CAN University of Alberta

UAlberta is considered among the world’s leading public research- and teaching-intensive universities. As one of Canada’s top universities, we’re known for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering and health sciences.

UAlberta have partnered with Coursera to deliver online courses to learners across the globe.

Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from UAlberta:

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• Reinforcement Learning | Coursera
• Software Product Management | Coursera
• Software Design and Architecture | Coursera
• Indigenous Canada | Coursera
• Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning | Coursera
• Sample-based Learning Methods | Coursera
• Introduction to Software Product Management | Coursera
• Object-Oriented Design | Coursera
• Bugs 101: Insect-Human Interactions | Coursera
• Software Processes and Agile Practices | Coursera
• Prediction and Control with Function Approximation | Coursera
• Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology | Coursera
• Client Needs and Software Requirements | Coursera
• Design Patterns | Coursera
• A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone) | Coursera
• Mountains 101 | Coursera
• Agile Planning for Software Products | Coursera
• Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles | Coursera
• Software Architecture | Coursera
• Service-Oriented Architecture | Coursera

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Information about the World University Rankings
World university rankings can be used as an indicator of a university's prospects and prestige. Ranking publishers use different performance indicators such as teaching quality, research quality or the ratio of staff to students to place higher education institutions in order of success and impact. Results across the different rankings will vary according to the measures used and the importance they place on the different performance indicators.

The rankings listed above are taken from three of the most trusted World University Rankings publishers with the addition of the first ever World University Rankings by MOOC Performance published by MoocLab.

Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE)
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings focus on 5 core areas: Teaching (30%); Research (30%); Citations (30%); International outlook (7.5%); and Industry Income (2.5%). See their methodology

QS World University Rankings (QS)
The QS World University Rankings evaluate universities based on Academic Reputation (40%), Employer Reputation (10%), Faculty/Student Ratio (20%), Citations per faculty (20%), International Faculty Ratio and International Student Ratio (5%). See their methodology

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks universities according to Quality of Education (30%), Quality of Faculty (40%), Research Output (20%), and Per Capita Performance (10%). See their methodology

World University Rankings by MOOC Performance (WURMP)
MoocLab's World University Rankings by MOOC Performance rank universities based on 5 performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across the number of MOOCs provided (10%), the provision of learning pathways (15%), micro-credentials (20%), degrees (20%) and the institution's average world ranking (35%). See the methodology