Important dates
Information about future application deadlines will be available in fall 2025.
Overview
In partnership with publicly funded post-secondary institutions and industry partners, collegiate schools bring together students with similar interests to benefit from enriched programming, specialized facilities and enhanced learning opportunities through a unique delivery model.
Collegiate schools offer specialized programming in a particular subject or field and provide all students with a clear pathway into post-secondary education and careers in their chosen field.
The schools can be public (public, separate, francophone, public charter) or accredited funded independent (private).
They are given special approval and startup funding, if applicable, by the Minister of Education.
A collegiate school must continue to meet the requirements of its original school type.
Essential components
Collegiate schools are intended to provide specialized programming in a particular subject area or field and to provide students clearer pathways into post-secondary education and careers in their chosen field.
Essential components of a collegiate include:
- specific subject area(s) or field(s) of focus
- formal agreement with a publicly funded post-secondary institution(s) and industry partner(s)
- provision of experiential learning opportunities and work experience
- dual credit programming and/or bridging opportunities into post-secondary
How to establish a collegiate school
Interested applicants can contact the department to request an application package.
Applications for new public charter schools and accredited funded independent schools may be completed and submitted simultaneously with the collegiate status application.
However, approval of the school application does not guarantee approval of the collegiate status application.
Post-secondary institutions interested in partnering with an existing or new school authority to operate a collegiate school can initiate the collegiate school status application process.
Collegiate schools
| Collegiate Name | School Authority | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Building Futures Collegiate School | The Fort Vermilion School Division | Fort Vermilion / High Level / La Crete |
| Calmar Secondary Collegiate School | The Black Gold School Division | Calmar |
| CBE Digital Futures Pathway | The Calgary School Division | Calgary |
| Central Alberta Collegiate Institute (CACI) | The Chinook’s Edge School Division, The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division, The Red Deer School Division, and The Wolf Creek School Division | Red Deer / Olds / Sylvan Lake |
| Fusion Collegiate | Fusion Education Association | Calgary |
| North Peace Commercial Driving Academy | The Peace River School Division | Peace River / Grimshaw |
| Our Lady of the Rockies High School and St. Mary’s High School | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | Calgary |
| PEAKS Collegiate Campus | The Livingstone Range School Division | Coleman |
| Southern Alberta Collegiate Institute (SACI) | The Palliser School Division, The Lethbridge School Division, The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division, The Horizon School Division, The Westwind School Division, and The Livingstone Range School Division | Lethbridge |
| South Alberta Flight Academy | The Prairie Rose School Division | Dunmore |
| STAND/ST& | Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School | Calgary |
| STEM Collegiate | STEM Collegiate | Edmonton |
Contact
For more information regarding the collegiate school status application process and requirements, to request an application package, or to receive feedback on a draft application package, please contact Alberta Education:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-422-9423
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]