Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

At Academic Services, we are dedicated to serving all SAIT schools and learners by providing training in essential and transferable skills through our offerings in foundational and elective courses in communications, liberal arts, math, engineering sciences, and technology literacy.

Governance

Our vision statement: To be a global leader in applied education.

We believe in:

• Excellence, demonstrated by fresh thinking, best practices, entrepreneurial initiatives, bold solutions to new opportunities and fiscal responsibility.

• Collaboration and we work together as a learning community to serve our students and partners. 

• Fairness, modelled by honest and ethical dealings in our relationships with students, employees and partners.

Board of Governors

SAIT became a board-governed institute on April 1, 1982, and operates under the authority of the Post-Secondary Learning Act/Statutes of Alberta 2003 Chapter P-19.5 (effective as of March 18, 2004.)

The institute delivers educational programs to provide a skilled, productive workforce for the economic development of Alberta and Canada. The SAIT Board of Governors includes:

• 10 public members

• two students

• two faculty

• one non-academic staff member

• SAIT's President and CEO

The Board is the permanent governing body of SAIT and makes and administers policy for the institute. The Board sets the mission for the institute in its pursuit of educational excellence, is accountable and responsible for the educational and financial governance of SAIT, and is responsive to the needs of the communities SAIT serves.