VERY VERY happy with them taking the guidelines seriously and checking proof of vaccination and IDs at the doors of each building!

Great courses when they feel like actually letting you in so you can take it

Great technical school!

This negative review is about the medical refund. My daughter was covered under my medical Insurence so she applied for the refund that SAIT automatically charged first and you have to request for refund which is so stupid as it is. They didn’t refund the amount for first semester as according to them the deadline was over to apply the refund but they didn’t refund it on the last semester as well even though it was applied before the deadline. My daughter has the proof and she tried sending emails back and forth but they did not refund the money. What kind of educational institute is this, which charges students and don’t refund their money upon request?? Don’t they already have so many other unnecessary fees?

Unqualified staff. Very very hard to reach and resolve an issue. Awful website and enrollment process. Staff have no knowledge about the courses and the correct requirements. I absolutely wasted thousands of dollars and I realized they offered me a wrong program that can’t ever use. Go to any college but Sait . Waste of money and time.

My relationship here was extra special. In fact, its where I had my first enlightenment as a bedroom educator. Thank you president David for everything you’ve done for me and my family, through this relationship, all these years.

Unimpressed with SAITS unwillingness to work with students if they so choose to want to do their second year online instead of in person. A student should have the right to their education and the right to doing it in a way that makes them feel the most safe in this 4th wave of covid. Shame on SAIT for telling someone to either put yourself at risk and come to campus or drop out.

Registration was smooth program contact is nice. My book isnt in stock even though class started yesterday and they dont know when it will be. SAIT is great but maybe look elsewhere for course materials

Very slow and lazy in response. Especially at the Centre of Continuing Education. If Jessica ever replies to you it will be either too late or very brief answer so you will be left with even more questions.

I am a graduate in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from S.A.I.T. It is a very good and thorough program with really good instructors. 👍 I would recommend it highly.

I have not received any email for my refund, and as stated, I submitted my refund request on January 27, 2021. And then I called after 8 weeks, the day of March 18, 2021, to ask about my refund because I received no information or email with the e-transfer. During the call, they told me to wait two more weeks, I waited an extra two weeks, and today its April 12, 2020, I have still not heard of anything regarding my money. Its been 12 weeks in total, and I havent heard anything. WHY are you guys not giving students their refunds. I do get its e transfer, and it takes a long time but more time than the promised time, plus no one answers from the sait refunds email office or even when you call, its nonsense. Even when I call, no one has an answers. Thats crazy, and this needs to be changed! I will be calling again today to the register. If I do not receive my refund or a particular answer, I will be reporting this problem and further informing others and my peers to be careful with it. THE REFUNDS WAY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED !!!! TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!

Best school everTop notch staff, facility and education 👏

When were children, it is not as bad as today, as we know, since ross david be the president, it started dropping, as of today, it concentrated on profits, it’s totally kind of business but not school any more, it’s certainly that it transforms from school to a merchant under CEO the Ross’s inner operation

Clean and even with the in-person learning, it feels Covid safe

I was sooo unimpressed with SAIT for the entire 2 years that I went there. I have family members who have gone there as well and every single one has had major administration issues from being left out of their year book and not receiving a diploma to not having a SAIT account made. I applied to have my transcript sent to another school and it took 5+ months. It took about a month to receive an email back from the school. Not really sure what they were doing in that time. Each response for administrative issues was a simple apology with no action. I had amazingly unprofessional instructors who would forget that we had class, teach for 10 minutes and leave, or rant about politics the whole class instead of teaching. Would not recommend going to this school unless you want to get screwed over.

Campus is beautiful. Have attanded this place for school and weddings and enjoy being here. Would give it a 5 star but the bookstore lately has been only a 1 star service. I do appreciate that they have the Starbucks open during covid and that parking is cheaper than usual as well. Instructors have also stepped it up during these weird times.

Sait is one of the most popular colleges in Calgary. All buldings and roads are in very good conditions, so it is really safe place for students and pedestrians. From the main campus Heritage Hall you can see one of the best views of downtown.

Handled covid terribly. Made it a nightmare getting back to classes. Could not have made the process harder for me. Called the office of the registrar-they were rude and dismissive

Great job navigating covid to still provide an education and resources to students. I will review bookstore seperate.EDIT: based on their reply and willingness to assist Ive bumped this up to a 5 star review. It goes to show how much SAIT cares

I love this Campus. My Son was in the culinary program. And my daughter-in-law is now attending classes there.

