# University of Alberta

- Location: Edmonton, Canada
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1908
- Official website: https://www.ualberta.ca
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/university-of-alberta-74effccc

## Summary

The University of Alberta was chartered under the provincial University Act of 1906, sponsored by Premier Alexander Rutherford, and began teaching in 1908 with 45 students under president Henry Marshall Tory. It awarded its first degrees in 1912 and added medicine and agriculture faculties soon after. Its Calgary branch became the independent University of Calgary in 1966.

## Key facts

- rank: #96 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](https://www.ualberta.ca)
- [Reference](https://ror.org/0160cpw27)
- [Official facts: 46,201 students](https://www.ualberta.ca/en/about/facts.html)
- [1906 charter, 1908 opening, first degrees 1912, motto (Wikipedia cross-check)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alberta)

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