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Welcome to the University of Alberta's North Campus!
Explore Campus by clicking the arrows. Looking for a specific building? Click the drop down menu in the top right hand corner of your screen to see the full list of available locations, or click the map icon to open/close the campus map and click on buildings directly.
Learn more about the building by clicking the information icons. Can't find the icon? Rotate your veiw by clicking and dragging your screen around, and you should be able to find it.
Enjoy!
This building is a global hub on campus filled with state-of-the-art technologies and facilities, serving both domestic and international students. It also includes the China Institute, the Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research, and the Mactaggart Art Collection which holds 1,000 rare works of art, textiles, and artifacts from East Asia.
Services Offered:
The International Services Centre offers services with an international focus to all students. This includes social events, advising, volunteer opportunities, opportunities to get involved as a global citizen and discuss global issues, one-on-one advising for international students about immigration, health care, finances and support with certified Immigration Consultants.
They also host International Week in early February, one of the biggest events on campus with over 50 events exploring global issues such as climate change, human rights, and global health.
This building is home to the Killam Centre for Advanced Studies, which houses the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, The Graduate Students’ Association, Postdoctoral Fellows Office, and the Postdoctoral Fellow Association. There’s over 500 graduate programs, and 250 specializations in over 300 areas of research.
Triffo Hall has been renovated significantly since it was built in 1915 to be more sustainable, but 97% of the existing building was retained. Floors are even still made of the original cement! It is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified Gold and the rainwater is collected for toilets and for watering plants. Also, Triffo Hall won The Outstanding Building of the Year award in 2016
This building houses the Science and Technology Library. It includes the Knowledge Common and Study Hall with 18 group study spaces that can be booked on the UAlberta Libraries website and a computer lab with 400 workstations. It is a secure study space that is open 24/7 during the Fall and Winter terms. Each floor of the building has been designated as either a silent, quiet, or collaborative zone. UAlberta Libraries have online access to over 120,000 scholarly e-journals, more than 1.3 million e-books, and over 1100 online databases.
Cameron Library is also home of the Digital Scholarship Centre - the DSC is a research and teaching facility for faculty, students and staff at the UofA to grow in expertise in research methods and practices using technologies. All University of Alberta students, faculty, and staff who want to print a 3D object for a classroom assignment or research project are eligible to use the 3D printers in Cameron Library.
Originally home to a power generator for south Edmonton, this building now houses the Indeginous Students' Union Office, Sustainability Council, and Dewey’s.
The North Power Plant has an interesting history. The Department of Anatomy previously stored cadavers here - they used to carry them up a narrow stairway with a double turn, leading to some transportation mishaps! The basement once contained a frog pond where frogs were raised to be used in biology class dissections. Later the basement became a rifle range for Canadian Officer Training Corps students and it also held the first extraction plant for the processing of oil sands from Fort McMurray.
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The Sustainability Council provides programs and opportunities for students and staff to incorporate sustainability into their teaching, research, and personal lives; they offer a Certificate in Sustainability for undergraduate students in eleven different faculties. Their office can be found in room 6 on the second floor.
Dewey’s is the licensed lounge of campus, where you can kick back, relax, grab some food (like all day breakfast), or play a game of pool. It is owned and operated by the Students’ Union - which means many students work here, and revenue from Dewey’s actually goes back to support students.
The Indigenous Students' Union Office (ISU) unites members for fun, friendship, and learning on campus. The executives are elected annually to represent Indigenous students at U of A - they ensure the Indigenous student voice is heard on campus and provide social events, lounge area, canteen, fridge, and locker space to members.
Trying to get to Campus Saint-Jean? This is where the shuttle to CSJ picks up and drops off! The bus schedule is posted inside the bus, and can also be found on the CSJ website.
This is the largest library on North Campus and the second largest research library in Canada. With both in person and online collections, Faculties of Arts, Education, and Native Studies, and related disciplines are supported with approximately 2 million volumes of books. The library is split into two sections - Rutherford North and Rutherford South, both hosting individual and group study spaces. Staff is available in person or online.
Rutherford is home to Bruce Peel Special Collections that contains more than 100,000 rare books and materials, a first edition copy of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, an illustrated history of the world called Nuremberg Chronicles published in 1493, and a diverse collection of artists’ books including a book made entirely of black fur without any words.
This structure was the first U of A building dedicated to a library. It includes large study hall dubbed the “Harry Potter Room” due to its appearance
The initial inventory included the personal book collection of Alexander Cameron Rutherford, first premier of Alberta (who used to slip 1 dollar bills into library books to surprise students).
