University of Calgary

The Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary was officially opened in 1976 with a first-year class of sixty students and nine faculty members.... Currently, there are 21 faculty and approximately 300 students in total, giving the school one of the smallest class sizes of the Canadian law schools. Calgary has a large legal community, and boasts a diverse legal profession. The Faculty of Law has a strong connection with the Calgary legal community. In the 2011 QS World University Rankings, the University of Calgary's law school is ranked in 39th position, the fourth highest ranked law school in Canada behind McGill University, the University of Toronto, and the University of British Columbia. The Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary was a community initiative established by members of the Calgary legal community and the UofC in combination with the City of Calgary. It took ten years to bring the law school into existence from the tireless efforts of these individuals. The Faculty of Law continues to thrive based on its strong ties to the Calgary legal community. The first Faculty of Law in the city of Calgary was first opened in 1913.
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The Schulich School of Engineering is an accredited engineering school located in Calgary, Canada. It currently has 3,700 enrolled students at both... undergraduate and graduate levels, and over 150 faculty members. The school offers nine engineering degree programs. The Schulich School of Engineering was originally conceived on September 28, 1964 at the first meeting of the Engineering Council, as the Faculty of Engineering. The new school was officially accredited and given faculty status on April 1, 1965 and officially opened its doors for the fall semester of the same year, with a total first year enrollment of 59 students, taught by 2 faculty members. Over the 40 years that the faculty has been operating, it has expanded drastically to its current size, as well as several new wings to the engineering building, now more accurately a complex, and an entirely new building to house the software, computer, and electrical engineering department. Before the 2005-2006 fall and winter semesters, Mr. Seymour Schulich made a $25 million donation to the faculty, which was matched by another $25 million from the Alberta provincial government.
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