Founded: 1921
Type: Public, University
Total Students: 2500+
Concordia University of Edmonton, previously Concordia University College of Alberta, is a private university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Accredited under the Alberta Post-secondary Learning Act. Concordia is primarily funded by tuition and private donations but also receives some limited funding from the Government of Alberta. Prior to its secularization in 2016, Concordia University was affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Canada.
The university has five facilities and two schools: Facility of Graduate Studies, Facility of Education, Facility of Management, Facility of Science, Facility of Arts, School of Physical Education and Wellness, and School of Music. The university offers 45 majors and minors in the fields of Arts, Science and Management; two after-degree programs, three master’s degrees, and several graduate certificates and diplomas. The University of Lethbridge had a small extension campus at the university from 2012 to 2015.The Concordia Lutheran Seminary also shares the university grounds.
Campus life features a community orchestra, a community choir, a women’s choir, a touring choir, and regular drama productions. There are three dormitory buildings on campus. Founder’s Hall and Eberhard Hall are for first and second-year students and are divided by floor into male and female, while Wangerin House is for upper year female students. The university has a gymnasium and a large athletic field on campus. In the past the field was sometimes used for spring practice by the Edmonton Eskimos football team.
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