Medicine Hat College

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Coordinates: 50°1′3.38″N 110°41′3.39″W / 50.0176056°N 110.684275°W / 50.0176056; -110.684275

Medicine Hat College

Motto: Scienta Mentem Sustinet(Latin: "Knowledge Sustains the Mind")
Established: 1965
Type: Public degree-granting commmunity college
President: Dr. Ralph Weeks
Students: 2700 full-time
Undergraduates: available
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Campus: Urban Medicine Hat Brooks
Sports teams:
Colours: gold     ; black     
Affiliations: ACCC, CCAA, CCAA, AACTI, CBIE
Website: www.mhc.ab.ca/

Medicine Hat College is a public, board governed, comprehensive community college serving a large region of southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. The MHC is located in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. MHC has been serving students in southeastern Alberta and beyond since 1965. MHC’s main campus services almost 2,500 students each year with another 200 attending Brooks Campus, located 100 km west of Medicine Hat.

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Currently, more than 30 diplomas and certificates are offered along with 25 university transfer programs. There are also several opportunities for degree completion at MHC including nursing, applied arts, and social work. A partnership with the University of Calgary makes it possible for nursing students to complete a full bachelor’s degree at Medicine Hat College while graduates from diploma programs such as Police and Security may also complete degrees. Medicine Hat College offers other unique diploma programs such as Addictions Counselor, Technical Illustrator, Paramedic, and Deaf and Blind Support Specialist. New applied degrees are also offered in Ecotourism and Outdoor Leadership and Visual Communications.

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The Medicine Hat College Rattlers compete in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. Team sports include: basketball,volleyball,soccer, and golf.

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All facts, unless otherwise stated, are from Medicine Hat College's web site:

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