Editing University of Calgary (section)

==Academics==
[[File:Science Theatres of the University of Calgary.jpg|thumb|Science Theatres is home to the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.]]
The university offers 250 programs in [[post-secondary]] [[education]] awarding [[bachelor's degree|bachelors]], [[master's degree|masters]], and [[doctorate]] ([[PhD]]) degrees. The University of Calgary has developed a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.<ref name="CanEncycl" /> The campus has an area of {{Convert|200|ha|acres}} and hosts 14 faculties, 55 departments and 85 research institutes and centre (see [[Canadian university scientific research organizations]]).

The university is accredited through Alberta's Post-Secondary Learning Act<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Province of Alberta|date=February 1, 2019|title=Post-Secondary Learning Act|url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/1266.cfm?page=p19p5.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779807970|journal=Statutes of Alberta, 2003|pages=Chapter P–19.5|via=Alberta's Queen Printer}}</ref> and is considered a "comprehensive academic and research university" (CARU).<ref name="CARU">{{Cite web |url=https://www.alberta.ca/types-publicly-funded-post-secondary-institutions.aspx |title=Types of publicly-funded institutions|publisher=Government of Alberta |access-date=March 28, 2019 |website=Alberta.ca}}</ref> CARUs offer a range of academic and professional programs, which generally lead to undergraduate and graduate level credentials, and have a strong research focus.<ref name="CARU" />

===Faculties===

The University of Calgary's faculties are:
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* [[Cumming School of Medicine]]
* [[University of Calgary Faculty of Arts|Faculty of Arts]]
* School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL)
* Faculty of Graduate Studies
* Faculty of Kinesiology
* [[University of Calgary Faculty of Law|Faculty of Law]]
* Faculty of Nursing
* Faculty of Science<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/science/undergraduate/programs|title=Undergraduate Programs {{!}} Faculty of Science {{!}} University of Calgary|website=www.ucalgary.ca|access-date=2017-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724085439/http://www.ucalgary.ca/science/undergraduate/programs|archive-date=2017-07-24}}</ref>
* Faculty of Social Work
* [[University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine|Faculty of Veterinary Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vet.ucalgary.ca/|title=University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine|publisher=Vet.ucalgary.ca|access-date=2011-03-10}}</ref>
* [[Haskayne School of Business]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/ |title=University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business |publisher=Haskayne.ucalgary.ca |access-date=2011-03-10}}</ref>
* [[Schulich School of Engineering]]
* Werklund School of Education
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===Libraries and Cultural Resources===
[[File:Banffcentre.jpg|thumb|The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta has been associated with the University of Calgary since 1966.]]
Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) includes eight libraries, two art galleries, Archives and Special Collections, the University of Calgary Copyright Office, Research Data Centre and the University of Calgary Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lcr.ucalgary.ca/|title=Libraries and Cultural Resources |publisher=University of Calgary |date=2015 |access-date=2015-03-03}}</ref>

MacKimmie library was the first library to open at the University of Calgary in 1966. Since then, five different library branches have been opened in order to provide students with a greater amount of literary choice in many subjects. In addition, the University of Calgary has the first library system in North America to contain a video game library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.ucalgary.ca/dmc/video-games|title=Digital Media Commons|date=2010-09-22|publisher=Metronews.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904022001/http://library.ucalgary.ca/dmc/video-games|archive-date=2014-09-04|access-date=2011-03-10}}</ref> Over 3.7&nbsp;million printed volumes combined with online access to more than 300,000 full-text electronic journals and more than 800 electronic databases are available at the university. As of 2012, the library system is the eighth largest, by the number of volumes held, in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|author=Association of Research Libraries |url=http://publications.arl.org/ARL-Statistics-2011-2012/53 |title=Association of Research Libraries – ARL Statistics |publisher=Arl.org |access-date=2011-03-10}}</ref> In 2011–2012 the university library was rated 43rd in North America for Total Library Expenditures by the [[Association of Research Libraries]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Association of Research Libraries |url=http://publications.arl.org/ARL-Statistics-2011-2012/58 |title=Association of Research Libraries – Annual Editions of the ARL Statistics |publisher=Arl.org |access-date=2011-03-10}}</ref>

====Branch libraries====
The library system at the University of Calgary has eight library locations in total:

