Welcome to the Alumni Community

You're joining a community of more than 300,000 grads. Learn how you can benefit from your newly minted alumni status.

For more than a century, alumni have inherited the spirit of our founders, who imagined the U of A as an open laboratory of ideas and action: a place that gives us the courage to try anything. To arrive as one person and to leave as someone else. To learn, to try, to seek truth and to solve problems with quiet confidence. To become change makers and world shapers. To always be looking forward, and to never be satisfied with the ‘now.’ That spirit of building solutions together, for the greater good, lives on in our alumni.

The community you join today will support your ongoing success, as it has done for generations, and continue to guide your path of leading with purpose.

Globally, U of A alumni have founded more than 700,000 organizations. A third of those have social justice, environmental and cultural missions. Alumni-created organizations employe more than 1.5 million people - the equivalent of one in every five Albertans.

Your role in this community starts by staying connected with other alumni and with the university throughout your lifetime.

Together, we can uphold the promise to lead with purpose.

Alumni Benefits

• Access exclusive career services including career mentorship, career-focused events, and Switchboard, an online networking tool where you can expand your job search or crowdsource advice from your alumni community.
• Take advantage of alumni perks such as U of A Library access and ticket discounts. Keep an eye on your inbox for the Alumni Insider monthly newsletter to get the inside scoop on alumni-exclusive perks, programs, activities and events.
• Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn @UAlbertaAlumni.
• Read about campus news and alumni achievements in New Trail, the U of A’s thought-provoking and award-winning alumni publication, arriving to your inbox 10 times a year. You can also subscribe to the print edition of New Trail.
• Keep your CCID active and retain your UAlberta email for life. Stay in touch by updating your contact information if you move.

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Life After University

Conference | May 29-June 2, 2023

Making the transition from campus to the working world is a big deal. But as exciting it is, it can also be a stressful shift. Get prepped for Life After University at this free, five-day conference.

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Life After University

Conference | On Demand until June 30

Making the transition from campus to the working world is a big deal. But as exciting it is, it can also be a stressful shift. Get prepped for Life After University at this free conference.

Recordings of the conference are available until June 30, 2022 and eligible for PD credit from FGSR and a Microcredential badge from the Registrar's office if you attend three or more sessions between May 30 and June 30, 2022.

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Convocation art print gift to graduating class

Each year, the University of Alberta Alumni Association commissions an original piece of art as a gift to graduating students.

In From the Light at the Tunnel’s End, artist Raymond Thériault (B.A. Art and Design ‘87) depicts the transition from student life to becoming an alumnus.

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This exclusive gift welcomes you to the alumni community and serves as a lasting reminder of your time on campus and your ongoing relationship with the university.