Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

About Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Campus: Facilities, Residence and Location

The Institute is situated in the city of Calgary. It is in close proximity to downtown Calgary. SAIT has four campuses: the Main Campus (serviced by the Crowfoot-Somerset CTrain), SAIT Mayland (focuses on concrete work, courses related to construction, and carpentry), SAIT Aerocentre (focuses on aeronautics programs), and SAIT International. The Campus Centre includes a 341-seat theatre, hockey arena, weight room, gymnasium, salt water pool, and a bowling alley. Students can also find a Coffee House that was built prior to the start of 2008-2009. Its library has a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and books. It is also in collaborating with the Alberta Government to give online library facilities service to students.

SAIT offers two modern high rise buildings that serve as its on-campus housing for students. It has fully-furnished units, a round the clock security system, study lounges, high-speed Internet, kitchenettes, recreation/study lounges, on-site laundry facilities, and an extended-hours customer service desk. The Residence is run by the Canadian Campus Communities, a well known manager of impressive student housing facilities.

Student Services and Student Life

The Institute offers the following student services: Student Resources, Housing, Disability Services, Advising, Aboriginal Students Support, International Students Support, Library, Transit or Parking, Learning Skills and Tutoring, Campus Recreation, Student Counselling, Student Employment, and Student Association.

SAIT Students’ Association (SAITSA) holds two elections annually: one for the Students’ Legislative Council and another for the Students’ Executive Council. These two student bodies work together as an advocate for students' rights. They also aim to enrich college life through creating exciting and fun activities for everyone. They are in-charge of creating clubs, which they highly encourage because it creates networking opportunities; club funding; free rental of the Gateway Restaurant & Bar Or the Odyssey Coffeehouse; opportunity to hold and organize events; access to meeting room; chance to meet new people; and student leadership and award opportunities.

SAIT is a member of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference and represents six major sports, including: Volleyball, Hockey, Cross-Country Running, Soccer, Curling, and Basketball. All of them share the varsity name: “Trojans.” SAIT Recreation has a diverse range of facilities and programs for students and staff members. It is also open to the public. It offers the following facilities: Aquatic Centre, Arena, Fitness Programs, and Wellness Centre.

Academic Programs

SAIT offers the following program areas: Transportation, Trades, Tourism, Software Engineering, Media and Broadcast, Manufacturing and Automation, Information Technology, Hospitality, Health and Public Safety, English Language Foundations, Energy, Culinary, Construction, Communications, and Business.

Off-Campus Living

SAIT Students’ Association offers off-campus housing services to students. Students can go their website for more information on available listings.

Calgary Information

Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. Calgary's urban scene has changed considerably since the beginning of the city's rapid growth. It is also starting to become recognized as one of Canada's most diverse cities.

Calgary's downtown features an eclectic mix of restaurants and bars, cultural venues, shopping, and public squares such as Olympic Plaza. Downtown tourist attractions include the Calgary Zoo, the TELUS World of Science, the TELUS Convention Centre, the Chinatown district, the Glenbow Museum, the Calgary Tower, the Art Gallery of Calgary (AGC) and the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts.

Calgary has a semi-arid, highland continental climate with long, dry, but highly variable, winters and short, moderately warm summers. As a consequence of Calgary's high elevation and relative dryness, summer evenings can be very cool, the average summer minimum temperature drops to +8°C, and frosts can occur in any month of the year.

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