Edmonton schools will welcome record number of international students this fall

Post-secondary schools in Edmonton are seeing record-high enrolment rates for international students.

The University of Alberta will welcome 44,036 students total this upcoming school year across their undergraduate and master's programs. accounting for 20 per cent of this year's total enrolments. For comparison, in fall 2021, there were 8,216 international students at the U of A.

MacEwan University made 756 admissions offers to international students for undergraduate programs. Of the 361 students confirmed to arrive, the majority are coming from India, Nigeria, and the Philippines. International students represent four per cent of MacEwan's student population.

Edmonton's Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is welcoming 873 international students from 56 different countries for the fall term. However, the number could change slightly over the next two weeks .Meanwhile, student groups are working to ensure that the growing community of international students are getting the proper mental health, financial, and community support they need.