University of Alberta Admissions & Deadlines

Published and specific. The U of A's Dates + Deadlines page carries a full Fall 2027 applicant timeline with real dates: applications open October 1, 2026, entrance awards close January 10, 2027, most programs close March 1, 2027, the residence guarantee deadline is April 30, 2027, and offers made before April 1 must be accepted by May 1, 2027. The Undergraduate Program Admission Deadlines tool states its deadlines are valid for applications to the Fall 2027, Winter 2028, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 terms.

University of Alberta: Dates + Deadlines: the Fall 2027 applicant timeline · Verified August 16, 2026

The U of A publishes 46,201 students from 159 countries, more than 200 undergraduate programs and more than 500 graduate programs, 78 Rhodes Scholars, 41 National 3M Teaching Fellows, and 108 Canada Research Chairs. Alumni number more than 340,000 in 140 countries.

These are the university's own marketing counts with no census date attached; treat them as directional rather than audited enrolment data.

University of Alberta: About the University of Alberta: campuses, quick facts, and rankings · Verified August 16, 2026

North Campus in Edmonton has 150 buildings and covers 50 city blocks on the edge of the North Saskatchewan River. Campus Saint-Jean is the French-language campus in the heart of Edmonton's francophone community. Augustana is a historic campus in Camrose described as an intimate residential learning environment. South Campus holds agricultural research land and recreation facilities, and Enterprise Square is a downtown hub.

University of Alberta: About the University of Alberta: campuses, quick facts, and rankings · Verified August 16, 2026

The About page states '5 campuses in 2 cities' and names all five. The admissions home page and the How to Apply page both invite students to tour 'our three beautiful campuses'. Both are current first-party U of A pages.

The likely reading is that five campuses exist and three are open for prospective-student tours, but no U of A page states that reconciliation. Ask Admissions which campuses run tours before planning a visit.

University of Alberta: Admissions home: scale, rankings, and program counts · Verified August 16, 2026

The admissions home page publishes 'Top 4 university in Canada', 'Top 100 university in the world', and a '97% Graduate Employment Rate'. The About page adds #96 in the QS World University Ranking, #10 in the THE Impact Rankings for Sustainable Development Goals, #2 in Canada for Nursing (QS), #3 in the world for Petroleum Engineering (QS), #5 in the world for AI (ARWU), and #1 in Canada for Agricultural Sciences (ARWU).

These are the university's own selections from third-party ranking tables and no year is attached to the 97% employment figure; verify the underlying ranking edition before quoting it.

University of Alberta: Admissions home: scale, rankings, and program counts · Verified August 16, 2026

The university rankings page leads with a dated headline — 'U of A solidifies Top 100 position in latest QS global rankings — June 18, 2025 — University rises to 94th worldwide, holds steady at fourth in Canada' — while the table immediately beneath it lists Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) at #96 world and #4 in Canada. The same table gives THE Impact Rankings #10, THE #119, ARWU #101, and NTU #88.

Quote the table or the headline, not both, and check which QS edition you are citing. The Canadian placement of #4 is consistent across both.

University of Alberta: University rankings table and subject placements · Verified August 16, 2026

The Top Programs table lists Artificial Intelligence research at #5 globally and #2 in Canada (ARWU, US News), Petroleum Engineering #3 globally and #1 in Canada (QS), Nursing #9 globally and #2 in Canada (QS), Mining and Mineral Engineering #10 and #3 (QS), Biological Sciences #21 globally and #1 in Canada (ARWU), Agricultural Sciences #25 and #1 (ARWU), Earth Sciences #34 and #1 (ARWU), and Sports-Related Subjects #7 globally and #3 in Canada (QS).

The subject table carries no edition years, so verify the underlying ranking release before treating any placement as current.

University of Alberta: University rankings table and subject placements · Verified August 16, 2026

None of the U of A's own about, facts, rankings, or faculties pages reviewed for this guide makes a U15 membership claim. The university positions itself as 'top 4 in Canada' and, on the Augustana about page, as 'a top-5 research-based university in Canada' and '5th in Canada for graduate employment'.

Do not attribute a U15 framing to the U of A's own site. If a comparison guide needs U15 context, cite the U15 organisation directly rather than the university.

