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Faculties and departments of the University of Alberta

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Source revisionOct 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ5428864 ↗
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The following is a list of the faculties and departments of the University of Alberta.

Main Campus

Agriculture

Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences [1] (AFHE)

Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science [2] (AFNS)

Devonian Botanic Garden [3]

Department of Human Ecology [4]

Department of Renewable Resources [5]

Department of Rural Economy [6]

Arts

Faculty of Arts [7]

Department of Anthropology [8]

Department of Art and Design [9] Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine

Arts Resource Centre [10]

CSL Community Service-Learning [11]

Department of Drama [12]

Department of East Asian Studies [13]

Department of Economics [14]

Department of English and Film Studies [15]

Department of History and Classics [16]

Office of Interdisciplinary Studies [17]

Comparative Literature Program [18]

Humanities Computing Program [19] (HUCO)

Middle Eastern and African Studies Program [20] (MEAS)

Peace and Post-Conflict Studies Program [21]

Religious Studies Program [22]

Science, Technology and Society Program [23] (STS)

Department of Linguistics [24]

Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies [25] (MLCS)

Department of Music [26]

Department of Philosophy [27]

Department of Political Science [28]

Department of Psychology [29]

Department of Sociology [30]

Women's Studies Program [31]

Business

School of Business [32]

Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems [33] (AMIS)

Department of Finance and Management Science [34] (FMS)

Department of Marketing, Business Economics, and Law [35] (MABEL)

Department of Strategic Management and Organization [36] (SMORG)

Education

Faculty of Education [37]

Department of Educational Policy Studies [38]

Department of Educational Psychology [39]

Department of Elementary Education [40]

Department of Secondary Education [41]

Division of Technology in Education [42] (DTE)

School of Library and Information Studies [43] (SLIS)

Engineering

Faculty of Engineering [44]

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering [45] (CME)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [46]

School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering [47]

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [48] (ECE)

Department of Mechanical Engineering [49]

Engineering Co-op Program [50]

Extension

Faculty of Extension [51]

Applied Sciences Programs [52]

Business Programs [53]

Adult and Continuing Education Programs [54]

Communications and Technology Programs [55] (MACT)

English Language Programs [56] (ELP)

Government Studies Programs [57]

Liberal Studies Programs [58]

Medical Acupuncture Program [59]

Graduate Studies

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research [60] (FGSR)

Professional Development Programs [61]

University Teaching Program [62] (UTP)

University of Alberta Outreach [63]

Law

Faculty of Law [64]

Medicine

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry [65]

Division of Anatomy [66] Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine [67]

Department of Biochemistry [68]

Department of Biomedical Engineering [69]

Department of Cell Biology [70] Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

Centre for Neuroscience [71]

Division of Critical Care Medicine [72]

Department of Dentistry [73]

Department of Family Medicine [74] Archived 2006-12-14 at the Wayback Machine

Health Ethics Centre [75] Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology [76] Archived 2006-12-14 at the Wayback Machine

Department of Medical Genetics [77]

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology [78] Archived 2006-09-23 at the Wayback Machine

Department of Medicine [79]

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology [80] Archived 2006-12-15 at the Wayback Machine

Department of Oncology [81]

Department of Ophthalmology [82]

Department of Paediatrics [83]

Department of Pharmacology [84]

Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation [85] Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine

Department of Physiology [86]

Department of Psychiatry [87]

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging [88]

Department of Surgery [89] Archived 2006-12-18 at the Wayback Machine

Native Studies

Faculty of Native Studies [90]

Nursing

Faculty of Nursing [91]

Pharmacy

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences [92]

Recreation

Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation [93]

Public health

School of Public Health [94]

Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research [95]

Centre for Health Promotion Studies [96]

Department of Public Health Sciences [97]

Rehabilitation

Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine [98]

Department of Occupational Therapy [99]

Department of Physical Therapy [100]

Rehabilitation Research Centre [101]

Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology [102]

Centre for Studies in Clinical Education [103] (CSCE)

Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research [104] (ISTAR)

Science

Faculty of Science [105]

Department of Biological Sciences [106]

Department of Chemistry [107]

Department of Computing Science [108]

Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences [109]

Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences [110]

Department of Physics [111]

Department of Psychology [112]

Campus Saint-Jean

Faculté Saint-Jean [113] (FSJ)

Augustana Campus

Augustana Faculty [114]

Department of Fine Arts [115]

Department of Humanities [116]

Department of Physical Education [117]

Department of Science [118]

Department of Social Sciences [119]

Affiliated colleges

St. Joseph's College [120]

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