The University of Alberta is a public research university founded in 1908—just three years after the Province of Alberta officially entered the Dominion of Canada.
In the lead-up to the university’s founding, there was a heated debate over its location, with one faction favoring Calgary (Alberta’s largest city) and another faction in favor of Edmonton (the provincial capital). Although the final decision favored Edmonton, the lack of a university in the province’s largest city continued to be felt. In 1944, the University of Alberta opened a branch campus in Calgary.
In 1966, the Calgary campus became administratively independent from the University of Alberta and was renamed the University of Calgary.
Today, the University of Alberta comprises 18 faculties, as well as two affiliated colleges—one for undergraduates (St. Joseph’s College) and one for graduate students (St. Stephen’s College).
Among many prominent University of Alberta–associated individuals, we may mention the following:
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, the university's first president. It was enabled through the Post-secondary Learning Act.
Source: WikipediaOur answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Who are University of Alberta's Most influential alumni?
University of Alberta 's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Economics, Medical, and Computer Science
Canadian anthropologist
American linguist
IBM Fellow and researcher
Microbiologist
Canadian educator
Canadian writer
Turkish-American computer scientist
Metis anthropologist and researcher of the Anthropocene
Canadian palaeontologist
Canadian palaeontologist
Canadian geneticist
Canadian historian
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