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SAIT Polytechnic
SAIT Polytechnic helps students further their passion with programs offered through eight academic schools: Business, Construction, Energy, Health and Public Safety, Hospitality and Tourism, Information and Communications Technologies, Manufacturing and Automation, and Transportation. English Language Foundations and Academic Upgrading are also offered, as well as distance and continuing education courses and corporate training.
SAIT works closely with industry to ensure graduate success and program relevance. More than 1,000 partners serve on more than 65 program advisory committees and 92 per cent of 2011 SAIT graduates are currently employed.
SAIT has embarked on the largest expansion in its history: construction of a $400 million, 740,000 sq. ft. Trades and Technology Complex that will add capacity for an additional 8,100 students. The Complex includes three buildings: the Aldred Centre, the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre and the Cenovus Energy Centre. The Complex will open to students beginning in September of 2012.
Also opening in fall 2012 is the 10,000 sq. ft. SAIT Culinary Campus. Located in downtown Calgary, the campus will offer Baking and Pastry Arts and Professional Cooking programs to more students who would otherwise be wait-listed for these popular programs. The Culinary Campus will also offer continuing education classes and corporate team building events.
SAIT offers transfer options for its baccalaureate and applied degree, diploma and some certificate programs. More than 700 transfer options are available toward degrees and other credentials at 64 other post-secondary institutions provincially, nationally and internationally or toward other SAIT programs.
SAIT Polytechnic helps students further their passion with programs offered through eight academic schools: Business, Construction, Energy, Health and Public Safety, Hospitality and Tourism, Information and Communications Technologies, Manufacturing and Automation, and Transportation. English Language Foundations and Academic Upgrading are also offered, as well as distance and continuing education courses and corporate training.
SAIT works closely with industry to ensure graduate success and program relevance. More than 1,000 partners serve on more than 65 program advisory committees and 92 per cent of 2011 SAIT graduates are currently employed.
SAIT has embarked on the largest expansion in its history: construction of a $400 million, 740,000 sq. ft. Trades and Technology Complex that will add capacity for an additional 8,100 students. The Complex includes three buildings: the Aldred Centre, the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre and the Cenovus Energy Centre. The Complex will open to students beginning in September of 2012.
Also opening in fall 2012 is the 10,000 sq. ft. SAIT Culinary Campus. Located in downtown Calgary, the campus will offer Baking and Pastry Arts and Professional Cooking programs to more students who would otherwise be wait-listed for these popular programs. The Culinary Campus will also offer continuing education classes and corporate team building events.
SAIT offers transfer options for its baccalaureate and applied degree, diploma and some certificate programs. More than 700 transfer options are available toward degrees and other credentials at 64 other post-secondary institutions provincially, nationally and internationally or toward other SAIT programs.
Campus locations:
- Main Campus (Calgary)
- Mayland Heights Campus (Calgary)
- N.R. Buck Crump Building (Calgary)
- Art Smith Aero Centre of Training and Technology (Calgary)
- Culinary Campus (Calgary)
- Recreation Vehicle Excellence Centre (Edmonton)
Institutional Data from 2010- 2011 Academic Year
Students:
| Full-time students | 17,121 |
|---|---|
| Part-time students | 8,479 |
| Total For- Credit Enrolment (Headcount) | 25,600 |
| Labour force development & renewal training registrations * | 37,477 |
| Apprenticeship students * | 7,101 |
| Full time International Students * | 571 |
* Non-additive
Annual intake of new students:
| 2010- 2011 | 7,440 |
|---|---|
| 2009- 2010 | 7,526 |
| 2008- 2009 | 8,382 |
| 2007- 2008 | 8,273 |
Academics:
| Standalone Bachelor’s Degrees | 4 |
|---|---|
| Diplomas | 48 |
| Certificate Programs | 31 |
| Apprenticeship Programs | 29 |
Graduation Data:
| Total Graduates, academic year 2010- 2011 | 6,114 |
|---|---|
| Graduation employment rate | 92.5% |
Applied Research and Innovation Services
SAIT Polytechnic’s research priority is to further student knowledge and experience through innovative, industry-driven projects that solve practical problems. By focusing on prototyping, simulation and validation, students build their expertise and generate solutions to meet the needs of industry, government and the community.
SAIT’s Applied Research and Innovation Services is recognized for its activities in green building, sports and wellness engineering, waste-to-biofuel initiatives, water treatment and remediation, electronics, information and communications applications, and technologies for the health, culinary and oil and gas industries. Applied Research and Innovation projects include biodiesel processing, skeleton and bobsleigh prototyping and development, mobile water desalination and industry-related produced water technologies, Net-Zero home development, radio frequency identification applications, solar-powered energy systems, rain-water capture and use, quantum key development and more.
