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Choose from certificates, diplomas, apprenticeships, and full degrees to launch your career, or pursue lifelong learning with Continuing Education courses and micro-credentials. View individual academic courses or the Academic Calendar.

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Choose from certificates, diplomas, apprenticeships, and full degrees to launch your career, or pursue lifelong learning with Continuing Education courses and micro-credentials. View individual academic courses or the Academic Calendar.

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Let your talents flow as you learn to install pipes, assemble valves, interpret building plans, and configure plumbing systems for residential and commercial projects.

Careers

Residential, commercial, or industrial plumbing, installation of certain equipment and systems, renovation, maintenance and repair of existing plumbing

$83K

Average Annual Salary (2023 Alberta Wage & Salary Survey)

Department

Construction Trades

Timing

2nd, 3rd, 4th Periods (8 weeks)

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Generate career opportunities by learning about power (steam) plant operations and processes. Study areas include water treatment, pump operation, electricity, instrumentation, fuels and combustion.

Careers

A diploma in power engineering opens up career opportunities in any industry that uses boilers, such as gas plants, power generating plants, pulp mills, refineries, and breweries.

$62K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation (ALIS, 2026)

Department

Science Department

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

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Choose a caring career path with the power to heal, comfort, and inspire. Develop critical thinking skills as you evaluate patient progress, interact with other professionals and deliver nursing care to clients and their families.

Careers

Graduates of this program are eligible to write the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam (CPNRE) and work in several areas of healthcare, including acute care hospitals, continuing care facilities, primary care clinics and physician's offices.

$57K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation (ALIS, 2026)

Department

Practical Nurse and Health Care Aide

Timing

2 Years

Winter (GP) Semester Start

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Help those when they need it most, and stabilize your career as an emergency medical care professional. Learn critical and basic life support skills through hands-on clinical exposure and placements.

Careers

Graduates of this program can expect to find career opportunities with provincial, private, and industrial ambulance services.

$40k

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation (ALIS, 2026)

Department

Emergency Services

Timing

1 Year

Fall Semester Start

Assess your future and evaluate a career in mental health treatment. Use your empathy, understanding, and compassion to provide therapy to those facing psychological, emotional, and behavioural challenges.

Department

Humanities and Social Sciences

Timing

4 Years

TBD Start

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Be the catalyst for your career in science by working towards a BSc degree or professional program. Choose from a variety of courses in biology, chemistry, physics and math.

Careers

This program is designed to transfer to the Faculty of Science at the University of Alberta. For further specifics, students are encouraged to refer to the faculty information in the University's calendar.

$49k

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation (ALIS, 2026)

Department

Science Department

Timing

2 Years Maximum

Fall Semester Start

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Be the positive change-maker in rural, northern, and Indigenous communities by supporting individuals and families through compassionate care.

Careers

A diploma in social work paves the way for a career as a social worker in various fields, including government departments, mental health clinics, correctional services, family and social service agencies, school boards, and employee assistance programs.

$41K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Humanities and Social Sciences

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

Help your career prospects with the skills to promote social change. Use your compassion and impartiality to enhance the health and well-being of people and families.

Department

Humanities and Social Sciences

Timing

4 Years

TBD Start

Find your fit. Connect theory and practice as you get qualified to fabricate, assemble, maintain and repair complex indoor and outdoor piping systems.

Careers

Construction, mining, oil & gas extraction, and manufacturing

$92K

Average Annual Salary (2023 Alberta Wage & Salary Survey)

Department

Construction Trades

Timing

2nd, 3rd, 4th Periods (8 weeks)

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Focus on English, psychology, communications and more with a diploma that leads to an impactful career or ladders into a specialist degree.

$28K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation

Department

Humanities and Social Sciences

Timing

2 years

Fall Semester Start

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Earn a diploma after studying various university-level sciences, which build up the prerequisites for a professional program or work toward a biological science degree.

Careers

Graduates are well-prepared for biology-related careers in various industries, where data is studied, field and lab tests are conducted, and data is collected.

Department

Science Department

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

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Build your creative assets with drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and design skills. Work towards a colourful career as an artist, educator, art therapist or animator.

Careers

Many graduates go on to create careers as artists, graphic designers, illustrators, art educators, animators, and web designers, as well as curators, educators and installation preparators in public and private galleries.

$31K

Median Annual Earnings One Year After Graduation (ALIS, 2026)

Department

Fine Arts

Timing

2 Years

Fall Semester Start

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Create a positive ripple effect in your career. Get the skills to monitor and operate essential water control systems and equipment or upgrade your existing certifications.

Department

Continuing Education

Timing

1 Year

Fall Semester Start

Heat up your job prospects. Gain in-demand welding skills as you learn about precision metal fabrication, testing equipment, and blueprints.

Careers

Production and manufacturing plants, mechanical services, various construction capacities

$79K

Average Annual Salary (2023 Alberta Wage & Salary Survey)

Department

Construction Trades

Timing

1st, 2nd Periods (FV) (8 weeks) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Periods (GP) (8 weeks)