Sponsored Student Program
Sponsored Student Program
The University of Alberta's Sponsored Student Program (SSP) is a unit within the Office of the Vice-President, International, Innovation and Enterprise that offers a specialized, professional service to sponsoring organizations and their students to provide an optimal learning experience at our university.
The SSP links sponsoring organizations and their students with a U of A representative, who will serve as the central contact to provide guidance and support during the application and admissions process, when the students arrive, as they progress through their programs, and right through to graduation.
This unique program offers easy and reliable services and ongoing communications to sponsors and their students, providing them with academic, social and practical assistance. The Sponsored Student Program will begin helping students through the application process as early as one year before they wish to attend.
Currently, the U of A works with more than 80 different sponsoring organizations in more than 45 different countries around the world.
Understand Sponsored Students
Sponsored students are international students whose studies are fully funded by governments, companies or third-party entities in their home countries. Support includes funding for tuition, fees and living expenses.
The SSP does not provide funding to students. Our office provides advising support to students who have either already obtained or will be seeking third-party sponsorship funding to attend the University of Alberta.
Contact Information
uaissp@ualberta.ca
1-780-265-0397
Prospective Sponsored Students: Explore our Programs
Additional Resources
International Student + Visitor Services
The International Services Centre offers advice on immigration, plans a variety of events and social activities, and provides a comprehensive orientation program before the start of the academic year.
English Language Skills Support
- The English Language School offers English for Academic Purposes to help students meet the proficiency requirement for U of A undergraduate and graduate admission.
- The Bridging Program allows students to improve their English skills and earn undergraduate academic credit at U of A.
Health Insurance Plans
- Students' Union Undergraduate Health Insurance
- Graduate Students' Association Benefits Plan
- Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan