Integrated Enrolment Growth Plan
As part of Shape: The University Strategic Plan 2023-2033, the U of A has set forth an ambitious goal to expand enrolment to 60,000 students by 2033. With it comes the opportunity to meet the needs of our growing province and enhance our impact in Alberta and the world. We embrace our role in delivering higher education to both Albertans and those from around the globe and welcome the opportunity to expand to meet labour market needs while sustaining outstanding academic quality.
ABOUT THE IEGP
The Integrated Enrolment Growth Plan (IEGP) provides a coordinated approach to enrolment planning across the university. It brings together academic planning, recruitment, student supports and infrastructure considerations so enrolment growth is aligned with institutional capacity and the student experience.
IEGP Annual Report 2025
Year 1 implementation progress and enrolment outcomes
READ THE IEGP ANNUAL REPORT
Integrated Enrolment Growth Plan (2024)
Foundational plan outlining the university’s coordinated enrolment approach
Read the IEGPWhy Enrolment Growth Matters
Access
Growth ensures continued access for Albertan students by keeping pace with the province’s population and labour market demand.
Impact
Growth creates a diverse community from a variety of innovative programs, leading to even greater impact in Alberta and the world.
Sustainability
Growth enables staged investments in services, resources and infrastructure to secure a sustainable future for the university.
INTEGRATED ENROLMENT MANAGEMENT
The Integrated Enrolment Management Committee (IEMC) provides institutional oversight of the Integrated Enrolment Growth Plan (IEGP) and coordinated enrolment planning. For additional detail, see IEMC terms of reference.
The role of IEMC is to:
- Review faculty enrolment targets and alignment with institutional plans
- Oversee aggregate enrolment management across the institution
- Monitor performance against targets and identifies emerging trends
- Consider strategic opportunities related to enrolment objectives
- Provide strategic guidance on enrolment management supports, including data and analysis, faculty supports and recruitment activities
Committee Membership
- Deputy Provost (Students and Enrolment) — Chair
- Deputy Provost (Academic)
- Vice-Provost and Registrar
- College Deans & Vice-Provosts (CSSH, CHS, CNAS)
- Vice-Provost and Dean, FGPS
- Faculty Deans (FNS, AUG, CSJ)
- Vice-President, External Relations
- Associate Vice-President, Infrastructure Planning, Development and Partnerships
- Associate Vice-President, Performance, Analytics and Institutional Research (PAIR)
- Director, Academic Budgets and Planning
- Enrolment Management Service Partners
- Deputy Provost (Students and Enrolment) — chair
- Deputy Provost (Academic)
- Vice-Provost and Registrar
- College Deans & Vice-Provosts (CSSH, CHS, CNAS)
- Vice-Provost and Dean, FGPS
- Faculty Deans (FNS, AUG, CSJ)
- Vice-President, External Relations
- Associate Vice-President, Infrastructure Planning, Development and Partnerships
- Associate Vice-President, Performance, Analytics and Institutional Research (PAIR)
- Director, Academic Budgets and Planning
- Enrolment Management Service Partners
Plan DEVELOPMENT + Governance
The Integrated Enrolment Growth Plan (IEGP) was developed through a broad engagement process to support coordinated enrolment planning and align growth with the university’s mission and capacity.
The process examined academic, operational and student-experience impacts of enrolment growth, including investments, supports, infrastructure and technology requirements.
- Align enrolment growth plans with research and teaching objectives, demographic growth potential, workforce demand and international opportunities.
- Develop detailed planning scenarios for growth objectives broken down by graduate, undergraduate, international, domestic and Indigenous learners for 60,000 students by 2033.
- Provide a roadmap for advocacy efforts and infrastructure decisions in alignment with growth objectives.
- Establish an innovative space utilization and development strategy that enables growth, including work to expand virtual offerings in online education and hybrid learning.
- Ensure a clear accountability structure and phased planning for achieving growth objectives.
- Create an appropriately inclusive process for advancing this work.
- Ensure planning connects to the objectives of the Student Experience Action Plan and aligns with other university strategic plans and initiatives.
- Decision making is ultimately governed by our institutional strategic plans and aligned with a One University approach.
- The university will endeavor to be responsive to government priorities, which includes participating in targeted enrolment funding opportunities.
- Growth planning should be mindful of our commitments to Indigenous initiatives and to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and is informed by consideration for the quality of the experience of our students, faculty and staff.
- Growth planning is data-informed.
- Transparency is essential throughout the enrolment growth planning process.
Steering Committee
The Integrated Enrolment Growth Plan (IEGP) Steering Committee supports implementation and ongoing governance of the plan, including consideration of interdependencies, feasibility and institutional impact. It was composed of College Deans and Vice-Provosts, the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies as well as support from communications and data specialists to provide an overarching lens on enrolment growth.
Oversight Committee
The Areas of Focus Oversight Committee assessed the data strategy associated with enrolment growth and prepared the initial draft plan for the IEGP Steering Committee to review. This committee was composed of the Chairs and Vice-Chairs from each of the Areas of Focus Groups to ensure alignment, manage connections and establish coordination across all working groups.
Areas of Focus Groups
Recognizing the diversity of our community and the broad reach that student enrolment has on the university, seven Areas of Focus Groups were created to ensure all aspects of growth was examined. Members of the Areas of Focus Groups were composed of leadership, faculty, staff and students representing the three colleges, all faculties, including the stand-alone faculties, university-wide service units as well as the Students’ Union and Graduate Students’ Association.
Enrolment growth is a long-term institutional goal supported through ongoing planning, monitoring and reporting.
Key components of IEGP reporting include:
- planned enrolment composition targets
- monitoring of enrolment trends and performance
- institutional coordination to support sustainable growth
- governance and decision pathways for long-term enrolment planning
Contact
For questions about the Integrated Enrolment Growth Plan or the IEGP Annual Report, please contact IEGP@ualberta.ca.
