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3.5
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.7
Food
3.6
Clubs
3.1
Facilities
3.5
Internet
3.5
Location
3.4
Opportunities
3.7
Safety
3.8
Social
3.2
Happiness
3.5

Basic Information

Location

  • Edmonton, AB

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Public Institute of Technology
  • Established: 1962; 62 years ago (1962)
  • Founder: Government of Alberta

Academic information

Degree Courses

  • NAIT offers around 20-30 degree courses
  • as part of its 120 credentials which include applied and baccalaureate degrees

Key Area

  • Centre for Boreal Research
  • Clean Technologies Team
  • Centre for Grid Innovation
  • Centre for Innovative Media
  • Technology Access Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) has more than 219,000 alumni and currently enrolls around 2,600 international students in credit programs. However, for the total number of students, including both domestic and international, it is not explicitly stated in the sources. But given the context, the total enrollment would likely be in the tens of thousands. So, the total number of students can be estimated to be in the range of **tens of thousands**
  • Undergraduates: 16,100 (full-time) 11,700 (part-time) (2023)
  • Postgraduates: 1,230
  • Academic Staff: 2,093 (2023)

Notable Alumni

  • Kevin Martin
  • Shannon Szabados
  • Pierre Lueders
  • Travis Toews
  • Bob McLeod

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 5
Nothing this college provide all the informat in a better way
Overall 5
There's a lot of things you can do on this school
Overall 5
Best polytechnic
Overall 5
best
Overall 5
Has one of the best Business schools in Alberta
Overall 5
good
Overall 5
Beautiful place, with lots of opportunities.
Overall 5
nooo
Overall 5
It's awesome in every way.
Overall 4.9
It is great !
Bad reviews
Overall 1
Complete joke. I’ve tried contacting their student services to add another class on my term but they never find the time to answer, if your busy add more staff… teachers teach Stone Age material that don’t add up to date and environment is like an abandoned homeless shelter, not even worth going to be honest…
Overall 1
Horrible school. They tend to always change your classes a week before the following semester begins. I started off with three online classes and ended up in two in person classes. Absolutely not worth your time, just a absolute complete waste of time.
Overall 1
Probably the worst collage out there. Dont think about going here. The teachers dont care about their students mental health and the school only cares about its reputation.
Overall 1
Compared to other equivalent trades school in western Canada, Nait is probably the worst quality education. Instructors (Les McKenna, Remi De Champlain and Dwayne Biossonnault) are uninformative, and seemingly lazy when it comes to teaching. Not worth their salary. The tests are strictly regurgitation based on the ILMs that you must buy from Nait.
Overall 1.2
Please read student feedback. They keep instructors for years who horribly treat students, but they don't want to be involved in the situation and do not support students.
Overall 1.2
Please don’t come here. Fortunately, some of the profs are very down to earth and honest. However, most of time expect your money to be wasted. So many profs do not teach properly or even answer questions. Complete joke and waste of time…
Overall 1.4
Teach nothing
Overall 1.4
As a person who knows one who has attended here, all I can say is they are not at all in helping you succeed! They done care and they don’t help. The work is from the Dinosaur era and NONE of what you learn is Irrelevant to what the real world has to offer. By the time your done your three 3 or 4 years you will know nothing up to date!!"
Overall 1.8
BAIST program is one of the worst tech programs in Canada. Instructors (especially Sam El-Awour) are completely unhelpful and rude to students. Assignments and exams are also marked with zero criteria and no proper feedback for students.
Overall 1.8
NAIT must upgrade instructors. There are many instructors with foreign degrees with cover up NAIT MBA degree :), the best case case scenario MBA International Business from UofA; but no a specific master's degree or PhD at all. Overall, all facilities are good, parking is quite expensive.