Nice school with teachers that actually have real experience in the field so you feel like what youre learning is actually relevant.

Since my first day at sait, I feel that my chest is about to get out of breath

Does the staff here receive training that addresses the barriers that adults from foster care face when it comes to attaining higher education? What steps is SAIT taking to become an ally to this vulnerable population?

Worst college ever .. stupid rules during covid times

When can we apply for fall 2022?

I have applied in this college because i liked it very much , watched videos on youtube this college is very good ... Thats why on 22nd jan 2021 i have applied for offer letter ... They said we will provide you offer letter within 14days, infact i waited for 3 months but no response from SAIT. Because of that i have to apply for other college and they gave me offer letter in about 10days . And still no response from them.....

Great college with many different buildings to teach a variety of subjects from culinary arts, to nuclear medicine, to business administration. There are a few shops/restaurants/coffee shops on campus (most are closed right now due to covid unfortunately). Its a beautiful campus with an amazing view of downtown. Having its own train station is really handy, and theres a few restaurants, bars, and stores nearby. Great school in general.

Fantastic school, and really work hard to make you employable and ready to enter the workforce as a top applicant.I have loved my degree program, and compared to other students in the same program (business) at larger universities, I feel more knowledgable, am more qualified and ready to begin my career.I leave SAIT with my BBA in Financial Services, my completed CSC, most of the way finished my CFP.No other university business degree program that I’ve seen offers these credentials to their student through their regular degree syllabus.Coming from U of A, I have the ability to compare the two, and moving to SAIT’s business program was the best move I could have made for my education and career.

The Bookstore is a disaster. My course starts in days and the apprenticeship material is on back order. I had this issue last intake too, no point on emailing. If the manager does reply 5 days later his customer service is horrid. Trying to go to school in a pandemic isnt the easiest you would think they would at least be helpful. I wish anywhere else sold this material.

It was great experience on campus, in class face-to-face very enjoyable

Last year (spring 2020) I enrolled in a distance education power engineering course with sait. Basically, their course was a copy of the pan global questions and offered no further content. When I tried to ask some questions about how I was going to do my exam (start of may) I could not contact ANYONE and they would not reply to my messages or emails. Finally I got a reply in mid August (almost 4 months later) that they could extend my already expired course by 4 days to do my exam, but they would not respond to me when I tried to contact them about it. When I finally got ahold of them I got told they cannot do anything about it because since I could not complete the exam, I had failed the course and could not get a refund or credit toward any other course. Lesson learned- if you do not have means to physically walk in to SAIT to ask questions or get help, do not get a course with them as they exist primarily to make money, and once they have your money they will ghost you so you have to buy your course again.

While Id initially called during a system transition, and had run into some quirks-things turned around quickly. My application to return to school was far smoother, and efficient than one could hope for after making contact with someone in the office.

Its a great facility (except the bathrooms they are terrible and out of order a shocking amount of times). I had a great time and learned a lot. The coronavirus lockdown cut my program short and I also lost a ton of opportunities in the way of shop time and business development.. naturally there was no sort of prorated refund.

Very neat place. The campuses here are so modern, and technically advanced. Came here on a field trip with my high school, and it was amazing. They offer so many Interactive programs for kids that havent enrolled yet due to age, and high school graduate time. The tour guides were super friendly. I had a ton of fun trying this place out. Amazing experience., and quality visit.

It is one the best polytechnic college in the canada. It is really worth to get your studies done from here but sometimes your schedule can get really tight so many students may not like it. It provides deep practical and theoretical knowledge.

Good luck trying to communicate with anyone at this school. I had to contact 4 different people and still never recieved a straight answer or help in any way.

We don’t know how to and there are no words can be used to describe it

Liked their campus 😀😀😀

Is SAIT better for two years Legal Assistant diploma?? How far is the chance of employment ensured here after completion of the course ? Is it a right decision to admit here taking two years Legal assistant Diploma ?

‼️ URGENT: Its all in its name 👉🏿 S - H - I - T❗️🚫❌⛔️

SAIT has given me nothing but grief since day one.No one is willing to take the the time to guide students in the right direction.I would give them a zero if possible, so many glitches in their system and they never respond to emails.The biggest waste of time and money.

Great building for seminars.

Pretty sicko mode

I received a scholarship from this school and have been trying to accept it for the past few months. I have called multiple numbers, and emailed multiple people with no response. The deadline to accept my money is now tomorrow and I have still not heard back. I would really appreciate some help as I am out of options. Super disappointed.

