and enhance their campus experience.  Learn more at uab.ca/gostudy.

Graduates from the University of Alberta are eligible to apply for a three-year Post-Graduation Work Permit in Canada. The University of Alberta has a 97% graduate employment rate. Many faculties and programs offer paid co-op or work experience placements, letting students obtain practical experience while earning credit towards their degree. 


Programs and courses at University of Alberta

593 courses at University of Alberta, listed alphabetically:

B Biochemistry, PhD Biochemistry, BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, BSc Biochemistry, MSc Biological Sciences, PhD Biological Sciences, BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences, BSc Biological Sciences, MSc Biological Sciences, BEd Biological Sciences - After Degree, BEd Biological Sciences - Ecology (specialization), PhD Biological Sciences - Ecology (specialization), MSc Biological Sciences - Microbiology and Biotechnology (specialization), PhD Biological Sciences - Microbiology and Biotechnology (specialization), MSc Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology and Genetics (specialization), PhD Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology and Genetics (specialization), MSc Biological Sciences - Physiology, Cell, and Developmental Biology (specialization), PhD Biological Sciences - Physiology, Cell, and Developmental Biology (specialization), MSc Biological Sciences - Plant Biology (specialization), PhD Biological Sciences - Plant Biology (specialization), MSc Biological Sciences - Systematics and Evolution (specialization), PhD Biological Sciences - Systematics and Evolution (specialization), MSc Biomedical Engineering, PhD Biomedical Engineering, BSc Biomedical Engineering, MSc Bioprocessing + Biomanufacturing, BSc Bioprocessing + Biomanufacturing Co-operative, BSc Business, PhD Business - Accounting (specialization), PhD Business - Finance (specialization), PhD Business - Marketing (specialization), PhD Business - Operations & Information Systems (specialization), PhD Business - Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Management (specialization), PhD Business Administration, MBA Business Administration (Executive), EMBA Business Administration (Fast Track), MBA Business Administration - Finance (specialization), MBA Business Administration - Innovation and Entrepreneurship (specialization), MBA Business Administration - International Business (specialization), MBA Business Administration - Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment (specialization), MBA Business Administration - Public Policy and Management (specialization), MBA Business Administration - Sustainability (specialization), MBA Business Administration and Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Science (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Chemical Materials Engineering (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Civil and Environmental Engineering (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Electrical and Computer Engineering (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Law (Combined Program), MBus, Juris Doctor Business Administration and Library and Information Studies (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Medicine (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Occupational Therapy (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Pharmacy (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Physical Therapy (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Renewable Resources (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Renewable Resources (Combined Program), MBA Business Administration and Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (Combined Program), MBA Business and Marketing Route, BDes Business Economics and Law, BCom Business Fundamentals, Post Master Cert Business Minor, BSc Business Studies, BCom Business Technology Management, BCom
C Career and Technology Studies: Communication Arts, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Communication Arts, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Computer Science, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Computer Science, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Design, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Design, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Health, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Health, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Human Sciences, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Human Sciences, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Media, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Media, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Natural Resources, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Natural Resources, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Recreation, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Recreation, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Trades, Manufacturing, and Transportation, BEd Career and Technology Studies: Trades, Manufacturing, and Transportation, BEd Cell Biology, BSc (Hons) Cell Biology, BSc Cell Biology, MSc Cell Biology, PhD Chemical and Materials Engineering, MEng Chemical and Materials Engineering, MSc Chemical and Materials Engineering, PhD Chemical and