University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a public research university in Calgary, Alberta. It became independent in 1966 after operating from 1945 as a University of Alberta campus. It grew with the city onto a large main campus in the northwest, a Foothills medical campus and smaller sites. It is a comprehensive research university tied to energy, engineering and medicine in southern Alberta.

Faculties include the Schulich School of Engineering, the Cumming School of Medicine, the Haskayne School of Business, Law, Veterinary Medicine, Science, Arts, Kinesiology, Nursing, Social Work, Education, and Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Graduate research is concentrated in petroleum and energy engineering, geoscience, medicine and public policy. The Foothills campus and Alberta Children's Hospital support clinical training.

Enrollment is about 35,000 students, including roughly 7,000 graduate students, with international students from more than 100 countries. Notable alumni include former prime minister Stephen Harper, computer scientist James Gosling, who created the Java language, and astronaut Robert Thirsk.

Graduate programs include thesis and course-based master's, PhDs, and professional degrees in medicine, law, veterinary medicine and business. Research degrees use a supervisory committee. The year runs from September to April, with a spring and summer term used by research students. Funding includes university scholarships, provincial awards, tri-council studentships and research assistantships. The main campus is a large suburban site in a city built around energy employment.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Calgary lists 21 graduate programs across 17 subjects: 14 master's programs and 7 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in biology, computer science and religious studies. University of Calgary holds rank 146 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.