Its great

Sait will cancel your school whenever they choose due to covid and then make u wait 2 months to get your rent and tuition money back! Why cant a refund be issued instantly to a credit card especially when its someones rent money!!!! The staff at the residence are completely childish and unproffessional!

Hi..I want to pursue my futher education from your reputed institution.I am planning for January 2021 intake..so my ques is Can I get admission in the Jan 2021 intake, if I apply for my offer letter today and how much time will it take to provide me offer letter?I shall be grateful to you...kindly reply asap...

Its great to be able to do my 4th year in the time of COVID. They are doing as good as a job as you can with having to come for shop time. Online is different but its working. They are a great school.

I wish I could give less stars because this is the worst experience I have ever had at a school. Nobody seems to be responding and I keep sending emails to the school.First of all I bought a textbook from the bookstore which I returned to the bookstore right away before opening the package. Since June I still havent gotten my refund for the textbook. Secondly my tuition, they sent an email asking me to respond to it or my classes would all be dropped. I responded to the email saying that I can pay for the full tuition as soon as needed. But no response from them and I cant even pay for the tuition because they dropped my courses.This is bs if you guys are going to shut off your phone lines atleast have more people checking emails.

Good service experience

Proud to say its my Institute, the best education provider in North America. Awesome campus and lovely stuff and students.

I’ve been trying to apply in SAIT for high school upgrading in for this fall semester, since SAIT didn’t respond I chose Bow Valley. Now I tried contacting SAIT again but no respond, it will be perfect if they hire someone who can handle calls and respect students time. I’ve been wasting my time calling SAIT. My friend has also tried contacting SAIT and got no response, I am totally unsatisfied by SAIT’s unprofessional service.

Don’t do academic upgrading here. Even if you are 30, the teachers will treat you like you are 15

UPDATE: This issue was dealt with promptly, and I would like to thank the service staff. I hear recent cuts have made things pretty tough, and the receptionist on the phone was patient but thorough. I eventually took the upgrading in question, and forgot to update this review. Thank you!ORIGINAL: Attempted to take academic upgrading here. Applied fine and managed to submit my transcripts. When I attempted to apply for the courses, there was a requirement that I met but apparently the system didnt think so. I submitted a ticket and they got back to me a few days later - they said transcripts are correct but there is an error in the system still, so I have to phone in to speak to a rep and apply directly.Now that would be fine. However, I phoned the number they provided at least a dozen times over the span of two weeks to be met with an answering machine that didnt let me leave a name or number. Not even the option of holding on the line. Sure enough the course has started and still has 15 open seats...wow.

SAIT is the worst place to be in. Quality of staff not that good, most courses have no mission just to take money from students mainly immigrants. Very bad experience with Ready to teach program. The instructor was so mean

Multiple frustrations from registration to buying material

Have been trying to contact them for months now! And can’t get hold of any of their students advisors

Good parking availabilities for visitors. Nice view of a school.

Going to class was a bit of a pain but great experience over all my instructors are rad and the students I talked to were also rad!

Boyfriend lived in the dorms. They are very nice.

BE WARNED!!! 👇SAIT unethical and unfair business practice that you need to be aware of so you dont waste your time and money!I applied to SAIT in May for an OPEN advertised program, waited almost 3 months for an update on my application status only to be told that the said program, been advertised as Open to the public up until the 1st week of July was actually filled up by early February.I reached out to the CEO, who passed my concerns on to his registrar but no one seems to bother addressing why an institution would advertised a non-existent program defrauding applicants of their hard earned money and causing so much frustration and heartache.So if you wouldnt want to go through the frustration and unfair treatment that I received from SAIT, seek admissions somewhere else and not with SAIT because that advertised program on their website might actually have been filled up months back or practically non-existent.I wish there was a way to give zero star. I will keep posting this on all platform to warn applicants and expose this unethical business practice until SAIT takes responsibility for this and make it right.

My name is ARAVIND SUSHAMA RAJACHANDRAN [student ID 000853039] from India, who deferred my offer letter for Environmental Technology in SAIT to September Intake. I paid the entire tuition fees for first year on February onwards and currently in the wait list of the same course for September intake.As the pandemic rising day-by-day, I requested to cancel my application from waiting list and to refund the amount paid on July 20 2020,since then there is no updates from college. In website they assures that they will respond to a mail with in 2-3 business day but in my case its about a month and still no response. Why you guys offering this much worst customer service to students.. Please do something as soon as possible in my case

Very beautiful place. The architecture is amazing! I loved walking around with my family during an open house.

