Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The University of Alberta has offered graduate work since its establishment in 1908. Graduate programs were administered by the Committee on Honours and Graduate Studies (1912-1915) and the Committee on Graduate Studies (1915-1952). A School headed by a director was approved in 1952, and finally, a Faculty headed by a dean in 1957. The Faculty administers all graduate degree programs, master's and doctoral, as well as postgraduate diploma programs. It implements regulations, approves applications for admission and graduation, and maintains a permanent record of graduate students. Committee Chairs: 1912-1915 Adolph L.F. Lehmann; 1915-1936 William Alexander Robb Kerr; 1936-1943 George Malcolm Smith; 1943-1944 Robert Kay Gordon (Acting); 1944-1952 John Macdonald. Directors: 1952-1957 Osman James Walker. Deans: 1957-1971 Arthur Gilbert McCalla; 1969-1970 Henry Kreisel (Acting); 1971- 1976 John Ross McGregor; 1976-1982 John Forster; 1982-1983 Stuart B. Woods (Acting); 1983-1994 Fu-Shiang Chia.
In 2023, FGSR was renamed as the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.