Over the past four years, more than 560 SAIT students have been awarded over $340,000 to carry out innovative coursework projects through the Innovative Student Project Fund - a fund supported by SAIT, the Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes, NSERC, SAIT’s ’88 Olympics Legacy Fund and Alberta Innovates Technology Futures. Since its inception in 2008, SAIT’s Applied Research Fund has awarded $810,000 to various applied research projects involving SAIT students and researchers, and industry partners.
2009-10 was the inaugural year for LAUNCH, a business plan competition supported by the Alberta government’s Youth Technopreneurship Program, SAIT, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP. The program is designed to help SAIT students and alumni start businesses in the Calgary region. Each year, a first-place prize valued at over $40,000 is awarded, in addition to other available awards.
SAIT’s long-term commitment to applied research is being carried into the future at the new Enerplus Centre for Innovation. Launched with a $5-million investment by Enerplus, the Centre will include both specialized and adaptable lap spaces. Companies will find industrial-scale facilities to cost-effectively develop new technologies and validate product performance, as well as convenient access to the SAIT Applied Research team-focused experts dedicated to developing, fabricating and testing innovation solutions. The 20,000-square-foot research facility is housed inside Aldred Centre, one of three buildings that make up the new $400-million Trades and Technology Complex, completed at SAIT in September 2012.
See http://www.sait.ca/research-and-innovation.php for more information.
Newcomer integration
The English Language Foundations (ELF) program provides language upgrading for learners whose first language is not English. A skills-based curriculum encourages development in all language areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Computer technology is incorporated into the program. The program has six start dates per year (8-week terms). Full and part-time studies are offered. Most ELF students are preparing for admission into SAIT career programs.
http://www.sait.ca/international-students/english-language-foundations.php
International Activities and International Educational Partnerships
Two on-campus residences provide housing for local and international students. The International Centre offers full student services and support including social, cultural and recreational activities that provide the opportunity for students to integrate with peers from more than 143 countries. Collaboration agreements have been established with English language schools across Canada to attract international students. Diversity and growth are key priorities as SAIT continues to increase its number of full-time international students which currently sits at approximately 9,500. See www.sait.ca/international-students.phpfor more information.
SAIT is a partner in the Global Education Network (GEN) along with Box Hill Institute (Melbourne, Australia), Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A.), and the Institute of Technical Education (Singapore). This initiative offers students in participating academic programs the opportunity to study abroad at a partner institution for a short-term study tour or a full semester exchange. See gen.sait.ca/for more details.
SAIT also offers expertise in training for workforce nationalization to the oil and gas industry worldwide. For more than three decades, SAIT has worked with multinational companies to support their workforce nationalization goals by designing and delivering workforce development solutions to nationalize their local workers. SAIT’s unique Training Solution for Workforce Nationalization includes recruitment, assessment and learner support services; preparatory training (foundational science, English as a second language and occupational English); hands-on technical training (operations and maintenance, health, safety and environment); as well as management and cultural awareness training. See http://www.sait-training.com/for more details.
SAIT Polytechnic is renowned for their expertise in:
- Energy and Construction Technologies
- Manufacturing & Automation
- Business Studies
- Information, Communications and New Media Technologies
- Culinary and Hospitality
- Health Technologies
- Transportation
SAIT Polytechnic offers Bachelor's Degrees in:
- Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting)
- Bachelor of Science (Construction Project Management)
- Bachelor of Applied Business Administration
- Bachelor of Applied Technology (Geographic Information Systems)
- Bachelor of Applied Technology (Information Systems)
- Bachelor of Applied Technology (Petroleum Engineering)
Top 5 countries of origin of International Students:
- China
- South Korea
- India
- Saudi Arabia
- Vietnam
Contact Information
Main
403.284.8110
Toll free: 1.877.284.7248
President and CEO
Irene Lewis
403.284.8581
irene.lewis@sait.ca
Vice President Academic
Dr. Gordon Nixon
403.210.4262
gord.nixon@sait.ca
CFO and Vice President Capital and Corporate Services
Wayne King
403.284.8588
wayne.king@sait.ca
Vice President Employee and Student Services
Michael Dyer
403.284.8180
michael.dyer@sait.ca
Registrar/Director, Student Services
Jennifer Bennett
403.284.8857
jennifer.bennett@sait.ca
Manager, International Centre
Enid Angelstad
403.284.8273
enid.angelstad@sait.ca
Director, Corporate Communications
Dan Allen
403.210.4334
dan.allen@sait.ca
Director, Government and Community Relations
Glenn Shepherd
403.284.7055
glenn.shepherd@sait.ca
Public Relations Specialist
Melanie Simmons
403.284.8473
melanie.simmons@sait.ca
Director, Business Development, Corporate Training
Bill Luxton
403.284.8061
bill.luxton@sait.ca
Director, Applied Research and Innovation Services
Dr. Alex Zahavich
403.210.4409
alex.zahavich@sait.ca
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