University of Calgary
Motto	Mo Shùile Togam Suas (Gaelic: I will lift up my eyes)
Established	1966
Type	Public
Endowment	$384M[1]
Chancellor	Joanne Cuthbertson
President	Harvey P. Weingarten
Staff	5,363[2]
Undergraduates	19,801 full-time, 2,755 part-time[3]
Postgraduates	4,340 full-time, 1,300 part-time[4]
Location	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Campus	Urban, 2.13 km² or 213 hectares
Colours	Red, Gold, Black.
Mascot	Rex
Affiliations	ACU, AUCC, IAU, G13
Website	University of Calgary

Arch marking south entrance to campus during the winter.

South entrance to MacEwan Student Centre

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Initially the Calgary Branch of the University of Alberta in the first half of the century, the University of Calgary separated from the University of Alberta, and was officially founded in 1966. The University of Calgary, or "U of C" is currently composed of 16 faculties including a teachers college, law school, and medical school. In 2008 the University of Calgary will be opening a veterinary school bringing the total number of faculties to 17. The campus is located in the north-west quadrant of Calgary in the Rocky Mountain foothills with a panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains to the west and an overview of the city of Calgary to the southeast. The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public coeducational research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Teachers College, Columbia University (also known as Teachers College of Columbia University) was founded in 1887 by the philanthropist Grace Hoadley Dodge and philosopher Nicholas Murray Butler to provide a new kind of schooling for the teachers of the poor children of New York City, one that combined a humanitarian... // A law school is an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees. ... Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas, USA. A medical school or faculty of medicine is a tertiary educational institution or part of such an institution that teaches medicine. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... This article is about the Canadian city. ... Rocky Mountain National Park (photo courtesy of NPS) View of Colorado Rockies. ... For individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Onward Location of Calgary within census division number 6, Alberta, Canada. ...

The University of Calgary is one of the top research-intensive universities in Canada as it holds the seventh most Canada Research Chairs. It is a member of the G13 (Group of Thirteen), Association of Commonwealth Universities, International Association of Universities, and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. The University of Calgary has a sponsored research revenue of $282 million, with total revenues exceeding $800 million. Being located in Calgary, with Canada's highest concentration of Engineers and Geoscientists, both the Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences and the Faculty of Engineering maintain close ties to the Petroleum and Geoscience industry. Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) are Canadian university research professorships created through the Canada Research Chairs Program. ... This article is about the group of research-intensive Canadian universities. ... The Association of Commonwealth Universities represents over 480 universities from Commonwealth countries. ... The International Association of Universities list of Universities of the World is a list of organizations recognized as universities by national authorities around the world. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Earth science (also known as geoscience or the geosciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. ... Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...

Academics

Overview

The University of Calgary offers over 100 programs in post-secondary education awarding bachelors, masters, and doctorate (Ph.D.) degrees. The university campus has an area of 2.13 km² and hosts, in total, 16 faculties, 53 departments and 36 research institutes and centers. The teaching staff at the university is made up of 2,596 people. In addition, the university employs 2,767 management, professional and support staff to serve the needs of the school. This puts the total of the staff to 5,363 people, making it one of Calgary's four largest employers. The university has Alberta's toughest entry requirements, and due to the higher demand in post-secondary education, has an acceptance rate of just around 50%.^{[citation needed]} Post-secondary education is a form of secondary education that is taken after first attending a secondary school, such as a high school. ... For other degrees, see Academic degree. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ...

With the continuous economic boom in Alberta, the government has promised $4.5 billion to post-secondary institutions in the province.^[5] With support coming from many areas, the University of Calgary aims to become one of Canada's top 5 research institutions by the year 2010.^[6]

Faculties

The University of Calgary is host to 16 faculties. Several of the university's more recognized faculties are the Haskayne School of Business at Scurfield Hall, the Schulich School of Engineering, Kinesiology, a medical school (MD), a law school (LLB), and in 2008, Western Canada's second veterinary school. Schulich School of Engineering Logo The Schulich School of Engineering is an accredited engineering school located in Calgary, Canada. ... Kinesiology is the scientific study of human movement. ... The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Calgary is one of two medical schools in Alberta and one of 17 in Canada. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into University of Calgary. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ...