This building is home to the offices of the Senate and the Chancellor, the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, and the Community Service Learning Program. It also includes Convocation Hall, with performance space for the Department of Music, which was formerly the ceremony room used for convocation. Convocation now takes place at Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium with multiple ceremonies for all graduates (around 9,000 students graduate every year).
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Community Service-Learning (CSL) helps students to build real-life connections between their education and everyday issues in the Edmonton community. Through 20-hour hands-on placements with local non-profit organizations students are offered an opportunity to gain valuable experience and to increase their awareness of the social and political life of their community.
CCIS is home to the Faculty of Science. This building has the largest lecture theatre on campus, seating up to 513 students.
The two biggest lecture halls, CCIS 1-430 and 1-440, can be accessed easily through the North entrance.
The Tory Lecture Theatre Complex contains four large lecture theatres, the largest of which seats 495 students. Often referred to as the “Tory Turtle”, this building is known for it’s unusual design (there are no perpendicular angles).
For your classes, be sure to check whether they are located in T (Henry Marshall Tory Building), TL (Tory Lecture Theaters), or T BW (Tory Breezeway) as these are 3 separate areas.
Home to the Department of Biological Sciences. Includes six different wings (Center Wing, Zoology, Microbiology, Psychology, Botany, and Genetics) that are extremely difficult to navigate due to the disjointed areas designed by different contractors. There are more windows on the outside of the building than have been found on the inside.
The building once housed a 2,000 year old Egyptian mummy in the basement, now housed off campus. There is a troparctic greenhouse on the roof which can simulate any growing atmosphere on Earth.
Home to the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the Paleontology Museum, the Mineralogy/Petrology Museum (that houses more than 12,000 rock and mineral specimens from around the world), the largest university-based meteorite collection in Canada and many world-class lab facilities including the diamond research lab and the ocean/climate modeling lab!
There is a hidden fossil lab where researchers diagnose and clean up fossils!
CCIS is home to the Faculty of Science. This building contains the largest lecture theatre on campus, with a capacity of 513 students, as well as an underground physics research facility, an observatory and many common study areas.
The Student Innovation Centre is a collaboration space encouraging creativity and innovation; They offer free workshops on topics such as Prototyping, Blockchains, and Communicating Value.
CCIS is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certified. The 40,000 sq. ft. terrazzo floor is created from mining byproducts and recycled car windshields. The floor has science related concepts embedded including: sundial hill medicine wheel, fibonacci spiral, organic chemical compound, Gusev crater on Mars.
The skeleton on the main floor of CCIS is of Elasmosaurus platyurus - a cretaceous sea monster called a plesiosaur. It spans 50 ft. from head to tail and is used for teaching undergraduate paleontology courses.
Below the observatory is a scale model of the solar system. It depicts the location of the planets on September 23, 2008 and was installed in honour of the 100th anniversary of the University of Alberta.
This building is home to the Departments of Linguistics, Philosophy, and Women’s and Gender Studies. The hall also previously served as a residence for male students.
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The Centre for Writers (C4W) offers free one-on-one and group writing support for UofA students, staff, and instructors in any faculty, at any level of study, and at any level of ability.
This building is home to the Department of Computing Science. This was the University of Alberta’s first official building on North Campus, built in 1911. The hall previously served as a residence for staff and students. It also holds classrooms, a dining hall, laboratories, a library, a gymnasium, and administrative offices.
This building houses the Faculty of Arts offices.
The Humanities Center has a separate acronym for their lecture theatres. If you see HC L1-L1/L2/L3/L4 this does not indicate the level it is on, but rather that it is a lecture theatre, which are all located on the first floor. Signage in the building will help you navigate.
This building houses the Department of Chemistry. This building is named in honor of Harry E. Gunning and the late Raymond U. Lemieux. It is divided into West and East halves.
This building includes all first year chemistry labs, many upper year chemistry labs, and a shop for chemistry supplies. Most first and second year labs are on the east side of the building, and assignments are dropped off on the west side of the building where the chemistry supply shop is located.
CAB is home to the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, one of the oldest departments on campus. There is a small cafeteria on the lower floor with food vendors available for students using the residence meal plan.
It also provides numerous student study spaces and the Decima Robinson Support Centre - a support service that offers help with 100 and 200 level math courses.
Home to the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, and various teaching spaces.
SAB houses the Sustain SU Bike Library & Workshop, which provides tools and space for DIY bike repairs, and sells new and used bike components. They also have bikes available for rent, consisting of city, mountain, and road bikes.
