Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Prestigiously ranked as one of the best hospitality and hotel management schools in the world, this institute offers programs ranging from certificate level to bachelor’s degrees in accommodations, travel services, recreation and entertainment, food and beverage services, and more.
Programs Include:
- Bachelor Degree: Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Diploma: Hospitality and Tourism Management – Event Management
- Diploma: Hospitality and Tourism Management – Hotels and Accommodation
- Diploma: Hospitality and Tourism Management – Multi-Disciplinary
- Diploma: Hospitality and Tourism Management – Restaurant and Service Operations
- Diploma: Hospitality and Tourism Management – Travel and Tourism
- Diploma: Hospitality and Tourism Management – Beverage Management
- Diploma: Hospitality and Tourism Management – Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Diploma: Baking and Pastry Arts
- Diploma: Culinary Arts
- Diploma: Baking and Pastry Arts
- JourneyPerson: Cook
- Certificate: Railway Conductor
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) has earned the SMART+ accreditation from Tourism HR Canada.
Scholarships and Bursaries Include:
- Alberta Hospitality Association
- Alberta Lamb Producers
- Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation
- Alex Ross Memorial
- Andrew Summers Beattie Memorial
- Ardent Mills Excellence
- Bakemark Canada
- Beau Cairns Memorial Scholarship
- Benjamin Towers Memorial
- Brewery and the Beast
- Brodeur Family
- Bruce Sudden Memorial
- Cacao Barry Merit Award
- Cactus Club Cafe
- Calgary and Area Tourism Destination Region
- Calgary Booster Club Athletics Award
- Calgary Co-Op Community Foundation
- Calgary Hotel and Area Housekeeping Association
- Calgary Hotel Association
- Calgary Produce Marketing Association
- Calgary Stampede
- Canada Beef Award for Culinary Excellence
- Canada Beef in Partnership with Canadian Professional Meat Cutters Association (CPMCA)
- Canadian Rockies Tourism Destination
- Carthy Foundation
- Chaine Des Rotisseurs
- Chef Ray Gauthier Memorial
- Chris Tindall Memorial
- Cindy Amos Memorial – The Canadian Badlands Legacy
- D.C. Fleming/SAIT’s ALIVE
- David Z. Kiraly Memorial
- Deepak Ruparell Memorial
- Delta Calgary South
- Dick and Lois Haskayne
- Esmail & Safana Bharwani
- Fairmont Hotels and Resorts/The Fairmont Banff Springs
- Farzana Bharwani-Kassam and Inayat Kassam (Funded by: Esmail Safana Farzana Fayaz Bharwani Foundation)
- Fogolar Furlan Di Calgary
- Fong Seto Memorial
- Frances Nichols and Freda Barnett Memorial
- Fred and Margaret Balmer Memorial
- Garland Canada
- George van Dyk
- Gerald Boisjolie Award in Culinary Arts
- Grace Chantiam Bracci Memorial
- Hilda Marchy Walroth Legacy Bursary
- Hospitality 100 Club
- Irene Y. L. Fung Memorial
- Jackie and Roger Stroobant Memorial
- James Edward Dodds
- Jennifer Deacon Memorial
- Joey Restaurant Group
- John Aisenstat Memorial, sponsored by Hy’s of Canada
- Jonathan Sobol Memorial
- Keath Staffa Memorial
- Lance Styles Memorial
- Leo Sheftel Memorial Award of Excellence
- Louise B O’Brien Memorial
- Louise Remmel Memorial
- Mama-ji Gurbachan Kaur Dhesi Award
- Marilyn Thompson Memorial
- Mark K. Egger Memorial Indigenous Culinary Arts Bursary
- Marriott International Hotels (Supported by: Calgary Marriott Downtown, Delta Calgary Downtown, Westin Calgary Downtown, & Calgary Marriott Airport In-Terminal)
- Mike and Pat Hatzistamatis Mykonos Restaurant
- North West Company LP
- Orville Niereisel Memorial
- Pacific Wine and Spirits
- Rainer Launhardt
- Robert Mulrooney Memorial
- Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park – Culinary and Hospitality
- Safana and Esmail Bharwani
- SAIT’s Alive Centennial Fund
- Samit & Reshma Sharma Excellence Award in Hospitality & Tourism
- Silver Hotel Group
- Southern Alberta Baker’s Association Award
- Stan Ballard Better-Buy-Alberta
- Sysco Calgary
- The Calgary Foundation Professional Cooking Bursary
- The Catalyst Award for Women & Gender Diverse Leaders
- Tom Mauro – Professional Cooking
- Tourism Accommodation Restaurant Association (TARA)
- Unilever Food Solutions
- Victorinox Swiss Army
- W. and D. Richardson
- Westermark Apprenticeship Award
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