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    The University of Athabascau is a growing one, enrolments went up by 25 per cent last year and they plan to cash in on the management boom. Pick your topic from an alphabetical glossary. If you don’t have specific queries, go through the FAQs for general information on fee structure, cancellations, financial aid, etc. They offer graduate, undergraduate and certificate courses in humanities, languages, nursing and health studies, natural and human sciences and many more. An extensive list of awards and medals is available under http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/registry/studawrd.htm.

    The King's University College is a degree-granting institution offering university education in arts, sciences, and selected professional areas ``from a Biblical perspective’’. Not surprisingly, they offer theology as a subject. The search engine has a table of contents and is therefore limited. However, there’s an email facility for any other query. http://www.kingsU.ab.ca/calendar/financia.l/finaid.html gives details of financial aid. However, financial aid in the form of scholarships and bursaries is restricted to students taking nine credits or more per term. Students can also look up the option of campus employment.

    They almost seem to know what you are looking for. A faculty, with the reputation of having degrees from the best universities in the world, puts students through their paces in subjects like agricultural and environmental science, arts, law, management, medicine, music and religious studies. With more than 14 per cent of the total full-time students being international, they have a lot of information for them. Many special student services are available. There are fee waivers, studentships and fellowships by public and private agencies, and also online scholarships for international students.

    Ranked as one of the top Canadian universities, it offers courses in applied science, arts, education, law, medicine, business, graduate studies and research and industrial relations among others. Check out the student's award office for scholarships, awards, prizes, bursaries, government assistance, study loans, financial counselling, etc. The university also has an international student exchange programme. The international centre has comprehensive links on everything a foreign student would need: health insurance plans for students and their families, education programmes, etc. For more information try the search facility.

    This university took the top spot under the comprehensive category in the Maclean Magazine list of Canadian colleges. Simon Fraser university, situated on a mountain in Burnaby city, has 17,000 students attending over 100 programmes, including applied sciences, arts, contemporary arts, criminology, economics, languages, women's studies, science, earth sciences, molecular biology. Online application forms are available for all students. International students can avail of a range of services, which can be checked out in www.reg.sfu.ca/IESS/StudInfo.html. Browse through details like overseas employment, addresses of organisations that sponsor or give information about work, travel, study programmes, etc. SFU's Master of Business Administration programme has one of the highest numbers of MBA applicants. Postdoctoral awards and financial aid for graduate studies are available.

    The University of Alberta is one of Canada's five largest research-intensive universities. Almost 30,000 students avail of more than 60 programmes and 165 specialisations. It has 90 years of scholastic tradition behind it and as many buildings on its main campus. Alberta has about 400 research laboratories, including Canada's most powerful laser, a state-of-the-art field emission scanning electron microscope, two NMR facilities, and several major agricultural research stations. It also has the second largest research library in Canada, ranking first in volumes per student. Hit http://www.registrar.ualberta.ca/calendar/Grad_Fin/180.7.html#180 for a comprehensive list of university scholarships for academic excellence, for different specialisations and also for the deaf.

    A link for international student enquiries on the opening page itself is what will appeal to the Indian surfer logging into the University of British Columbia web site. The university offers undergraduate and graduate courses, professional (Post-Baccalaureate) programs in dentistry, education, law and medicine; and courses in co-operative education -- arts, commerce, engineering and science. There are comprehensive details on how to apply, visa / immigration requirements, costs, housing, scholarships and financial aid, along with a useful bunch of checklists. A search facility and small descriptions of each course are added points in favour of this site.

    However unique your area of study, this university is likely to have it among its wide array of courses. Besides the regular programmes, it gives students the unusual option of selecting their area of interest, which could be included as part of their regular programme. Students can choose from a variety of subjects, right from gender issues and behavioural sciences to numismatics and physical anthropology. There's a search engine for career services for students. Several job opportunities too are listed.

    Offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in applied science and engineering, arts, science, dentistry, forestry, law, medicine, music, social work, school of architecture and landscape architecture, etc. A host of links lead to information on student support services for both graduate and undergraduate students, admission details, in-course scholarships, bursaries, health insurance plan... For international students, detailed financial information is available.

    The University of Winnipeg specialises in undergraduate education, providing a variety of arts, science, education and pre-professional programmes, with a choice of 34 majors and over 400 courses. Quick to load and well developed, the site is also well documented and offers students a lot of links to information on popular majors like a programme in business computing, Canada's first undergraduate programme in environmental studies, applied chemistry and innovative degrees in conflict resolution and international development. Other links give visitors comprehensive details on admissions, requirements, international student information, awards and financial aid. Students can also search for their textbooks online, which should definitely help in any field of study. Country-specific data for admission requirements and a competent search facility make this site a recommended one.

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