This building was named after the first U of A President Henry Marshall Tory, and is home to many of the social science departments, including anthropology, economics, history and classics, political science, sociology and the Women’s Studies Committee.The Tory building is directly connected to the Business building through an atrium. You can also access Tory Lecture Theatres through an underground passage located in the basement.
For your classes, be sure to check whether or not they are located in T (Henry Marshall Tory Building) or if they are in TL (Tory Lecture Theaters) as these are 2 separate buildings.
The volunteer-led campus radio station, CJSR, is transmitted from the top of the building, broadcasting local and international underground music
This building is home to the departments of Music, Drama, and Art & Design. This includes dance studios, costume workshops, performance theatres, painting, printmaking, sculpture and design studios, music rehearsal halls and practice rooms.
The FAB Gallery exhibits the work of students, staff, and international artists. All exhibitions are free for students, staff, and public.
The PAW Centre finished construction in 2015, and it consists of the North Concourse, the Hanson Fitness and Lifestyle Centre, and the Wilson Climbing Centre. All fee-paying students are able to use these facilities at no extra charge!
University of Alberta Protective Services (UAPS), works towards providing a safe, secure environment for staff, students and other members of the community. Peace Officers provide proactive patrols of the University of Alberta by foot, vehicle and bike and are available 24 hours a day to act as first responders to emergencies, crimes in progress, and general complaints or inquiries. UAPS also operates the central Lost and Found repository on campus.
The Education Centre is divided into Ed North and Ed South, and it is home to the Faculty of Education. It includes a library, cafeteria, gymnasium, labs, classrooms, student lounges, student services and other student groups.
Services Offered:
Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services (iSMSS) combines education, research, policy development, and community services to support sexual and gender minorities.
The Community Health Empowerment & Wellness (C.H.E.W.) project offers front line service provision, resources, and education for LGBTQ2SA+ youth and young adults facing barriers. ISMSS also coordinates the U of A Pride Week every year, and offers up to $14,000 in LGBTQ+ focused scholarships.
The Faculty of Education offers an Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) an off-campus, community-based, cohort program that counts towards a Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education.The goal is improved educational success of Indigenous children by increasing the number of Indigenous teachers with understanding of Indigenous culture. There is a focus on greater understanding of Indigenous cultures, primarily in schools where Indigenous children are learning. Where the Rivers Meet is an educational initiative designed by Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Indigenous peoples using culturally relevant teachings to create inclusive and respectful school and community environments for LGBTQ2S+ youth.
ECHA is home to students in all health science programs, including Medicine and Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation Medicine.
The Nursing Simulation Centre helps nursing students practice clinical skills with: 5 high fidelity patient simulators are used to mimic real life health conditions, and the Faculty of Nursing ranked fourth best in the world by QS World University Ranking in 2016.
University Commons is scheduled to open its doors in 2024 as a place to support the mission of the university and give the campus community a space for innovation and collaboration. This iconic structure is blending old with new to create a bright, modern, dynamic space for learning, teaching and research.
Home to the Office of the Registrar, Financial Services, and Student Connect. The Office of the Registrar offers a variety of services, including admission and registration assistance, financial support including scholarship and student loans disbursement, convocation coordination.
Services Offered:
Access Fund: The Access Fund is a supplementary undergraduate bursary program funded by students as part of their SU fees. Funds collected are made available as bursaries in the semester for which they are collected
Student Connect: These include services such as student records, registration, admissions, enrolment, verification, convocation, fee inquiries, transcripts, financial support, bursaries, and emergency funding
Student Financial Support: Located at Student Connect, The Office of the Registrar’s financial support services include information, advising, and assistance in government student loans, bursaries, emergency student loans, undergraduate awards and scholarships and financial literacy outreach.
The Alumni Association: The Alumni Association provides benefits to graduates of the University of Alberta. Funds annual scholarships totaling more than $25,000 and distributes $30,000 of grants to student projects.
The Van Vliet (pronounced Van VLEET) Complex is home to the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation. The building includes 2 pools, 3 multi-use gymnasiums, a hockey rink, a dance studio, squash and racquetball courts, fitness facilities and the Steadward Centre for Personal and Physical Achievement - a research center that offers high-caliber adapted physical activity programs for children, youth, and adults with disabilities.
