I've taken three classes at NAIT and my biggest piece of advice would be to research the heck out of your professor. Because they are night or weekend classes, they are often taught by students or non-NAIT staff. (2 star) Christmas Dinner Class: Some of the recipes in this class were great, and I still use them. But when thinking back the thing I mainly remember was that most of the ingredients in the recipes were missing (Chestnuts in the chestnut stuffing) or mouldy (herbs in the salmon wellington recipe) and that the recipes were off (the spice was really inadequate in the pumpkin pie as was the liquid needed in the stuffing). The class was taught by a very newly graduated chef and she seemed so in over her head with very little planning having been done for the class. if you are a super new beginner and you are really scared to make Christmas dinner, maybe consider this class, but if you are looking for more advanced technique, look elsewhere. (4.5 stars) Artisanal bread class: An awesome, awesome class which was taught by the head of the baking program. Alain was a great teacher and I often think about his advice about baking and about bread. My only critique of the course was that we didn't get to finish many breads start to finish. We mainly worked on techniques of bread making rather than making a bread start to finish. I contacted the prof. after that class to ask for clarification and he answered promptly and kindly though it had been a couple years since I took the class. Be warned, once you've eaten your 15 loaves of bread that you'll leave with in the class, all other bread will suck. 5 stars- chocolate class. Was taught by a NAIT professor who was seriously awesome. I was really confident after taking the class and made my own lovely chocolate several times. I'm still shocked I managed to make a whole chocolate heart box. Was really fun! (0 stars) Cake decorating class: This class was terrible. So bad I left after the 1st class and demanded a refund. The "chef" is neither a trained chef nor a NAIT prof. He taught "buttercream" that was made with palm oil - though he acknowledged it was a life threatening ingredient. He taught custard made with custard powder. Half the class outline was how to bake a cake (why would I take cake decorating if I didn't know how to bake a bloody cake!) This prof didn't seem to understand his audience or the need for quality. Why on earth would I take a class in advanced culinary technique only to be taught Safeway style cakes? This class really soured me on NAIT culinary courses. It was so bad I've never taken a class again and never will unless it is taught by an established NAIT prof. read more

please do not take any courses at this school I've never met a place that's open 8 hours and has their lunch break for 1 hour and 15 min takes 3-4 days to get ahold of someone read more

would leave no stars if I could. tried to sign up for a course and was so confusing trying to do it online that I took a day off work to travel to Edmonton to sign up. that was a huge mistake not only did I loose a day of work it took me about 3 hours of wandering around the campus talking to anyone I could find trying to find who I needed to talk to before I finally found someone who had some idea of how to help me. during this time trying to sign up I wasn't made aware that the course I was signing up for was just a here's your modules and forget us trying to help you thru anything or provide any resources to help you. this place is more of a scam than a educational institution go anywhere except for here if you want to avoid pulling your hair out for the entire time your trying to get enrolled or being enrolled in a course. read more

I give a 0/10 if I could. I took the whmis course online, finished the course did all the quizzes and completed the final assessment and took a screen shot of the grade and it stated that in 2-3 business days I was to get the certificate by email. I did not. I have emailed and called and used the online chat and still nothing. The online chat person actually told me I didn't do my final assessment so I sent her proof that it's complete. SO unbelievably frustrating. Nobody wants to help, and sounds like they don't care. I need it to start my job tomorrow!! Good thing I didn't register for the 13 other courses I planned on taking, I will go elsewhere now! read more

Nait is a real rip off. They'll take your application fee with no warning from their website as to if they're full or that you might go on a wait list. I applied 2 times. 1st time I was put on wait list and rejected. 2nd time they told me "apply right away! A few seats left!" Well I did...week later I was on a wait list again which led to another rejection! At $115 per application fee that means I'm $230 out. Hey enjoy your $ nait! Don't be fooled by their virtue signaling website....they care for no one except the almighty dollar. read more

