1922
- Calgary Normal School (formerly Alberta Normal School) relocates onto the Institute of Technology and Art campus (now SAIT).
1945
- The Normal School becomes a southern extension of the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta Faculty of Education.
1946
- Citizens form the Calgary ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ Committee.
1947
- The Calgary Branch of the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta offers the first two years of a Bachelor of Education degree. A.L. Doucette is appointed the first director. Land is set aside in Houndsfield Heights for an eventual university.
1950
- The Board of Governors at the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta sells all land south of 24th Avenue because the Calgary Branch of the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta would never grow large enough to use it.
1951
- First years of the BA and BSc are offered.
1953
- First year of BComm is offered.
1957
- The name changes to ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta in Calgary (UAC). By now the first years of the BSc (Eng) and BPE are offered.
1958
- Sod-turning for the present campus. The Department of Public Works begins levelling the land.
1960
- The new campus opens with two new buildings, Arts and Science A. McMahon Stadium opens. M.G. Taylor is appointed principal.
1961
- The name changes to ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta, Calgary. The first physical education building opens.
1962
- The 80-acre research park is designated. Campus patrol arrives. Full degree study is offered.
1963
- Students begin a drive for autonomy from the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta.
1964
- H.S. Armstrong is appointed President. Name changes to ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Alberta at Calgary. The football Dinos begin to play.
1965
- On May 1 UAC is granted academic and financial autonomy. The residence complex, Calgary Hall (now Craigie Hall), Science B and the Meteorological Station are completed. The Faculty of Engineering and the Division of Continuing Education are founded.
1966
- The Universities Act passes, creating the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary. F. C. Manning is appointed as the first Chair of the Board of Governors. The Senate and School of Social Welfare are established.
1967
- The first convocation is held March 29.
- The first recipient of a degree, Doctor of The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary, is Lester B. Pearson.
- Faculties of Business and Fine Arts are established.
1969
- A.W.R. Carrothers is named President. School of Nursing is established.
- The Social Sciences Building, Mathematical Sciences Building and Physical Plant open.
1970
- General Faculty Council is renamed General Faculties Council.
- First students are admitted to the Faculty of Medicine.
1971
- Faculty of Environmental Design is established.
- Four year degree programs begin.
- Dinnies Den opens as the first pub on campus.
1974
- W.A. Cochrane is named President.
1975
- Faculty of Law is established.
1976
- Faculty of Arts and Science is divided into the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ College and the Faculties of Science, Social Science, and Humanities. Day Care Centre opens. Arctic Institute of North America is relocated here.
1978
- Norman E. Wagner is named President.
1979
- The Canadian Institute of Resources Law is established.
1981
- The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ College becomes the Faculty of General Studies.
- The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary Press is established.
1982
- The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary is selected as the 1988 Olympic Games venue for the athletes' village and speed-skating events.
1984
- A $17 million supercomputer is acquired.
1985
- Calgary Hall is re-named Craigie Hall in memory of former Vice-President (Academic) Peter Craigie.
1988
- The Winter Olympics come to campus.
- Murray Fraser is named President.
1991
- The university celebrates its 25th anniversary.
1992
- NASA space shuttle Columbia blasts off carrying a ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary science experiment.
1993
- The university raises more than $45 million in its first national fundraising campaign. Students commit $2.2 million to the Building on the Vision campaign.
1994
- The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary hosts the 1994 Learned Societies Conference in June and welcomes a record 8,100 delegates representing 105 societies and conferences from 24 countries.
1995
- Site dedication ceremony held for the new Rozsa Centre.
1996
- Terry White is appointed President.
1997
- The university launches U of C 101 - a four-day orientation session for new students and the first program of its kind in Canada.
1999
- Largest Information Commons of its kind in North America opens in MacKimmie Library.
- New 400-bed Cascade Hall residence welcomes students.
2001
- Dr. Harvey P. Weingarten is appointed as seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary.
2003
- The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta is created with a $15-million gift from the Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation and a $5-million donation by David and Gail O'Brien helped launch a world-class undergraduate educational centre in the Faculty of Medicine.
2004
- Allan Markin, chairman of Canadian Natural Resources, donates $18 million to establish an Institute for Public Health.
2005
- Seymour Schulich donates $25 million to the university's engineering faculty. The faculty is renamed the Schulich School of Engineering in honour of the donation.
2006
- The university marked its 40th anniversary with a series of celebrations touching on almost every area of the campus community.
2007
- Official opening of a branch campus called ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary-Qatar, will bring state-of-the-art nursing education, in Qatar’s capital city of Doha.
2008
- ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary launches Canada's fifth veterinary program in the new Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
2010
- Elizabeth Cannon, Dean of the Schulich School of Engineering, is officially selected as the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary’s eighth president and vice-chancellor.
2011
- Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) opens January 2011.
- The new Energy Environment and Experiential Learning (EEEL) Building opens.
2013
- The Taylor family donates $40 million to establish the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning.
- The Faculty of Education is re-named Werklund School of Education in recognition of Dr. David P. Werklund's $25 million donation.
2014
- The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary is named the number one university in Canada under the age of 50 and ranked as one of the top ten young international universities.
- The Faculty of Medicine is re-named the Cumming School of Medicine in honour of a $100 million donation from Geoffrey Cumming.
2015
- Two new residences: Aurora Hall (for undergraduate students) and Crowsnest Hall (for graduate students)Â open on main campus.
2016
- The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary marked its 50th Anniversary as an autonomous institution.
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