Services offered:
-intramural sport leagues
-group and individual fitness classes
-sport clubs
-dance, martial arts, and swimming classes
-climbing
-aquatics
-non-credit First Aid & CPR instructional courses
-special events and outdoor programming
-employment and volunteer opportunities for students
For more information please visit uab.ca/recreation or refer to the Program Guide that can be found on racks throughout campus and online. Visit the Customer Service Centre located in the Van Vliet Complex lower level to register in person. Home to the University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU), and many other important offices and services. During the Fall and Winter terms, SUB is open 24/7, excluding holiday breaks.
The UASU is the student government at the University of Alberta. It actively advocates on students' behalf to all levels of government and to the university, provides numerous services, runs businesses, and throws some great events each year, such as Week of Welcome, Campus Cup, AntiFreeze, and more!
SUB is kind of like the living room of campus; it’s somewhere you can come to study, grab some food, meet with friends, grab some groceries, or get helpful information and resources.
The Myer Horowitz Theatre is a multi-purpose concert hall located in the Students' Union Building. It is currently undergoing rennovations, and should be open and operational in Winter 2023.
Pembina Hall is home to the Department of East Asian Studies, the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the first Faculty of Native Studies in North America. The hall previously served as a residence for female students.
The Faculty of Native Studies explores Indigenous communities and the countries in which they live, how they influence and define each other, while seeking to understand the experiences and lives of Indigenous peoples and communities. The Faculty of Native Studies offers courses to students in any faculty. Topics include Cree language, Indigenous governance, Aboriginal law, art, health, history, and contemporary issues.
The Faculty of Native Studies seeks to produce graduates who respect Indigenous knowledges, are educated about Indigenous histories and contemporary issues and can work collaboratively with Indigenous communities and people.
Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC for short, exploring issues affecting Indigenous people today from a historical and critical perspective. It is open to the public and can be taken for free by anyone interested in learning more!
The Computing Science Centre is one of the only buildings on campus to have Windows, Unix, and Mac computers.
The buildings is home to lots of interesting reserach labs, like the Games & Graphics Lab, the Machine Architecture Lab, the Software Engineering Lab, and the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning.
Undergraduate lab rooms are open and available 24/7 during the Fall and Winter terms for computing science students.
This building houses many Electrical and Computer Engineering labs. This building is home of the University of Alberta NanoFab: Canada’s most advanced and biggest fabrication cleanroom. The facility features $110 million in specialized research equipment.
A room on the third floor does not touch the building except for the fire retardant foam in the gap between the structures - the room is used for vibrational sensitive experiments.
This new building is home to the Faculty of Engineering, Engineering Co-op Office, and department offices. It runs Canada’s second largest Engineering Co-op work program and is home to faculty, staff and students from all engineering disciplines to encourage collaboration.
DICE is loved by students from all faculties for its study spaces, specifically on the 8th floor because of its view of the campus.
This building is home to many labs and shops. Facilities include wind tunnels and cold chambers, material testing machines and acoustic testing facilities, biomechanical research and robotics labs, large mechanical 3D printer, and large, open display labs designed to allow students and visitors to observe the research and instruction taking place.
ETLC is one of the largest engineering buildings on campus.The building includes several large lecture theatres, a student cafeteria, and lots of student study spaces.
The Elko Engineering Garage is a 6,000 sq ft. makerspace with materials and machines for students to build and work on projects - it includes 11 polymer 3D printers (one of which can print ultra-fine layers smaller than the thickness of a human skin cell), and the heavy work zone allows students to work with metal, wood, and other materials using a water jet.
NREF is home to over 100 laboratories for the study of civil, environmental, mining, and petroleum engineering. It has 104 instructional laboratories (26 of which are specialized); a water resources lab that uses scale models of rivers for the study of water supply, pollution dispersion, fish habitat, and river engineering; and a surfaces lab for testing metal, concrete, plastic or wood structures and materials.
This building is home to Information Services and Technology (IST). IST offers free in-person technology assistance and CCID services for all students.
Home to the Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences (ALES) this building houses over 40 specialized research laboratories, including a 750 sq. meter greenhouse facility on the top floor, food science kitchens and biofuels research.
The Robert Newton Lounge contains a Douglas Fir cross section that is about 2.7m in diameter. It weighs 1600 kg and is estimated to be over 900 years old.
The ALES Atrium is the newest addition to the Agriculture Forestry Centre. The atrium has sustainable design features including solar panels and energy efficient lighting. The large art piece on the wall represents the multifaceted nature of the faculty.
The Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection in the Human Ecology Building is a fantastic resource for students. This collection includes more than 23,000 clothing and textile-related artifacts spanning over 350 years of history. In addition to being an integral part of teaching, learning, and research, this collection is also a unique reference tool for gaining insights into areas such as apparel and surface design and technology, historical and material culture inquiry, textile science and technology, and museum practice, including conservation and exhibition curatorship.
