Edmonton, Alberta

:Edmonton redirects here. For other cities with the name Edmonton, see Edmonton (disambiguation)

Education

Post-secondary

Edmonton has become one of Canada's major educational centres with more than 60,000 full time post-secondary students spread over several institutions and campuses (total enrollment between the schools is as high as 170,000, which includes students enrolled in multiple institutions).http://www.edmonton.com/statistics/page.asp?page=89

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The University of Alberta (also known colloquially as the U of A), whose main campus is situated on the south side of Edmonton's river valley, is a board-governed, public institution with annual revenue of one billion dollars. 35,000 students are served in more than 200 undergraduate programs and 170 graduate programs. Main campus consists of more than 90 buildings on 89 hectares of land with buildings dating back to the Unviersity's establishment in 1908. It is also home to Canada's second largest research library which ranks first in volumes per student with over 6 million and subscriptions to 13,000 full-text electronic journals and 500 electronic databases.

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The University of Alberta has been internationally recognized on several fronts. For more information see http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/facts/index.cfm

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Other universities within the borders of Edmonton include Athabasca Universityhttp://www.athabascau.ca/, Concordia University Collegehttp://www.concordia.ab.ca/, King's University Collegehttp://www.kingsu.ab.ca/, Taylor University College and Seminaryhttp://www.taylor-edu.ca/, and the Edmonton campus of the University of Lethbridgehttp://www.uleth.ca/.

Related Topics:
Athabasca University - Concordia University College - King's University College - Taylor University College and Seminary - University of Lethbridge

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Other Edmonton post-secondary institutions include Grant MacEwan College, which enrolls 57,200 students in programs leading to careers or university transferhttp://www.gmcc.ab.ca/web/home/index.cfm, NAIT, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, with 48,500 students enrolled in 190 technical, vocational and apprenticeship programshttp://www.nait.ca and NorQuest College, with 11,300 students, specializing in short courses in skills and academic upgradinghttp://www.norquest.ca.

Related Topics:
Grant MacEwan College - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology - NorQuest College

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K-12

Edmonton has three publicly funded school boards (districts), who provide kindergarten and grades one through twelve. The vast majority of students attend schools in the two large English language boards: the Edmonton Public Schools board and the separate Edmonton Catholic School District. As well, since 1994, the francophone minority community has had their own school board, the North-Central Francophone School Authority, which, based in Edmonton, includes surrounding communities. Most recently the city has seen a small number of public charter schools open, independent of any board. All three school boards and public charter schools are funded through provincial grants and property taxes.

Related Topics:
Edmonton Public Schools - Separate - Francophone - Charter schools - Property tax

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Some private schools exist as well. Included are the Edmonton Society for Christian Educationhttp://www.edmchristian.net/home/default.aspx and Edmonton Academyhttp://www.edmontonacademy.com/home.html.

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Both the Edmonton Public Schools and the Edmonton Catholic School District provide support and resources for those wishing to home school their children.

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