MacEwan University is a post-secondary educational institution located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

MacEwan University is the largest transfer-in post-secondary institution in Alberta. It offers nine baccalaureate degrees, two applied degrees and more than 40 diploma and certificate programs. The university’s five faculties and schools offer programming in fine arts and communications, health and community studies, liberal arts and sciences, nursing, and business.

Hundreds of noncredit professional and personal development courses are offered on a part-time basis in addition to programming for university and college preparation and English-as-a-Second-Language courses. During the 2014-2015 academic year, 19,606 full- and part-time students were registered in credit programs.

Academics

MacEwan University is an undergraduate institution divided into five schools:

• School of Arts and Science
• School of Business
• School of Continuing Education
• School of Fine Arts and Communications
• School of Health and Community Studies
• School of Nursing (as of July 2016)

The university offers nine baccalaureate degrees, two applied degrees and 43 diploma and certificate programs, in a variety of delivery formats, including full-time, part-time, online and distance.

MacEwan University considers itself to be a student-centred institution with a focus on teaching. The university states it “provides student-focused instruction in a warm and supportive atmosphere.” It also says, “We focus on teaching, so our students can focus on learning. It’s been a cornerstone of who we are for more than 40 years. And we continue to build on that reputation.”

MacEwan has two libraries, the Alberta College Library and John L. Haar Library. Both are member libraries of the NEOS Library Consortium, The Alberta Library. Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), and the Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement (CURBA).