Very helpful people in a complex environment. Your life will be so much better if you join the registrar line ahead of time with the text to join system. You can make an appointment or even join a line digitally, rather than physically waiting

Ive had nothing but issues since the first day of my program in 2018. Im embarrassed to be an alumni.

Finishing first year of IT program, nothing promised was delivered. From 5 classes we had only 2 proper instructors, the rest are contracts, who can not deliver the content or provide the instruction. I am currently considering transfer to another college. I would not recommend anyone to enter this school. They all about money making, and care very little about students.

Excellent learning environment, excellent instructors, excellent institution. 👍👍👍

I heard that SAIT is a reputable college however whenever I try to contact them SAIT don’t respond and never reply back(regardless of timing) non of their service are good, every time I try to contact them it’s like I’m wasting my precious time. I would rather contact another College who can at least answer and value students time.

Great school filled with great people. I have no regrets of enrolling.

Sait has arranged a Fair. That was quite informative. If someone wants to improve his/her education/ technical skills. Its a good and kind of renowned place for that.

Moved to Calgary to go to SAIT and now “deferred” meaning “cancelled”SAIT has no consideration for their students.They don’t answer my emails to take open studies.I wish SAIT sent an email or letter letting us know they considered bumping students

8 hour days in the shop to make up for lost time during early months of covid. Awesome welding program, would highly recommend this school to anybody wanting to learn trades.

9 years ago I was student here took financial course at night time because I was full time company some where when is my last course need to be done it suddenly gone which mean no longer offer no matter how much question I have to ask student service, OK FINE! I changed the fact to AutoCad course finish it in 2 years. Employer service department wont help me find a job because only offer full time student. I read your commercial come to upgrade your self i totally spent almost 8000.00 cant find a job it suppose to be after study here!

Update in August, 2020. (9months)Still waiting .---------------------------------I paid my brother one year tuition but his student visa didnt get through. I have been requesting a refund since mid of December, 3.5 months later, after more than 5 phone calls, multiple emails requests, I learned the same answer every time !!!!! we didnt see your request in email, and I am going to make another request, then you have to wait another up to 6 weeks. I dont know what i should do if i get same answer in 6 weeks.5 phone calls sound nothing but it takes 40 to 60 mins waiting every time. very frustrated!!!. I hope SAIT college can see my review and respond.

They take too long to reply an e-mail. Waiting for a response from last 25 days. This is completely unacceptable.

SAIT claims that most of its graduates are guaranteed employment after finishing schooling, that isnt true. SAIT is all about taking your money and offering little to nothing in return. I have a couple of friends who graduated from here years ago and still havent found employment, even though employment is gauranteed on the website. Do not attend this school, it is an absolute scam.

Im not really sure what there is to review about this place. I took a picture as I was walking by for classes in another building. Its old, but well maintained. Looks like a cool Castle with the same look and feel of a lot of the other schools in the city built around the same time. Neat to check out if youre in to history as its mostly original inside and they have a bunch of plaques with historical information all around.

SAIT made me so frustrated. I am graduated and international student. I waited for over a month to have my transcript and my completion letter to apply for my PGWP. SAIT sent me an email with no unofficial transcript. In the email, they showed me detail about how to pay $10 for official transcript. However, I dont need official transcript. I only need unofficial transcript. They only said I can print it on mysait. I went to mysait website, but there were no way to print or save it to my computer. I tried to contact them by email last week, call back system for today, but what I received is unavailable...SAIT only have instruction to pay, and delay to help students.

Beautiful looking building, the original SAIT. But then you walk inside, and its all 80s. The inside needs a tasteful renovation.Everything else was perfectly fine. Nice, friendly staff, very helpful. Clean.Walking up, and using the main doors is always fun. Very picturesque.

SAIT has a sterling reputation among students and employers in industry. Facilities are of a very high quality (library, study area with table lamps and wood furniture, food court etc.), all set in a beautiful campus with a view of Calgarys downtown core. In addition, the resources are all geared to help you successfully learn and also find a good job. The staff are simply the sweetest and most helpful and instructors top notch. The school keeps in touch with employers who are frequently on campus attending events such as class presentations and such...they eventually (or shortly as is sometimes the case) hire students right out of the program. Research the program you are interested in so you know its right for you, then make use of all the excellent facilities and resources available and most importantly: give it your best! SAIT will not disappoint.