Physical Sciences, BSc Chemical Engineering, BSc Chemical Engineering, BSc Chemical Engineering - Computer Process Control, BSc Chemical Engineering Computer Process Control Co-operative, BSc Chemistry, BEd Chemistry, BSc (Hons) Chemistry, BSc Chemistry, MSc Chemistry, BEd Chemistry, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering, MSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (research area of Construction Engineering and Management), MEng Civil Engineering, BSc Civil Engineering, BSc Classical Archaeology, MA Classical Archaeology, PhD Classical Languages, MA Classical Languages, PhD Classics, BA Classics, BA (Hons) Clean Energy + Sustainable Process Systems, BSc Clean Energy + Sustainable Process Systems Co-operative, BSc Climate Change and Health, Graduate Embedded Certificate Clothing, Textiles and Material Culture, BSc Coaching, Graduate Certificate Communicable Diseases, Graduate Embedded Certificate Communications and Technology, MA Community Engagement, MA Community-Based Research and Evaluation, Graduate Embedded Certificate Companion and Performance Animals, BSc Composition + Sonic Arts, BMus Computer Engineering, BSc Computer Engineering - Software, BSc Computer Engineering Co-operative, BSc Computing Science, BSc (Hons) Computing Science, BSc Computing Science, MSc Computing Science, PhD Computing Science - Artificial Intelligence Option, BSc (Hons) Computing Science - Artificial Intelligence Option, BSc Computing Science - Multimedia (specialization), MSc Computing Science - Software Practice Option, BSc (Hons) Computing Science - Software Practice Option, BSc Computing Science - Statistical Machine Learning (specialization), MSc Computing Science - Statistical Machine Learning (specialization), PhD Computing Science and Mathematics, BSc Conservation Biology, BSc Creativity and Culture (Interdisciplinary), BA Criminology, BA Crop Science, BSc
E Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, MSc Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, PhD Earth Sciences, BSc (Hons) Earth Sciences, BSc East Asian Studies, MA East Asian Studies, BA East Asian Studies, BA (Hons) Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, BSc (Hons) Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, BSc Economics, MA Economics, BA Economics, BA (Hons) Economics, PhD Economics - Economics and Finance (specialization), MA Economics - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (specialization), PhD Education - Kinesiology - Elementary, BKin Education - Kinesiology - Secondary, BKin Education - Music - Elementary, BEd, BMus Education - Music - Secondary, BEd, BMus Education Policy Studies, MEd Education Policy Studies (with a focus in Adult, Community and Higher Education), MEd Education Policy Studies (with a focus in Indigenous Peoples Education), MEd Education Policy Studies (with a focus in Social Justice and International Studies), MEd Education Policy Studies (with a focus in Studies in Educational Leadership), MEd Educational Psychology, MEd Educational Studies, Graduate Certificate Educational Studies, MEd Electrical and Computer Engineering, MEng Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSc Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD Electrical Engineering, BSc Electrical Engineering, BSc Elementary Education, MEd Elementary Education, BEd Elementary Education, PhD Elementary Education (with a focus in Curriculum and Pedagogy), MEd Elementary Education - Native Studies, BA Engineering Physics, BSc Engineering Physics, BSc Engineering Route, BDes English, MA English, BA English, BA (Hons) English, PhD English Language Arts, BEd English Language Arts, BEd Entrepreneurship and Innovation, BCom Environmental Earth Sciences, BSc (Hons) Environmental Earth Sciences, BSc Environmental Economics and Policy, BSc Environmental Engineering, BSc Environmental Engineering, BSc Environmental Science, BSc Environmental Studies, BA Environmental Studies, BA Epidemiology & Applied Biostatistics, Graduate Embedded Certificate Ethics and Global Studies (Interdisciplinary), BA
M Management, BMgt Management Analytics, Master Marketing, BCom Material Culture, MA Materials Engineering, BSc Materials Engineering, BSc Maternal and Child Health Research, Graduate Embedded Certificate Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Applied Mathematics (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Applied Mathematics (specialization), PhD Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Biostatistics (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical Finance (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical Finance (specialization), PhD Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical Physics (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical Physics (specialization), PhD Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematics (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematics (specialization), PhD Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Modelling, Data, and Predictions (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Statistical Machine Learning (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Statistical Machine Learning (specialization), PhD Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Statistics (specialization), MSc Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Statistics (specialization), PhD Mathematical Physics, BSc (Hons) Mathematical Physics, BSc Mathematics, BEd Mathematics, BSc (Hons) Mathematics, BA Mathematics, BSc Mathematics, BA (Hons) Mathematics, BEd Mathematics and Economics, BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Economics, BSc Mathematics and Finance, BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Finance, BSc Mechanical Engineering, BSc Mechanical Engineering, BSc Mechanical Engineering, MEng Mechanical Engineering, MSc Mechanical Engineering, PhD Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Management, MEng Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Management, MSc Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Management, PhD Media Studies, BA Medical Laboratory Science, BSc Medical Laboratory Science, BSc Medical Microbiology and Immunology, MSc Medical Microbiology and Immunology, PhD Medical Science - Obstetrics and Gynecology, MSc Medical Science - Obstetrics and Gynecology, PhD Medical Sciences, MSc Medical Sciences, PhD Medical Sciences - Dental Hygiene, MSc Medical Sciences - Dentistry, MSc Medical Sciences - Medical Genetics, MSc Medical Sciences - Medical Genetics, PhD Medical Sciences - Oral Biology, MSc Medical Sciences - Oral Medicine, MSc Medical Sciences - Orthodontics, MSc Medical Sciences - Orthodontics, PhD Medical Sciences - Paediatrics, MSc Medical Sciences - Paediatrics, PhD Medical Sciences - Periodontology, MSc Medical Sciences - Periodontology, PhD Medical Sciences - Radiology and Diagnostics Imaging, MSc Medical Sciences - Radiology and Diagnostics Imaging, PhD Medicine, MSc Medicine, MD Medicine, PhD Medicine - Translational Medicine (specialization), MSc Mining Engineering, BSc Mining Engineering, BSc Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, MA Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, BA Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, BA (Hons) Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, PhD Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, BSc (Hons) Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, BSc Music, MA Music, MMus Music, BA Music, DMus Music, BA (Hons) Music, PhD Music - Choral Conducting (specialization), MMus Music - Composition (specialization), MMus Music - Performance (specialization), MMus Music: Wind Band, BEd Music: Wind Band, BEd
P Pain Management, Graduate Certificate Paleontology, BSc (Hons) Paleontology, BSc Performance, BMus Performance Studies, PhD Performance-Based Pedagogy, BMus Petroleum Engineering, BSc Petroleum Engineering, BSc Pharmacology, BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, BSc Pharmacology, MSc Pharmacology, PhD Pharmacy (entry-to-practice), DPharm Pharmacy (for practicing pharmacists), DPharm Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, MSc Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD Philosophy, MA Philosophy, BA Philosophy, BA (Hons) Philosophy, PhD Physical Activity and Health, BKin Physical Education, BEd Physical Education, BSc Physical Education, BA Physical Education, BEd Physical Sciences, BEd Physical Sciences, BEd Physical Therapy, MSc Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences (Combined Program), PhD, MSc Physics, BEd Physics, BSc (Hons) Physics, BSc Physics, MSc Physics, PhD Physics, BEd Physics Geophysics (specialization), MSc Physics Geophysics (specialization), PhD Physiology, BSc (Hons) Physiology, BSc Physiology, MSc Physiology, PhD Planning, BSc (Hons) Planning, BSc Planning, BA Policy Studies, MA Political Science, MA Political Science, BA Political Science, BA (Hons) Political Science, PhD Production - Design Route, BFA Production - Stage Management Route, BFA Production - Technical Production Route, BFA Psychiatry, MSc Psychiatry, PhD Psychology, MA Psychology, BSc (Hons) Psychology, BSc Psychology, BA Psychology, MSc Psychology, BA (Hons) Psychology, PhD Psychology and Mental Health, BA Public Health, MPH Public Health (research area of Epidemiology), PhD Public Health (research area of Health Promotion and Socio-behavioural Sciences), PhD Public Health (research area of Health Services and Policy Research), PhD Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences, MSc Public Health - (research area of Public Health), PhD Public Health - Clinical Epidemiology, MSc Public Health - Epidemiology, MSc Public Health - General Public Health, MSc Public Health - Global Health, MSc Public Health - Health Policy Research, MSc

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Key facts and statistics

Country Canada
Number of courses 593
Number of students 40061
Year institution founded 1908
Total enrolled 40061

Location

The main campus of University of Alberta in is shown on the map below:


Accommodation

U of A offers residence for all levels of study and guarantees a space in residence for first year students who apply for residence by 30 April. Living in on-campus residence is highly recommended for first year students especially to support student success; students who live in residence have a higher GPA on average in their first year.

Benefits of living in residence include a meal plan, peer tutor program, proximity to classes and campus life, lifelong connections, and leadership opportunities. It is much easier to make friends when living in residence compared to living off campus. For more information and costs visit uab.ca/residence.