The faculties are:

• Faculty of Communication and Culture
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Environmental Design
• Faculty of Fine Arts
• Faculty of Graduate Studies
• Haskayne School of Business
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Kinesiology
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Nursing
• Schulich School of Engineering
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Social Work
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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Rankings and Reputation

The School motto on display

The University of Calgary is ranked in the 203-304 area in the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It is given a regional rank (encompassing the Americas) of 99-138. Its national rank is in the area of 8-17. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1531x1148, 1112 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1531x1148, 1112 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... // One of the well known rankings, THES - QS publishes an annual report about world rankings. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Webometrics University Rankings^[7] ranks the University of Calgary 59th in the USA and Canada category and 71st in the world. It is ranked 5th in Canada.

Research Infosource^[8] ranks the top 50 research universities in Canada each year. Calgary is currently ranked 7th.

The University of Calgary's Haskayne's School of Business is internationally renowned for its strengths in many areas of undergraduate business. In 2006, at the prestigious Inter-Collegiate Business Competition, hosted annually by Queen's University, Calgary continued to outperform and rank at the top in each area of the competition. Twenty-eight Canadian Undegraduate Business schools, along with three from outside Canada competed to solve complex business problems, and complete business cases. Calgary topped the rankings in the areas of Business Policy, Debating, Finance, Labour Arbitration, Marketing and Management Information Systems. It ranked third in Accounting, missing out on the top 3 in just one category. Calgary by far came out as the most successful school at the competition, being one of only four schools to be ranked in the top 3 in more than one category (seven out of eight in Calgary's case). ^[9]

For years, the University of Calgary has consistently ranked low in Maclean's rankings. In 2005, it was ranked 14th out of 15 in the medical-doctoral category; improving slightly in the 2006 issue of the rankings to 13th.^[10] A cover of the Canadian magazine Macleans. ...

The University of Calgary and a number of other universities have argued that the methodology Maclean's Magazine uses takes data out of context and is inaccurate for a true reflection of the performance of a school. After numerous requests for change and no action being taken on part of Maclean's, in 2006, 21 prominent Canadian universities along with the University of Calgary, many of those being part of the leading group of research universities known as the G13, decided to opt out of the rankings.^[11] Other universities opting out in 2006 include - Dalhousie University, McMaster University, Simon Fraser University, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of British Columbia, University of Lethbridge, University of Manitoba, Universite de Montreal, University of Ottawa, Carleton University, University of Toronto and Queen's University. This article is about the group of research-intensive Canadian universities. ...

Facilities

The Olympic Oval

The university is home to the MacEwan Hall Ballroom, which is a live concert venue designed to hold approximately 1000 people. The Ballroom has been used for numerous concerts throughout the years, but has also been used for conferences, dinners, and even political debates, most recently the 2006 Alberta PC leadership debate. Image File history File links Olympic_Oval_Inside_Calgary. ... Image File history File links Olympic_Oval_Inside_Calgary. ... The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a covered speed skating oval built for the 1988 Winter Olympics. ... The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta will hold a leadership election on November 25, 2006 and December 2, 2006 (if a second ballot is needed). ...

Aside from the ballroom, the University also has the Rozsa Centre, a theatre and concert hall located on the south west side of campus, just off of 24th Ave. NW. The Rozsa Centre is privileged to have a Bach organ built by renowned German organ builders Jürgen and Hendrik Ahrend. The Rozsa Centre hosts wind ensembles, choirs, and many other fine arts performances. Many musical competitions are held at the Rozsa Centre every year and can host 384 people in the audience. The University Theatre, which is located directly beside the Rozsa Centre, is also on campus and is designed for drama and dance performances with seating for 505 people.^[12]

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The Olympic Oval, a multi-purpose ice arena, is also present on the University campus and was the site of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, holding the claim as the fastest ice in the world. It has a 400m long track oval as well as a short track ice surface and two ice hockey rinks. The campus also has the Jack Simpson Gymnasium, which is in fact three gymnasiums in one with bleachers that cover the outer two courts capable of seating 2,700 people.^[13] The University campus also covers the McMahon Stadium, which is home to the Dinos Football Team and the Calgary Stampeders. The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a covered speed skating oval built for the 1988 Winter Olympics. ... An athlete carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ... McMahon Stadium (pronounced ) is a Canadian football stadium located in Calgary, Alberta. ... For the defunct hockey team, see Calgary Stampeders (hockey) The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta. ...

