Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE)

Concordia University of Edmonton is a university that values its history and traditions, knowing that it provides a solid foundation to all of its students for the future. For a century, Concordia University of Edmonton has been part of a growing University of Edmonton has been part of a growing Edmonton and an important educational institution in the province of Alberta. The university began as the realization of a dream of German Lutheran immigrants who highly valued the worth of an education. With the help of Lutherans from the American based Missouri Synod, the current university was first established as a junior college in downtown Edmonton in 1921. In 1926 Concordia was built on Treaty 6 land, after purchase of the property in 1925. Since then, Concordia University of Edmonton has evolved to become one of the City of Edmonton’s best smaller universities and professional degree granting institutions. It is now recognized globally as a university committed to academic excellence in teaching and research, welcoming nearly 3,000 students annually from across Canada and from over 40 countries around the world. Concordia University of Edmonton is a community of learning grounded in scholarship and academic freedom, preparing students to be independent thinkers, ethical leaders and citizens for the common good. Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) has been around for over 100 years. Looking forward to the next 100 years, we imagine a future where learning and research takes place on an increasingly sustainable and beautiful urban campus. One of our many priorities at CUE is to provide an excellent student experience. Our residence capacity hasn’t grown significantly for decades and we have heard loud and clear from our students that we need new and modern residence spaces on campus. We are excited to provide you with information on our next infrastructure project, a new student residence building, that is scheduled to break ground in spring of 2025. As we did throughout the planning process for Braaksma Hall, the University will continue to work closely with the community and stakeholders as construction takes place. This page will have the latest project information, construction timelines, and more. Concordia University of Edmonton will be recognized nationally and internationally for its graduates’ knowledge, skill, integrity, and wisdom. As students move from cavernous theatre to massive hall, they seek what they’ve been promised by post-secondary institutions all their lives. Close and supportive friends. Faculty mentors and allies for life. Extraordinary growth and profound experiences. Perhaps students find what they yearn for there. Perhaps not. Here, at Concordia University of Edmonton, we rally around that central promise in everything we do and all that we build. We say to students: if you join us, you will belong. For more than a century, it has felt this way here. Today, if students arrive on campus with doubt or hesitation, someone at CUE will see them, and help them. That someone will likely cheer them years later at convocation. Here, connections endure. In our classrooms, CUE is a university of action and passion, small enough that every student is essential but large enough to make real differences when we tackle global challenges. We are a students’ university. Students can sit in the back. But at CUE, when they’re ready, someone will invite them to the front. Because of our size, our closeness and connection, we blend and mix in surprising – sometimes delightful – ways. If we’re scientists, we can follow our curiosity into drama. A business student can graduate with a foundation in history, philosophy, and Indigenous knowledge. We can test our ideas with people from every department and course of study, from around the world. We can change directions and find our path. We can be our best selves. At CUE, the centre for innovation may focus on the very latest on artificial intelligence, while our Education faculty braids into contemporary curriculum millennia of Indigenous ways of knowing and sharing. In the Tegler Centre, CUE’s president might sit down with students, buy them coffee, and ask why they chose this school and how we can all make it safer, more diverse, more accessible and memorable and fun. Our ultimate goal has not changed since 1921: to be more than students and professors, to create a community of active citizens, to inspire good and honourable people who have found a university where they belong. ...view more