Student Services
Communities throughout Central Alberta offer services to support educational opportunities through Campus Alberta Central. See what your community has to offer.
Student Supports & Resources
Alberta Student Number can be found here. You will need this number for any application.
Apply Alberta – From this website you can apply to most post-secondary institutions, and they do the work of requesting your transcripts for you!
ALIS – Government of Alberta – career, education and work connections. This website assists in planning your education, and determining what you need to do to get where you want to go!
Students Finance, Student Loans – Government of Alberta
Community Learning Network – Learning programs and contacts across Alberta communities
Community Learning Campus – Olds College and Chinooks Edge School Division (high school and post-secondary partnership with community program sites)
Advanced Education – Government of Alberta Campus Alberta Planning Framework
If you are looking for further information, not currently included in our resource links, drop us a note at connect@campusalbertacentral.com so we can help.
Frequently Asked Questions
Campus Alberta Central is not a college—it is a joint venture between Olds College and Red Deer Polytechnic, operating as Campus Alberta Central. It offers courses and programs to students in rural Central Alberta. These courses and programs belong to those colleges and you become a registered student at their college.
Credit courses/programs are recognized by the Provincial Registry System (Advanced Education & Technology) and may be transferable to other accredited post-secondary institutions. Non-credit courses are courses not covered within the previous statement.
Campus Alberta Central promotes post-secondary credit programs and non-credit career development certificates from our joint venture colleges. Please check program details for information regarding credit and transferability.
Transfer is the movement of students between post-secondary institutions. Transfer credit is credit received for prior post-secondary studies and recognized toward a program credential at another post-secondary institution.
The Alberta Transfer Guide:
Explains the transfer agreements between Alberta post-secondary institutions
Lists transfer agreements for post-secondary courses and programs in the province
Lists all information about admission to post-secondary studies.
For transfer information see: Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS)
Contact the institution that you wish to attend and ask about transfer credit before registering in any courses or programs. You may or may not have advanced credit. DO NOT ASSUME anything – check out the information with the institution.
Program locations vary depending on the year / semester and with 21 communities in our network, your choices are diverse. To find the location of the program you are interested in, please check out the programs page. Some programs have labs you may need to travel for. Please contact the delivering institution to receive full location information.
Application deadlines depend upon the program to which you wish to apply and the semester in which you wish to begin studies. For application deadlines by semester and program, check out the programs page All applications must be made to the institution delivering the program.
Requirements vary dependent upon the program and the delivering institution. All of the prerequisite information can be found by calling the program contact at the institution delivering the program.
Campus Alberta Central does not offer scholarships. Students may be eligible for funding for some programs but must inquire with the institution delivering the program. See also student finance page.
Many programs offered through Campus Alberta Central are designed for part-time students to enable learners to work and/or manage life commitments while studying. Some programs will be full-time so please ensure you read all of the information on the program sheets on the program page. For more information about programs, please call the program contact at the institution delivering the program.
Campus Alberta Central offers programs in communities in response to a regional learning needs survey. We ask, listen and respond to community input. To find the programs being offered, please check out the program page.
Campus Alberta Central programs are usually blended delivery and some are online. Correspondence is not available. You can find more detailed program information on the program sheets on the Programs & Courses page. You can also find courses by delivery method on the Government of Alberta Edinfo website.
You can ask your local Community Adult Learning Council or Career and Employment Centre to help you find the career and education planning services your require or by searching Alberta Employment has Career and Employment Centers in many communities. Find your community learning site on our Find A Learning Site page. Find yours at ALIS:Career Services website or the Community Learning Network (CLN) website.