University of Alberta: Facts and figures: faculties, campuses, class sizes, and graduates · Verified August 16, 2026

The U of A describes itself as located in one of the northernmost major cities in the world, and says Edmonton is a city with one million residents and one of Canada's strongest local economies.

University of Alberta: About the University of Alberta: campuses, quick facts, and rankings · Verified August 16, 2026

The Faculty of Native Studies is described as the only faculty of its kind in Canada. The U of A Library is described as Canada's second-largest research library with more than 4.7 million titles, 8.7 million volumes, 1.3 million e-books, and 1,700 databases. The university also reports $600M in annual research funding for 2022-23 and more than 130 active spinoffs.

University of Alberta: About the University of Alberta: campuses, quick facts, and rankings · Verified August 16, 2026

All undergraduate programs offering direct entry from high school require the completion of five specific Grade 12 subjects. These vary by program but will always include English 30-1 or the equivalent in your province. The exact five come from the program search tool, not from a single university-wide list.

University of Alberta: Admission Requirements: five subjects, averages, and application fee · Verified August 16, 2026

The U of A publishes a 70% minimum average across the five required subjects for the program applied to, with a Grade 12 subject mark of 50% or above and a Grade 11 subject mark of 60% or above where one is used. It states directly that meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.

University of Alberta: Competitive Requirements: three-year admission-average trends · Verified August 16, 2026

Only Grade 12 U/M subjects or equivalent are accepted from Ontario. ENG4U, ETS4U, or Anglais EAE4U map to English Language Arts 30-1; MHF4U maps to Mathematics 30-1; MCV4U maps to Mathematics 31 (Calculus); SBI4U, SCH4U, and SPH4U map one-to-one to Biology 30, Chemistry 30, and Physics 30; SES4U or SNC4M map to Science 30; and ICS4U maps to Advanced Level CTS Computing Science.

University of Alberta: Ontario Provincial Equivalents chart · Verified August 16, 2026

Math of Data Management (MDM4U) maps to Mathematics 30-2 and carries an explicit footnote: it may not be presented for admission together with Advanced Functions (MHF4U). Ontario applicants who took both cannot count both toward the five required subjects.

University of Alberta: Ontario Provincial Equivalents chart · Verified August 16, 2026

Augustana low 70s; Arts, Native Studies, and Campus Saint-Jean low to mid 70s; Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences low 70s to low 80s; Education Elementary low 70s to low 80s and Secondary mid 70s to mid 90s; Business, Engineering, and Kinesiology Sport and Recreation mid to high 80s; Nursing and Science mid 80s to low 90s. Within Arts, Criminology and BA Honors run mid 80s to low 90s and BA (Planning) low to high 80s.

The U of A states specific admission averages are not available and that these ranges reflect the last three cycles as a benchmark only, changing with applicant volume, presented averages, and program capacity.

University of Alberta: Competitive Requirements: three-year admission-average trends · Verified August 16, 2026

October 1, 2026 applications open for admission, awards and residence; October 17, 2026 Open House; January 10, 2027 entrance award deadline; February 15, 2027 Program Change Request deadline; February 19, 2027 first-semester final marks; March 1, 2027 application deadline for most programs; April 30, 2027 self-reported final marks and the North Campus residence guarantee deadline; May 1, 2027 acceptance of offers made before April 1; June 15, 2027 post-secondary documents; August 1, 2027 high-school documents. All deadlines are effective as of 11:59 p.m. MT.

University of Alberta: Dates + Deadlines: the Fall 2027 applicant timeline · Verified August 16, 2026

The page's section heading reads 'Timeline for Fall 2027 Applicants', but the heading immediately above the date table itself reads 'Timeline for Fall 2024 Applicants'. Every date inside the table is a real Fall 2027 date, so the 2024 label appears to be an un-updated template heading rather than a different cycle.

Do not let the stale 'Fall 2024' caption make you discount the table. The dates are internally consistent with the Fall 2027 cycle and match the separately published program deadline tool.

University of Alberta: Dates + Deadlines: the Fall 2027 applicant timeline · Verified August 16, 2026

The Undergraduate Program Admission Deadlines page states its deadlines are valid for applications to the Fall 2027, Winter 2028, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 terms, and requires you to select a faculty, filter by term, and click 'see deadlines' to view dates by applicant type plus document deadlines. Dental Hygiene, Dentistry, Medicine, and Law follow different deadlines.

The individual program deadlines are rendered by a client-side tool rather than published as static text, so the March 1, 2027 general date is a starting point and each program must be checked in the tool.

University of Alberta: Undergraduate Program Admission Deadlines tool · Verified August 16, 2026

New applicants may select up to two program choices per application. You are evaluated for the first choice first; if eligible you receive that offer and are not evaluated for the second choice regardless of whether you accept. You are assessed for the second choice only if you are not eligible for the first. Current and previous U of A students may list only one program choice per application, and each additional choice needs its own application and fee.

The U of A advises choosing a second-choice program with a lower historical competitive average range, because an eligible first choice permanently blocks second-choice assessment.

University of Alberta: How to Apply: application opening, program choices, and fees · Verified August 16, 2026

Admission works on a rolling basis over an October 1 to August 31 admissions period, and the U of A tells students to begin on October 1 of Grade 12 using final Grade 11 marks and any available Grade 12 marks, reporting all completed, ongoing, and planned Grade 11 and 12 courses.

University of Alberta: How to Apply: application opening, program choices, and fees · Verified August 16, 2026

CAD $150 for new applicants to the University of Alberta and CAD $100 for current or previous U of A students. The fee is non-refundable, applications are not processed until it is received, and the U of A states that the application fee is mandatory and that it does not grant application fee waivers upon request. The fee may vary for professional programs.

University of Alberta: Admission Requirements: five subjects, averages, and application fee · Verified August 16, 2026

IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band less than 6.0 and no One Skill Retake results accepted; TOEFL iBT total 90 with no section below 21 on the current scale, or 4.5 overall with no band below 4.5 on the new 1-6 scale; Duolingo 120 with no integrated subscore below 100, valid through the 2028-2029 admission cycle; CAEL or CAEL CE 70 with no band below 60; PTE Academic 61 with no less than 60 in each communicative skill; Cambridge C1 or C2 at 180 with no skill below 170. Alberta and NWT students can use a 75% blended English Language Arts 30-1 grade including the mandatory diploma exam.

Language test results more than two years old are not accepted, and the U of A reserves the right to revoke an offer if a testing body invalidates the scores used.

University of Alberta: Language Requirements: ELP, Spoken English, and French proficiency · Verified August 16, 2026

On the same Language Requirements page, the English Language Proficiency table sets the TOEFL scale changeover at 'tests taken on or after January 21, 2027' while the Spoken English Proficiency table sets it at 'tests taken on or after January 21, 2026'. Both thresholds are marked as subject to final approval by university governance.

Confirm with the Office of the Registrar which changeover date applies to your test sitting before booking, and keep evidence of the score scale printed on your report.

University of Alberta: Language Requirements: ELP, Spoken English, and French proficiency · Verified August 16, 2026

Some programs in the Faculty of Education and in health-science fields such as Nursing require Spoken English Proficiency in addition to ELP. The published minimums are IELTS Speaking 7.5, TOEFL iBT Speaking 26 on the old scale or 5.0 on the new scale, Duolingo 140 overall with no integrated subscore below 120, or six years of full-time education in English.

University of Alberta: Language Requirements: ELP, Spoken English, and French proficiency · Verified August 16, 2026

Official ELP and SEP documentation deadlines are August 1 for high school applicants and June 15 for post-secondary transfer applicants. Alberta high-school transcripts are sent automatically from Alberta Education; students in other provinces, territories, or outside Canada are responsible for ensuring transcripts are sent. Documents in a language other than English or French need an official English translation, and documents issued in French do not.

University of Alberta: Language Requirements: ELP, Spoken English, and French proficiency · Verified August 16, 2026

Admission is based on completion of required subjects, English proficiency, and grades. International applicants must show five academic subjects, categorised as English, Group A (Humanities/Social Sciences), Group B (Fine Arts), and Group C (Mathematics and Sciences), with each program requiring a different selection. Applicants who do not have all the required courses can apply to the Year One Foundation Program, a full-time on-campus route that leads into a degree program in second year.

University of Alberta: International Admission Requirements and the Year One Foundation Program · Verified August 16, 2026