The funding includes $6 million over three years to help Mount Royal University establish a bachelor of aviation management program.
The Alberta government is investing $11 million into the province’s aviation industry over the next three years with the goal of turning it into an aviation hub.establish a bachelor of aviation management program, $4.5 million over three years for an “air access bursary” for students in high-demand aviation programs and $500,000 to support an aviation centre of excellence.
MRU’s program will add 120 seats over four years and will be the first of its kind in Alberta, according to a Wednesday afternoon news release.The proposed program is a standard 120-credit degree and will provide two different concentrations. Students seeking admission into the program do not have to have a pilot’s license. One concentration will focus on flight crew operations while the other focuses on aviation operations.
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