Alberta Advanced Education (also known as the Ministry of Advanced Education) is a ministry in the Executive Council of

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

. Alberta Advanced Education is responsible for the public funding of

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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,

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was appointed Minister of Advanced Education following the

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, replacing Marlin Schmidt. U of A

History

Alberta Advanced Education was founded on November 25, 2004 by an Order-in-Council, with

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serving as inaugural minister. Alberta Advanced Education was created after the Ministry of Learning was split into the ministries of

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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

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, St. Mary's University College, and The King's University College

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Alberta Government Ministries
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History

Minister of Advanced Education

Provincial Institutions

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