* Taylor Family Digital Library – contains the greatest share of the library system's printed volumes, as well as rare special items like a gaming collection. In 2011 The Taylor Family Digital Library replaced, as the university's primary facility, the MacKimmie Library, which is no longer used as a library.
** Data Library
** Canadian Architectural Archives
** Fine Arts and Visual Resources
* High Density Library – located at the university's Spy Hill Campus, serves as a climate-controlled repository for lesser-used materials, which may be called-back for use as required.
* Business Library
* Doucette Education Library
* Bennett Jones Law Library
*Health Sciences Library
*Gallagher Library (Sciences and Engineering)
* [[The Military Museums]] Library and Archives

====Taylor Family Digital Library====
The Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) is a convergence of libraries, historical archives, arts museum, scholarly publishing, and student academic support services. The TFDL was officially launched on October 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tfdl.ucalgary.ca/|title=TFDL – University of Calgary – The Future of Learning|access-date=2014-10-10|archive-date=2014-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018071906/http://tfdl.ucalgary.ca/}}</ref> The TFDL allows the full re-engineering of the university's library system, creating more and better space for teaching and learning resources, while moving the majority of the University of Calgary's growing collection off campus to a high-density library.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tfdl.ucalgary.ca/ |title=University of Calgary Taylor Family Digital Library |publisher=Tfdl.ucalgary.ca |access-date=2011-03-10 |archive-date=2011-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225075736/http://tfdl.ucalgary.ca/ }}</ref> In addition, The TFDL offers books and online resources, a large Learning Commons with café, workrooms, film and audio rooms, editing and recording suites, multimedia labs, quiet study areas, and seminar and consultation space for academic growth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wizeprep.com/blog/the-best-study-spots-at-the-university-of-calgary |title=The Best Study Spots at the University of Calgary |publisher=wizeprep.com |access-date=2014-07-28}}</ref>

Don and Ruth Taylor (couple), longtime supporters of the University of Calgary, donated $25&nbsp;million in December, 2006 to help build the new digital library. In recognition of the gift, the board of governors of the university named the library the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tfdl.ucalgary.ca/donors/ourdonors |title=University of Calgary Taylor Family Digital Library – Our Donors |publisher=Tfdl.ucalgary.ca |access-date=2011-03-10 |archive-date=2011-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225031732/http://tfdl.ucalgary.ca/donors/ourdonors }}</ref>

In addition, the gift will also be used to create the Taylor Quadrangle, a green space in the centre of campus adjacent to the TFDL.

The Taylor Family Digital Library is home to the Nickle Galleries, formerly known as the Nickle Arts Museum, which features exhibits of contemporary art, as well as rugs, textiles, and numismatic items from its collections. Many events are also held there, ranging from tours to recorded talks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nickle Galleries|url=http://nickle.ucalgary.ca/|publisher=University of Calgary|access-date=2016-08-19}}</ref>

===Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning===

In celebration of the university's 50th anniversary, the University of Calgary launched the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning (TITL), which was built on the site of the former Nickle Arts Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/student-campus-services-taylor-institute-teaching-learning.html|title=University of Calgary : Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning|website=www.ucalgary.ca}}</ref>

The building was constructed as a two-storey, 4,000 m<sup>2</sup> environmentally sustainable building to accommodate the increasing the needs of the university. It features advanced teaching technology tools, mock classrooms, a simulation centre for teaching, public lecture space, and multipurpose facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entuitive.com/project/university-of-calgary-taylor-institute-for-teaching-and-learning/|title=Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at University of Calgary &#124; Entuitive Entuitive|access-date=2019-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422051417/http://www.entuitive.com/project/university-of-calgary-taylor-institute-for-teaching-and-learning/|archive-date=2019-04-22}}</ref>

The TITL provides education and teaching workshops and events for teachers and students to attend and further refine their educational goals. The institute also confers several awards and grants, including the University of Calgary Teaching Award and the PURE Awards for undergraduate research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/about/about/about|title=Home|website=Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Innovate Calgary===
[[File:Entrance to Innovate Calgary.png|thumb|Entrance to Innovate Calgary, the University of Calgary's business incubator.]]
The University of Calgary announced in 2010 the creation of a dedicated university-based incubator to provide working space and laboratory access for university spin-offs. 
The resulting [[Business incubator|incubator]], known as Innovate Calgary, is based out of the 170,000-square-foot Alastair Ross Technology Centre located within the innovation research park. The research park is adjacent to the primary main campus and is open to any university-linked entrepreneurs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/research/research-units/innovate-calgary|title=Innovate Calgary &#124; Research &#124; University of Calgary|website=www.ucalgary.ca}}</ref>

Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF) donated over $8.5M to help provide programs and support for university linked startups. In addition to providing startup programs and services, Innovate Calgary also operates as the tech transfer office for the university by providing Intellectual property (IP) support and services. Innovate Calgary has an informal partnership with [[Creative Destruction Lab]] (CDL) to identify and support regional startups with demonstrated potential.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://innovatecalgary.com/|title=Home – Innovate Calgary|first=Argyle Fox|last=Inc|website=- Innovate Calgary}}</ref>

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Canadian university rankings
| UniName = University of Calgary
| ARWU_W = 151–200
| ARWU_CAN = 6–8
| QS_W = =198
| QS_N = 11
| QS_GEUR = 131–140
| THES_W = 201–250
| THES_N = 9–10
| USNWR_GU = =206
| USNWR_N = 8
| MAC_med = 10
| MAC_rep = 11
}}
The University of Calgary has ranked in a number of [[College and university rankings|post-secondary rankings]]. The 2024 ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked the university 182 in the world, and eighth in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024 |website=Top Universities |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In the 2022 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' rankings, the university ranked 151–200 in the world and 7–8 in Canada.<ref name="USUnivRankings_ARWU_W" /> The 2023 ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked the university 201–250 in the world, and 8–10 in Canada.<ref name="USUnivRankings_THES_W"/> In the 2022–23 ''[[U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking]]'', the university ranked 175th in the world, and seventh in Canada.<ref name="USNWR Best Global Universities"/> ''[[Maclean's]]'' placed Calgary ninth in its 2023 Canadian medical-doctoral universities rankings.<ref name="Macdoc" /> The university was ranked in spite of having opted out — along with several other universities in Canada — of participating in ''Maclean's'' graduate survey since 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/11-universities-bail-out-of-maclean-s-survey-1.570771|title=11 universities bail out of Maclean's survey|access-date=12 March 2019|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=14 April 2006|work=CBC News}}</ref>

The university's research performance has been noted in several [[bibliometrics|bibliometric]] university rankings, which uses [[citation analysis]] to evaluates the [[impact factor|impact]] a university has on academic publications. In 2019, the [[Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities]] ranked the university 132nd in the world, and seventh in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/ByCountry/2019/CA|title=World University Rankings By 2019|publisher=NTU Rankings|year=2019|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708041729/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/ByCountry/2019/CA|archive-date=8 July 2019}}</ref> The [[University Ranking by Academic Performance]] 2018–19 rankings placed the university 139th in the world, and seventh in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2018/country.php?ccode=CA|title=2018-2019 RANKING BY COUNTRY|publisher=Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University|year=2018|access-date=3 November 2018|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050258/http://www.urapcenter.org/2018/country.php?ccode=CA}}</ref>

Along with academic and research-based rankings, the university has also been ranked by publications that evaluate the employment prospects of its graduates. In ''QS's'' 2022 graduate employability ranking, the university ranked 131–140 in the world, and seventh in Canada.<ref name=QS_GEUR/>

=== Affiliations and partnerships ===

In 2022, the university formed an international university alliance with the [[University of Aberdeen]] in Scotland, United Kingdom and [[Curtin University]] in Perth, Australia to address global challenges together.<ref>{{cite web |title=Strategic Alliance {{!}} University of Calgary International {{!}} University of Calgary |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/international/international-research/strategic-alliance |publisher=University of Calgary |language=en}}</ref> The alliance provides joint research centres, collaborative academic programs, industry linkage, and student and staff mobility exchanges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Emilie |first1=Lauer |title=Curtin Uni joins tripartite alliance to tackle environmental issues |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/curtin-uni-joins-tripartite-alliance-to-tackle-environmental-issues/news-story/21b25439fb407e6236bae1cf64360f37?amp&nk=7fcfb82bed774c15378e373a5a82c683-1709948096 |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=The Australian |date=27 September 2022}}</ref> Calgary is also a member of the [[U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities|U15]], a group of prominent research universities within Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://u15.ca/our-members|title=Our Members|access-date=25 March 2020|publisher=U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130032301/http://u15.ca/our-members|url-status=live}}</ref>