{{Infobox government agency | name = Alberta Advanced Education | seal = | logo = Alberta wordmark 2009.svg | formed = 2004 (as individual ministry) | jurisdiction = Alberta | headquarters = Edmonton, Alberta | employees = | budget = C$6,156,143,000 (2019)<ref name="1819 report" /> | chief1_name = Myles McDougall | chief1_position = Minister of Advanced Education | chief2_name = Rod Skura | chief2_position = Deputy Minister | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = | website = https://www.alberta.ca/advanced-education.aspx }} '''Alberta Advanced Education''' (also known as the '''Ministry of Advanced Education''') is a ministry in the Executive Council of Alberta. Alberta Advanced Education is responsible for the public funding of post-secondary institutions in the province, in addition to loans and grants for post-secondary students.<ref name="1819 report">{{cite web|url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/9c785a4b-e79a-465b-8fa9-322a322f1f15/resource/ad6b3606-65e1-4556-bb8e-daa67d902dac/download/advanced-education-annual-report-2018-2019-web.pdf|title=2018-2019 Annual Advanced Education Report|website=alberta.ca}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Provincial Archive of Alberta |title=Advanced Education |url=https://www.alberta.ca/culture.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023184535/http://culture.alberta.ca/paa/archives/research/documents/chapter%202.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-23|access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.alberta.ca |language=en-CA}}</ref> On April 30, 2019, Demetrios Nicolaides was appointed Minister of Advanced Education following the 2019 Alberta general election, replacing Marlin Schmidt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alberta.ca/minister-of-advanced-education.aspx|title=Minister of Advanced Education {{!}} Alberta.ca|last=Alberta|first=Government of|website=www.alberta.ca|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref>
[[File:U of A.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of the University of Alberta North Campus, the oldest post-secondary institution in the province]]
==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 and Advanced Education.<ref name="admin history">{{cite book |title=An administrative history of the Government of Alberta, 1905-2005. |year=2006 |publisher=Provincial Archives of Alberta |isbn=0778547140 |edition=1st |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2006/alcd/9780778547143.pdf |accessdate=2 May 2020}}</ref>
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).<ref name="admin history" />
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.<ref name="1819 report" />
==Minister of Advanced Education==
{| class="wikitable" |+ Minister of Advanced Education |- ! colspan="2"| Affiliation ! Name ! Date appointed ! Date departed ! Premier(s) |-
{{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|row-name}} |Myles McDougall |May 16, 2025 |Incumbent |Smith
{{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|row-name}} |Rajan Sawhney |June 9, 2023 |May 15, 2025 |Smith
{{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|row-name}} |Demetrios Nicolaides |April 30, 2019 |June 8, 2023 |Kenney; Smith
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row-name}} |Marlin Schmidt |February 2, 2016 |April 30, 2019 |rowspan=2|Notley
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row-name}} |Lori Sigurdson |May 24, 2015 |February 2, 2016
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}} |Thomas Lukaszuk |February 4, 2013 |24 May 2015 |Redford; Hancock; Prentice {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}}
|Stephen Khan |May 8, 2012 |February 4, 2013 |Redford {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}}
|Greg Weadick |February 18, 2011 |May 8, 2012 |Stelmach {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}}
|Doug Horner |December 15, 2006 |February 4, 2011 |Stelmach {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}}
|Denis Herard |April 6, 2006 |December 15, 2006 |Klein {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}}
|Dave Hancock |November 25, 2004 |April 5, 2006 |Klein
|}
==Provincial Institutions==
Alberta Advanced Education divides public entities receiving funding into five groups in the ministry's annual report{{when|date=June 2021}}.<ref name="1819 report" />
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 70%; height: 14em;" |- ! Comprehensive Academic Research Universities ! Undergraduate Universities ! Polytechnic Institutions ! Comprehensive Community Colleges ! Specialized Arts and Culture Institutions |- | * Athabasca University * University of Alberta * University of Calgary * University of Lethbridge | * Alberta University of the Arts * MacEwan University * Mount Royal University | * Northern Alberta Institute of Technology * Southern Alberta Institute of Technology | * Bow Valley College * Northwestern Polytechnic * Keyano College * Lakeland College * Lethbridge College * Medicine Hat College * NorQuest College * Northern Lakes College * Olds College * Portage College * Red Deer College | * Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity |-
|}
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<ref name="1819 report" />
==See also== {{Portal|Canada}} * Higher education in Alberta * List of universities in Canada
== References == {{Reflist}}
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==External links== * [http://advancededucation.alberta.ca// Alberta Advanced Education] * [http://alberta.ca/ministries.cfm Alberta Government Ministries]
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