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Looking to study in Edmonton? Choose one of our schools, universities, colleges or technical institutions and join more than 200,000 enrolled students.
The University of Alberta is ranked amongst the top 5 universities in Canada. Spanning four bustling campuses with other locations across the province, it caters to over 41,000 students across 19 faculties.
MacEwan University offers transformative education in a supportive learning environment where students, teachers and the community work together to foster creativity and innovation.
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Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) is Canada’s preeminent small university. It is proudly located in the historic Virginia Park neighbourhood, steps from Edmonton’s river valley.
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Edmonton's Christian university, The King's University, serves students and communities from all around Western Canada and the world. Its campus is situated on Treaty Six land, the traditional home of many Indigenous peoples.
Campus Address: 9125 - 50 Street, Edmonton, Alberta
NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) is one of Canada’s leading polytechnic and apprenticeship training institutions. Serving more than 40,000 students scattered across four campuses - three in Edmonton and one in Spruce Grove - NAIT is a great place to learn and thrive academically as well as socially.
NorQuest College is the largest comprehensive community college in Alberta, serving students at 2 campuses in the Edmonton region and throughout the province. NorQuest helps learners with diverse educational backgrounds complete or further their studies through post-secondary diploma, university transfer, certificate programs, English language training, academic upgrading, and continuing education options for rewarding careers. By collaborating with business, industry, government and communities, NorQuest ensures its learners receive workforce relevant, inclusive and transformative educational experiences.
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Yellowhead Tribal College is dedicated to student success and delivering a high-quality education for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students alike, founded on our First Nations cultures and languages.
Campus Address: 10045 – 156 Street NW, Edmonton, AB
In Alberta there are three kinds of school authorities: Public, Catholic (or separate) and Francophone. All three are available in Edmonton.
From Kindergarten through Grade 12, they all provide a high-quality, publicly financed education to pupils (generally children from about age 5 to about age 18). They all provide education based on the same provincial curriculum while providing a diverse range of educational opportunities.
With about 106,000 students in 212 schools, this is Edmonton's largest public school district. Its boundaries are the same as the boundary of the City of Edmonton. Edmonton Public Schools admits any student who lives in Edmonton.
Alberta is one of the provinces in Canada that has traditionally provided publicly supported Catholic education to families. With 43,000 pupils in 96 schools, Edmonton Catholic Schools is the city's second largest publicly financed school system. Its boundaries are the same as the City of Edmonton's boundaries.
With 3,700 pupils in 19 schools dispersed across a vast area of north central Alberta, Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN) is Edmonton's smallest publicly financed school authority. Edmonton has eight of these schools. The CSCN is a francophone educational authority founded in 1994 to fulfill a legal requirement and a need for publicly supported French language education. French is taught and spoken in all Alberta schools, but the CSCN is for families who meet certain criteria in order to establish a strong family connection to the French language.
Excellence: Alberta schools are recognized internationally for their excellence according to the Programme for International Student Assessment by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Choice: Within these school systems, parents and students are offered a myriad of choices in programs. Residing within a given school boundary gives parents the right to enroll their children in that local school but they have the option of sending their children farther afield to schools that offer specialized programs.
In addition to offering the provincially mandated curriculum, these schools offer enriched programs in academics, instruction in a variety of languages, sports academies and schools dedicated to the performing arts, to name a few.
Inclusion: All three publicly funded school authorities are committed to the principle of inclusion: accommodating differences in students’ abilities to communicate, to learn and to adapt to life in the classroom.
They all employ or are prepared to employ a variety of different resources (including teaching aids and specialized learning programs) to ensure that all children who are enrolled in their district receive the best education possible.
Alberta allows for a limited number of Charter schools. These are publicly funded schools run by a non-profit organization that reports directly to the Province of Alberta. They are outside the authority of any provincial school district (such as the Edmonton Public School Board). There are three Charter Schools in Edmonton. A complete list of Charter Schools is available from the Alberta Ministry of Education.
Provincially, about 5% of the K-12 student population is educated in a private school setting. Private schools are provincially regulated but not obligated to teach the provincial curriculum. Many of them serve particular linguistic, cultural and faith communities. They are all free to charge tuition. For an overview of private school regulation and a list of private schools in the province visit alberta.ca. The Association of Independent Schools and Colleges in Alberta also has information on private school options in and around Edmonton.
Explore all of the Edmonton and Region learning opportunities at: Alberta Learning Information Services (ALIS).
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