The department occupies one floor of the Medical Sciences Building. The clinical and research parts of the department are adjacent. The space is newly renovated and completely equipped with appropriate facilities for recombinant DNA technology, cell culture, and fluorescence microscopy. Modern animal facilities are equipped for transgenic mouse studies. The campus housing registry can help you locate off campus housing.
Cost of living is considerably lower than in many other major Canadian cities.
The University The University of Alberta is the third largest university in Canada and a major teaching and research university, with over 30,000 students enrolled, including more than 3,000 full time and more than 1,000 part time graduate students. The university was founded in 1908 and has a well established Medical Faculty. The campus is situated on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River. U of A is in the top five Canadian universities in federal research funding. The university's libraries represent one of the major research libraries in Canada with over 3.6 million volumes and 18,000 serial subscription.