Calgary is the site of five major public post-secondary institutions.
The University of Calgaryis Calgary's primary large degree-granting facility. 28,807 students were enrolled there in 2006.
Mount Royal Collegeis one of the city's largest post-secondary institutions with 13,000 students, granting degrees in a number of fields.
With over 14,000 full-time students, SAIT Polytechnicprovides polytechnic and apprentice education, granting certificates, diplomas and applied degrees. The Main Campus is in the North West Quadrant, just north of downtown.
Bow Valley College'smain campus is located downtown and provides training in business, technology, and the liberal arts for about 10,000 students (the college has three campuses in Calgary and numerous in the region).
There are also several private liberal arts institutions including Ambrose University College, official Canadian university college of the Church of the Nazarene and the Christian and Missionary Alliance and St. Mary's University College.
In the year 2005 roughly 97,000 students attended K-12 in about 215 schools in the English language public school system run by the Calgary Board of Education.
The much smaller Francophone community has their own French language school boards (public and Catholic), which are both based in Calgary, but serve a larger regional district.
There are also several public charter schools in the city.
Calgary has a number of unique schools, including the country's first high school exclusively designed for Olympic-calibre athletes, the National Sport School.