I graduated NAIT 10 years ago for automotive service technician, all 4 years felt rushed and the instructors said it was "due to our employers not wanting us out of the shop for extended periods of time during the apprenticeship". 1st year there was a heavy disadvantage for people like me that barely knew how to change their oil compared to the farm boys that already had years of experience on their fathers pickup and the instructors often seemed to forget not everyone had a certain degree of knowledge. My father died when I was young and I had no other men in my family to show me how to do brakes, oil changes, etc compared to almost everyone else in the class. As John P's review says, if you made a basic mistake or didn't know something instructors would belittle you and purposely embarass you infront of the class. If blew the fuse in your DVOM, got a wrong reading on your micrometer, etc it was a bad feeling and you know you were going to get roasted, not like when you were working at your shop of employment where the old timers would chuckle and kindly explain to you how you messed up and how to not do it again. I equate some days at NAIT in how basic training in the Army is depicted in the movies, just getting yelled at and berated. I will admit now that I have over 10 years experience in the trade, I catch myself talking down to friends when I help with their cars and they ask me a dumb question. It's the most toxic thing about the trade that gets passed down generations of auto techs and it isn't right. I ended up quitting the trade a year after getting my Journeyman and Red Seal for a completely unrelated office job and have no regrets. Probably the worst out of all of this is I learned more from the old timers in the shop than all 4 years at NAIT and taught myself more from working out of my own garage at home, my employer paid for all 4 years of my NAIT so no financial loss at least. One of the worst things with NAIT is the majority of the instructors are out of touch from teaching for so many years and not being in the real automotive industry and spew wrong information, electrical section it was always "guys, electrical repair is easy you guys just make it unnecessarily tough, funny thing is you slap on a dash panel or fender ontop of a real world cars electrical components and you guys are all scared of it. With a wiring diagram off All-Data or Mitchell, you should be able to diagnose any electrical issue within 15 minutes or less". Riiiiight, so thats why the transfercase blew on my own Silverado last month, it had to get transferred to the dealership, and even the dealership misdiagnosed it at first after spending hours on it then said "yeah we're just going to run a new wire to the encoder motor, we're not going to spend hours pulling the dash to find the broken wire". It's stuff like this coming out of the instructors mouths that make them completely out of touch, all because you were a real world tech when everything was carbureted with no computers and everything was an easy to work on RWD V8 doesn't make you skilled on todays transverse AWD vehicles with 10 modules and multiple sensors everywhere. It's basically like the old timer that was the champion football player in High School 30 years back being armchair coach of NFL games saying how much better he could play if he was on the field. If James and Dan are still there, hats off to them they were good instructors. Especially James was super kind to me in my 1st year when I knew nothing. he was super patient and understanding and I think about how kind he was every few weeks. Kevin needed a reality check that not everyone is smart out of the gate 1st year and clearly played favourites to anyone who had experience prior to 1st year, hopefully he changed over the last decade. read more

One of the best technical institutes that I am aware of. Their facilities are pretty awesome and the range of programs offered is quite extensive. This province definitely needs such educational programs/facilities. I also really love the fact that the public can use certain on campus facilities on occasion, whether for special events or otherwise. read more

This is my review for the Digital Media and IT Computer Software Development Concentration program of which I am currently in the second term of. If you want to be a web developer this would be a good program to consider, cause that's about all you learn. Based on the website for the program I was led to believe that it was a more mixed program and that object oriented programming and backend development would be a big part of it. But, alas, the program is like 70% web development. Also the first semester programming course was completely falsely advertised. The description of the CPSC1012 course says you learn OOP, you do not, you learn basic C# but no actual OOP. We weren't even taught inheritance ffs, it's like taking a course to learn to ride a unicycle only to ride tricycles instead. It also mentions you will use UML and structured flowcharts, neither were even mentioned. The Web Design Fundamentals II (DMIT1530) course consists of remaking the design of website based on photoshop documents. It is the most tedious and annoying shit I think I have ever done and is completely fucking useless as a skill of any kind. The course is only good for someone wanting to actually design websites, did not teach me a thing about software development and is pure torture. The instructors in general are a very mixed bag, some are great and some have absolutely no business teaching anybody anything. The only reason I don't give the institution 1 star is because some of instructors were good. In short if you want to be a software developer look elsewhere cause this program is shit for that. If you want to be a web developer why wouldn't you take the web development program. read more

If I could give less than One Star I would! I was super excited to be accepted into NAIT as a transfer student. My experience has been nothing short of awful and classes have not even begun. The Student Support Centre is anything but supportive. They will read off information from the website and is unable to offer any clarification. They tell you to contact the program department, only to be redirected back. Very disappointing experience. Very unorganized institution with staff who has no idea what they are doing. Save your time, money and credits...GO ELSEWHERE! read more

