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Facilities

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta is home to and collaborates with several leading centres, allowing students and researchers access to some of the most modern and well-equipped facilities in Canada. These include:

In addition, the faculty has a presence in many other well-equipped facilities on the U of A main campus:

Faculty members, staff and students are currently moving into our newest buildings, the Health Research Innovation Facility and the Katz-Rexall Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research. Visit this website for the latest move-in information.

Clinical Sciences Building

This 13-storey building houses the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Family Medicine and School of Public Health as well as the Faculty of Nursing.

  • Map: view the Clinical Sciences Building on the campus map
  • Location: 83rd Avenue between 112th and 114th Streets
  • Parking: Parkade P1, connected to Clinical Sciences Building via pedway, located immediately south of building on 83rd Avenue between 112th and 114th Streets

Dentistry/Pharmacy Centre

This centre is home to the Faculty's dentistry programs. For those interested in the history of dental medicine, there are dental displays throughout the building as well as a dental museum on the fourth floor. The Surgical-Medical Research Institute is located in the basement and first floor of the north-central wing.

  • Map: view the Dentistry/Pharmacy Centre on the campus map
  • Location: Behind the University LRT Station, between 112th and 114th Streets
  • Parking: Timms Centre for the Arts Parkade;  parking lot behind the Environmental Engineering Building on 112th Street north of 87th Avenue

Health Research Innovation Facility (HRIF)

This newly built research and teaching facility is home to the Alberta Diabetes Institute on the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th floors. Exercise Physiology, Genomics & Transplantation, and Regenerative Medicine are also being housed in HRIF.

  • Map: view the Health Research Innovation Facility on the campus map
  • Location: Corner of 87th Avenue and 112th Street
  • Parking: Timms Centre for the Arts Parkade; parking lot behind the Environmental Engineering Building on 112th Street north of 87th Avenue; Impark lot on 112th Street south of 87th Avenue

Heritage Medical Research Centre

This seven-storey glass structure is a multi-purpose research and teaching facility. It is home to a number of basic science departments.

  • Map: view the Heritage Medical Research Centre on the campus map
  • Location: 87th Avenue, between 112th and 114th Streets
  • Parking: Education Car Park on the corner of 87th Avenue and 114th Street; Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium parking lot on 114th Street south of 87th Avenue

Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research

This newly built facility for translational research is designed to create an environment for innovative "bench-to-bedside" investigation by increasing interaction between researchers and clinicians focused on common medical issues. The building includes a lecture theatre, teaching and learning centre, public spaces and food facility.

Medical Sciences Building

This multi-purpose research and teaching facility is home to the Department of Biochemistry and Department of Physiology.

  • Map: view the Medical Sciences Building on the campus map
  • Location: 114th Street, south of 87th Avenue
  • Parking: Education Car Park on the corner of 87th Avenue and 114th Street; Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium parking lot on 114th Street south of 87th Avenue

Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre

Commonly referred to as the University of Alberta Hospital. It also houses the Stollery Children's Hospital.

This large complex integrates patient care, health education and research. It houses the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry general office on the second floor, the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology and the Department of Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging. As well, it houses the Division of Continuous Professional Learning and two key educational resources: the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library and a 400-seat auditorium.

  • Map: view the Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre on the campus map
  • Location:  114th Street, between 83rd and 87th Avenues
  • Parking: Education Car Park on the corner of 87th Avenue and 114th Street; Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium parking lot on 114th Street south of 87th Avenue; University Hospitals Parkade connected to Clinical Sciences Building and hospital via a pedway, located immediately south of Clinical Sciences Building on 83rd Avenue between 112th and 114th Streets