University of Alberta
Public research university in Edmonton
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| 2025 | Ranked 96th globally in the QS World University Rankings and fourth in Canada. |
| 2024 | Ranked 109th globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and fifth in Canada. |
| 2023 | Ranked 91st globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities and fourth in Canada. |
| 2023 | Ranked 5th in Maclean's Canadian Medical Doctoral university category. |
| 2023 | Following media attention to Yaroslav Hunka, the University of Alberta returned the $30,000 endowment named for him. The Governor General of Canada apologised for previous honours. |
| 2022 | Ranked 99th globally in QS's graduate employability ranking and fifth in Canada. |
| 2022 | Ranked 172nd globally in Times Higher Education's global employability ranking and sixth in Canada. |
| 2022 | University contributed $19.4 billion to Alberta's economy, representing over five percent of the province's gross domestic product. |
| March 2021 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pride Week events were held virtually instead of in-person. |
| 2020 | Michael Houghton, faculty member, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. |
| 2020 | The Herbert T. Coutts Library (Education & Physical Education) was closed. |
| 2020 | Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Conservative Party announces an additional $110-million cut to U of A funding. President David H. Turpin announces 400 job losses by March 31, with over 600 more positions to be eliminated in 2020–2021. Incoming President Bill Flanagan begins discussions on managing the cuts. |
| December 11 2020 | University of Alberta's Board of Governors approved academic restructuring plans in response to provincial funding reduction, requiring $120 million in expense reductions over three years. |
| 2019 | The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked the University of Alberta 81st globally and 4th in Canada, demonstrating its significant research impact. |
| October 2019 | The Alberta Budget reduces grants to the post-secondary sector, cutting $44 million from the U of A and freezing $35 million allocated for infrastructure. |
| 2018 | Faculty of Arts launched five Signature Areas of Research and Creative Collaboration: Digital Synergies; Language, Communication and Culture; Mediating Science and Technology; Shifting Praxis in Artistic Research/Research-Creation; and Stories of Change. |
| 2018 | Research Infosource named the University of Alberta the fifth best research university, with its faculty averaging $242,100 in sponsored research income and graduate students averaging $69,400 in sponsored research income. |
| 2017 | The University of Alberta was issued a Licence to Decommission its SLOWPOKE-2 Nuclear Research Reactor Facility. |
| 2017 | The University of Alberta generated $513.313 million in sponsored research income from external sources, positioning it as the fifth best research university by Research Infosource. |
| August 5 2017 | The SLOWPOKE-2 Nuclear Research Reactor was dismantled, marking the end of its operational period. |
| 2016 | Billy-Ray Belcourt becomes the first First Nations Rhodes Scholar from the University of Alberta, who is also a poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize. |
| 2015 | Russell Brown, former law professor, was named to the Supreme Court of Canada. |
| 2015 | The Physical Activity and Wellness (PAW) Centre was opened through a partnership between multiple organizations, providing a new student fitness centre, sports-related research facilities, and a home for the Steadward Centre for people with disabilities. |
| October 2015 | The Alberta Budget restores a 1.4% cut to the U of A's operational funding and provides a two percent increase. An institutional strategic planning process is launched to discuss strategic priorities. |
| 2014 | Research funding projected to double with the construction of new health research facilities totaling 65,000 square metres, enabling the hiring of over 100 additional biomedical and health researchers. |
| 2014 | Department of English and Film Studies ranked #22 in the World QS University Rankings by subject. |
| 2013 | The Saville Community Sports Centre became the new training centre for the Canadian senior women's basketball team. |
| 2013 | Michael Houghton, Canada Excellence Research Chair, demonstrated a vaccine created from one hepatitis C virus strain that can be effective against all known strains, potentially paving the way for preventing future hepatitis C infections. |
| 2013 | The Alberta Budget cuts provincial post-secondary grants by $147 million, including a 7.2% reduction to the university's base operating grant. |
| July 1 2013 | The SLOWPOKE-2 non-power reactor's operating licence was renewed, valid until June 30, 2023. |
| March 2013 | The University of Alberta began holding an annual Pride Week in mid-March, which includes a pride parade across North Campus. |
| 2012 | Faculty of Native Studies began offering its first master's program in the 2012–13 academic year. |
| 2012 | Alberta School of Business maintained its long-standing accreditation, becoming the longest accredited business school in Canada. |
| December 2012 | The Kaye Edmonton Clinic (formerly Edmonton Clinic South), a nine-storey building focusing on patient care and medical and dental clinics, was opened by Alberta Health Services. |
| October 2012 | School of Public Health became the only Canadian and second North American school accredited by the U.S. Council on Education for Public Health. |
| January 2012 | The Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA), a six-storey building dedicated to interdisciplinary health research and education, was officially opened. |
| 2011 | University of Alberta researchers conducted a significant study linking polar bear reproductive ecology in Hudson Bay to decreasing litter sizes and sea ice loss, highlighting the impact of climate change on Arctic wildlife. |
| September 23 2011 | Grand opening of the $400-million Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS), a major facility for interdisciplinary research groups, Physics Department, Science Faculty offices, and student society offices. |
| 2010 | Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation donated $28 million, which helped establish the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology ($25M) and a joint PhD program ($3M) between the University of Alberta's Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and Shantou University Medical College in China. This was noted as the largest single cash gift to the University of Alberta as of fall 2012. |
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