University of Alberta

University of Alberta is a institution that focuses on research. The Post-secondary Learning Act was the legislation that made this possible. The fact that this educational institution is recognised as a "comprehensive academic and research university" (CARU) indicates that it provides a wide variety of academic and professional programmes, the majority of which lead to credentials at the undergraduate and graduate level. According to various college and university rankings, it is considered to be one of the best public institutions in all of Canada.

The university has a staff centre in downtown Calgary in addition to its four campuses in the city of Edmonton. The Augustana Campus is located near Camrose. The old north campus is made up of 150 buildings and spans over 50 city blocks. It is situated on the south rim of the valley formed by the North Saskatchewan River and is immediately across from the central business district of Edmonton. 39,000 students from Canada and 150 other countries are enrolled in one of 18 different universities' 400 different programmes.

The university is a significant contributor to Alberta's overall economic activity. It is estimated that this has an annual effect on the Alberta economy of $12.3 billion, which is equivalent to five percent of the province's gross domestic product. There have been approximately 260,000 graduates from the University of Alberta; among the accolades that these graduates and faculty members have garnered are three Nobel Prizes and seventy-two Rhodes Scholarships.