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Alberta Advanced Education (also known as the Ministry of Advanced Education) is a ministry in the Executive Council of
Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
. Alberta Advanced Education is responsible for the public funding of
post-secondary Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
institutions in the province, in addition to loans and grants for post-secondary students. The ministry has existed in its current form since 2004. However, two other ministries with the same title existed from 1971–1975 and 1983–1992. On April 30, 2019,
Demetrios Nicolaides Demetrios Nicolaides is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Bow in the 30th Alberta Legislature. He is a member of the United Conservative Party. On April 30 ...
was appointed Minister of Advanced Education following the 2019 Alberta general election, replacing Marlin Schmidt.


History

Alberta Advanced Education was founded on November 25, 2004 by an Order-in-Council, with Dave Hancock serving as inaugural minister. Alberta Advanced Education was created after the Ministry of Learning was split into the ministries of
Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...
and Advanced Education. Previously, the Advanced Education portfolio had changed hands across various ministries, including Advanced Education and Career Development (1992-1999) and Advanced Education and Manpower (1975-1983). As of 2018, the ministry oversees institutions with a collective enrolment 263,495 students, with 17% of Albertans aged 17 to 34 enrolled in provincial post-secondary entities. Alberta Advanced Education's 2019 budget was $6,156,143,000, $5,700,030,000 (93%) of which was distributed directly to individual institutions.


Minister of Advanced Education


Provincial Institutions

Alberta Advanced Education divides public entities receiving funding into five groups in the ministry's annual report. In addition, some independent institutions in the province receive funding from Alberta Advanced Education; these include Ambrose University, Burman University, Concordia University of Edmonton, St. Mary's University College, and The King's University College


See also

* Higher education in Alberta *
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