Athletics

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The university is represented in CanadaWest a division of Canadian Interuniversity Sport and in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference by the Calgary Dinos. The Dinos compete in 12 sports, Basketball, Cross-Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Hockey, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Wrestling. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... CIS Logo Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. ... The Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference is the governing body for colligiate sports in Alberta, Canada. ... The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... This article is about the sport. ... The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... Diagram of a Canadian football field. ... This article is about the sport. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Greco-Roman) Alexander Karelin throws Olympian Jeff Blatnick with his Karelin Lift Womens wrestling Andrell Durden (top) and Edward Harris grapple for position during the All-Marine Wrestle Offs. ...

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Residence

Kananaskis Hall

The residence buildings on campus can house up to 2500 students, situated in eight buildings, all named after mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The two "traditional" buildings on campus are called Rundle Hall and Kananaskis Hall and were built in the early 1960s when the university relocated to its present campus. Five newer buildings named Glacier, Olympus, Norquay, Brewster, and Castle Halls were built just prior to the 1988 Winter Olympics to act as the athletes’ Olympic Village during the games. However, each of these buildings are considerably smaller than the traditional buildings, being only two or three stories tall, and housing between 10 to 30 students on each floor. The newest building, Cascade Hall, is considerably different from the previous five buildings in design, being five stories, making it the third largest residence building, and the size of its floors being able to house many more students than the preceding five buildings. Aside from this difference, the newest six buildings are all designed in the style of apartments whereby there is one hallway on each floor with sets of rooms that can accommodate up to a maximum of four people each. This is in contrast to the two traditional buildings which are designed with three separate hallways on each floor, with each hallway having rooms only capable of accommodating two people each, along with a common area at the centre of the building on each floor. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2032x1524, 845 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2032x1524, 845 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... For individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain (disambiguation). ... The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé. The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits. ... An Olympic Park is a venue or group of venues set up when a country hosts the Olympic Games. ...

A new building, called International House is currently under construction to house an additional 200 international students, instructors and conference attendees. This building is part of the University's $1.5 billion dollar capital program, and anticipates welcoming its first residents in September 2008.

Media

• Campus Newspaper - "OnCampus"
• Student Newspaper - "The Gauntlet"
• Campus Radio Station - CJSW
• Campus Television - "NUTV"

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Alumni

• The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party, holds an MA and a B.A in Economics from the University of Calgary (1991).
• James Gosling, inventor of the Java programming language, holds a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary (1977).
• Douglas R. Hamilton, NASA flight surgeon and biomedical engineer, holds a Ph.D in cardiovascular physiology from the University of Calgary (1991).
• Harold (Hal) Kvisle TransCanada Profile. the President & CEO of TransCanada Corporation holds an MBA from the University of Calgary (1981).
• Bruce Livingstone, entrepreneur
• Candice Olsen, interior designer and host of Divine Design with Candice Olsen which airs in US & Canadian television markets. Holds a BS from the University.^{[citation needed]}
• Theo de Raadt, founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects, holds a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary (1992).
• Robert Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and NASA capsule communicator for the International Space Station program. Holds a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary (1976).
• Curtis Myden, three time Olympic bronze medalist in Swimming, holds a B.Sc in Exercise and Health Physiology.

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Notes and references

See also

• List of University of Calgary people
• List of Alberta universities
• University of Calgary Students' Union
• UC Solar Team
• Faculty of Medicine of the University of Calgary
• University of Calgary Faculty of Law

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