HUB Mall contains student residences and businesses right on campus. HUB residence houses over 800 students in furnished and unfurnished apartment style units. There are 1, 2, and 4 bedroom options.
It houses around 60 businesses, as well as art studios and workshops, the InfoLink ONECard Service Centre, the HUB Community Centre, study spaces, the Community Social Work Team who supports students in building campus community, and eHUB a collaborative workspace for student entrepreneurs.
This building is home to the Faculty of Law, Western Canada's most prestigious law school and one of Canada's leading institutions of legal education and research.
This building is home to the ‘Studio Theatre’, the U of A’s resident theatre company, showcasing graduating students from all drama programs including acting, directing, design, stage management and technical theatre. The Timms Centre is among the top 5 theatre training facilities in North America.
Facilities include: 2 stages, a rehearsal hall, costume, prop, and scene shops, and control booths designed for teaching.
The Butterdome was built for the 1983 Universiade Games and the University of Alberta's 75th Anniversary. It includes facilities for volleyball, indoor soccer, badminton, basketball, and track and field. The Butterdome is also often used for craft fairs and final exams.
In 2012, the UASU set the Guinness World Record for the world's largest dodgeball game. Nearly 5,000 students battled it out in the Butterdome for this monumental game!
The Education Centre is divided into Ed North and Ed South, and it is home to the Faculty of Education. It includes a library, cafeteria, gymnasium, labs, classrooms, student lounges, student services and other student groups.
Services Offered:
Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services (iSMSS) combines education, research, policy development, and community services to support sexual and gender minorities.
The Community Health Empowerment & Wellness (C.H.E.W.) project offers front line service provision, resources, and education for LGBTQ2SA+ youth and young adults facing barriers. ISMSS also coordinates the U of A Pride Week every year, and offers up to $14,000 in LGBTQ+ focused scholarships.
The Faculty of Education offers an Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) an off-campus, community-based, cohort program that counts towards a Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education.The goal is improved educational success of Indigenous children by increasing the number of Indigenous teachers with understanding of Indigenous culture. There is a focus on greater understanding of Indigenous cultures, primarily in schools where Indigenous children are learning. Where the Rivers Meet is an educational initiative designed by Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Indigenous peoples using culturally relevant teachings to create inclusive and respectful school and community environments for LGBTQ2S+ youth.
St. Joseph’s College is a campus community that offers courses in applied ethics, philosophy, religious education, theology, science & religion, spirituality, social justice and more. It includes a library, classrooms, a student lounge, active student groups and campus ministry programming, men’s residence for 63 students, women’s residence for 284 students - which contains a chapel offering Catholic Mass throughout the week and is open to all students regardless of cultural, spiritual, or academic background
The U of A was one of the first non-denominational universities in Canada and enrolled both men and women from its inception.
This area serves as one of Edmonton’s main public transportation hubs. North Campus has two LRT (Light Rail Transit) stops, University Station, which is accessible through the Bus Loop, and Health Sciences/Jubilee Station, which is next to ECHA.
The eastern edge of campus was formerly the land of Eleanor and Laurent Garneau. Laurent was a prominent farmer, community organizer, and musician in early Ft. Edmonton. As a Métis son of a french fur trader, Garneau was known for his generous support for the Métis community. Laurent settled on River Lot 7 in 1874 after fighting in the Red River Rebellion in 1869.
This building is home to the Alberta School of Business. The Bachelor of Commerce program consists of 16 different majors. The co-op program gives students the opportunity to apply classroom concepts to the workplace while gaining work experience. The Business Career Services Office provides career counseling, resume and interview assistance, as well as recruiting sessions for Business students.
Quad is short for “quadrangle,” named after the shape of this green space. This is a central location for many of the things going on for Week of Welcome, including daily activities like the WOW MainStage, the WOW Village, and Clubs Fair!
The “Sweetgrass Bear” sculpture in quad, by Stewart Steinhauer, reminds us we are all related by a treaty. It signifies work towards reconciliation with the Indigenous Peoples. The U of A looks to display more indigenous art and diversify cultural representation on campus.
This building houses the Department of Chemistry. This building is named in honor of Harry E. Gunning and the late Raymond U. Lemieux. It is divided into West and East halves.
This building includes all first year chemistry labs, many upper year chemistry labs, and a shop for chemistry supplies. Most first and second year labs are on the east side of the building, and assignments are dropped off on the west side of the building where the chemistry supply shop is located.