The University of Alberta is a public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was chartered in 1906 through the University Act passed in the first session of the new Legislative Assembly, and founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president. Forty-five students attended the first classes, in English, mathematics and modern languages, while Athabasca Hall was under construction. The Faculty of Medicine was established the following year and the Faculty of Agriculture began in 1915, and by 1920 the university had six faculties and two schools.
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is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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