It’s more of a business taking money than it is a school. Don’t expect any help, organization, or even working technology!! It’d be wiser to travel to a different city than go to SAIT

Please reply to my email I am waiting for 1 month

Good first day, instructors are solid and I love the class

******July 7th UPDATE @Alyssa- I would assume you are referring to the insensitive and condescending email i receive from your student liaison person (Your colleague, Michelle) confirming that SAIT was never going to consider me for an admission (Please refer to an except from her email} where she acknowledges that the program was already full by early February 2020 but program status was still OPEN to the public and admission fees collected in May 2020.So you guys took my money, wasted my time and after 3 months of unresponsive inquiries (only after a google review) decides it was time to come out with the truth?Please refund my application fee ASAP to the original form of payment and thanks!Email except, i can forward you the full scripting if you like;All of the seats to the fall 2020 intake were filled by early February, so the best that you can hope for is to be placed on the waitlist according to the date that you qualified for the program. There are currently over 100 people ahead of you on the waitlist, so your chances of being accepted are very low. If you have been accepted into a different institution, then you may want to consider accepting itJuly 4th**********How long does it take SAIT to preview an application or process an update for admission? Anyone?My application status has been sitting on Complete ready for review for more than 3 weeks now and that is after several attempts before that update itself. No one to speak to at the registrar office, No response to emails either.I am hoping this is not the nature of customer service with SAIT because this is beyond frustrating and highly disappointing.

Great customer service

Been at school for a semester now and love it.

Be aware of the white middle aged Spanish(?)guy whos working at a service center in this hall. I came by to pay for my test today and his behavior was so rude the whole time. he treated me as If I was a little kid and didnt let me finish my sentences. he even hit the table with his hand aggressively at the end for no reasons. not sure If he only does this to young ppl like me,but this guy doesnt deserve to work here due to a lack of basic manners

Big and nice school to study. It was near to C-train Station.

Top Institute for tech and technologists. They also offer business, culinary, and apprenticeships in many different fields. The instructors are great and will help you with work if you ask. You get as much from the programs and culture as you put in. Consider it not just an ends to a means, but also a great place to make connections and acquaintances.

I went to SAIT many years ago for my welding apprenticeship. The instructors are all very knowledgeable and as far as welders go, friendly. The institute is a great place to further your trade and thanks to SAIT Alberta is recognized worldwide as producing the finest tradesmen of the highest quality and know-how.A real gem in Alberta’s blue collar crown. Keep up the excellent work.

Great place to get educated

This place is terrible they took both my husband and mine money and kicked us both out the staffs don’t give accurate enough information causing confusion. They don’t really help you to appeal anything properly explanation need to be given they don’t understand the struggles people go through to pay school fees only to find out the program is different then when you want to change and go to another one it’s a big fuss... they need to transfer information better and be more understanding also stop giving false advise those things really affect people’s life outcome... I feel cheated out

I was part of the first class to graduate from the then new Financial Services program. The education I received at SAIT has been useful in all of the jobs I had over the years. From the investments class through accounting, law or statistics, everything learned at SAIT has been, and will continue to be, greatly useful.

I love my school so much! Everything about it is great! I re-did high school here and currently a full time engineering technologist student... the atmosphere on campus is welcoming to everyone, campus is easy to navigate and instructors are excited to teach and help!

I have been taking classes since 2015 part time... I have experienced alots of ups and downs and also referred my friends to Sait.

Best place to learn about educational evolution in Alberta. Also, hands on experience for learners with professional instructors.

All of the knowledge.

Took 2 months to respond to my emails, the work load is insane all I ever do is school I haven’t even been outside in weeks

Its big, its got a lot of amazing resources, many amazing staff, and SAITSA is really nifty as well. Unfortunately, its very very expensive, and only getting worse (whether the economy will get better or not).Id say you should come here if you have a very specific idea of what you want. In the age of the internet, its more and more difficult to legitimize the actual education of the courses, and by the end, you may wish you never went through all the trouble for a paper and some sudo-legitimacy.To all those students like me, finally hitting the end of your time here, I wish you luck.Also, pro-tip:Take advantage of the councilling services SAIT has to offer. Its incredibly difficult being a student, moreso as you move forward in the program. The councillors are free and incredibly supportive. If you dont like the one you have you can try with another.

Great programs and great helpful registrar staff.