The University of Alberta (UA), founded in 1908, is a research university located in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, Canada. It is a founding member of the Canadian U15 Research University Alliance and a world university. Alliance member and member of the World Energy University Alliance. The University of Alberta is one of Canada's largest research universities and is most famous in geosciences, petrochemicals, chemistry, business, agronomy, biomedicine and other disciplines. University of Alberta alumni include the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, three Nobel Prize winners (including the 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine Horton), 75 Rhodes Scholars (the total number ranks among the top universities in the world), 141 Royal Canadian Fellow of the Society, 111 Canadian Chief Research Professors. The various facilities on the campus of the University of Alberta are very complete and advanced. The main campus covers an area of 89 hectares, and 5,000 hectares of off-campus research land. The vast campus accommodates 400 scientific research laboratories, including the most powerful laser laboratory in Canada, the most cutting-edge scanning electron microscope laboratory, and two sets of NMR. facilities and some agricultural research sites. The University Library is the second largest research library in Canada, and the number of books per capita ranks first in Canada. At the same time, its Timms Art Center has the latest and best drama teaching facilities in China, and the Sports and Entertainment Center has a variety of outdoor and indoor entertainment facilities. The University of Alberta is also well-known for its sports, especially the volleyball and ice hockey teams, which can often win national awards.