University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
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The University of Alberta
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, is located in Edmonton
, Alberta
, Canada
. It is a highly respected, research intensive faculty established in 1913, one of the oldest in Western Canada. The faculty generated $189 million in research in 2008, and is one of the better funded medical research facilities in Canada.
will become the center of medical education in Alberta. It will take a collaborative approach towards medical education, whereby a team of health practitioners will participate and collaborate. The facility is currently in construction.
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, is located in Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is a highly respected, research intensive faculty established in 1913, one of the oldest in Western Canada. The faculty generated $189 million in research in 2008, and is one of the better funded medical research facilities in Canada.
Admissions
The University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine is highly competitive. For admissions into the MD (medical) program, the MCAT requirement to gain entrance is the highest in Canada while the GPA requirement is the second highest in Canada.Acceptance rate
In 2011, 167 students were admitted from a pool of 1344 applicants, yielding an acceptance rate of 12.4%. For admissions into the DDS (dental) program, in 2011, 32 students were admitted from a pool of 353 applicants, yielding an acceptance rate of 9%.Edmonton Clinic
Once completed, the Edmonton ClinicEdmonton Clinic
The Edmonton Clinic, formerly known as the Health Sciences Ambulatory Learning Centre , will be an interdisciplinary health science facility located on the University of Alberta main campus, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada....
will become the center of medical education in Alberta. It will take a collaborative approach towards medical education, whereby a team of health practitioners will participate and collaborate. The facility is currently in construction.