Updated, perfect location to study, there are so many beautiful girls study within NAIT

Horrible registrar/student services. Paid for open fall course registration in July, withdrew in August, meeting all deadlines. Still no refund despite numerous phone calls and in-person attempts to get refund. 3 months to process a refund?! My credit card was instantly charged for the course tuition, but the 4-6 week processing time for a refund is now 12+ weeks? Go to a REAL post-secondary institution. Don't waste your money. You may never get it back. read more

I've taken a few classes at NAIT now as part of my Plan B preparation. NAIT offers a LOT of different courses in different programs, and my experience is only with a few non-credit courses as part of one of their certificate programs. So far, I've found the quality of the courses very mixed. The instructors all have a lot of great experience, but not all of them are great teachers. So far I haven't figured out how to determine in advance whether the class will be valuable or not, and when you're paying as much for a 2 day course as you would to take a credit class at the university, this is a problem. The course materials are usually pretty good though, and those are included in the cost of the course. My other major complaint is the whole course registration system. There's no way to plan your program inside the portal, and the scheduling of classes is a bit inconvenient, given that the target audience for my program is people who are currently working full time. Other than that, they have a few mediocre food options on campus (blame Aramark), and parking is much easier weekends and evenings than during the day. The buildings and labs I've been in are in good shape, but there's nothing really interesting on campus. read more

I went to NAIT in the 98/99 school year in the automotive program. While I learned a lot, the two instructors we had were brutal and very disrespectful. They would only call you by your last name, belittle you, embarrass you in front of others and throw fits of anger when something wasn't to their liking. Can't believe I paid good money to be abused like that. If it were today and I was treated that way I would not remain quiet about it like I did then. read more

NAIT is great! The location is very convenient, classrooms are small, and instructors are professional. Many of my friends have graduated from various NAIT programs, and everybody has only the fondest memories of this school. What distinguishes NAIT from other schools in Edmonton, is that it offers hands on approach to education. At NAIT you can study part time or full time, online or in the classroom; you can enrol in a certificate, diploma or degree programs; further your knowledge by registering in one of many continuing education programs and courses or, if you are a handy type of person, enrol in an apprenticeship program where you can study and work at the same time. Actually, there are quite a few programs at NAIT that offer work experience as part of their curriculum. Course at NAIT are a bit cheaper than at Grant MacEwan and UofA, even online delivery ones. Instructors are extremely engaging and knowledgeable. NAIT would get five stars from me if only it was easier to find parking! Parking your car by Kingsway mall is not recommended because somehow evil parking officers always single out NAIT students' cars and write out tickets. read more

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I love NAIT for it's small class sizes and personal learning experience, however there's also a downfall to that. Having smaller class sizes lets your instructors know who you are and start to develop biases towards you. While most instructors are good at keeping things at a professional level, I have experienced a few instructors who let their personal feelings, or biases get in the way with their teaching, professionalism, as well as grading. This isn't to say that all instructors do this, but it does happen and can be disheartening for some students. read more

WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY! People working in NAIT are horrible, I would be saying nothing if I was calling it horrible, to be honest. I was happy to be accepted back in March and I was really excited to move to Edmonton to start my studies! i was supposed to start May 4th 2015, so from the time I got my letter of acceptance till May 4 I was patiently waiting to see the schedule. Around May 15 I find out that I AM DOING ONLINE COURSE which is not acceptable by Canadian Immigration if you are willing to immigrate throuhg study. Honestly I called this place 200 times asking WHEN will the schedule be ready, and every time I was getting same answer "it is to be announced". I am extremely dissappointed with this place. I spent 7000 bucks for NOTHING, and that is because of the extreme improfessionality and ignorance of all the staff working in NAIT. I am an international student, and I spent all my money to get at least a little tiny chance to immigrate to Canada and NAIT's improfessional stuff took that chance from me and took all my money. Moreover, when I was trying to fix the situation and get accepted by a different college I asked nait's stuff to email me an official letter that would state that I'm not a student anymore, they refused to do so becase "they are not supposed to issue such documents". Really??? I paid you whole bunch of money and you dare to say that???!!! I HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS INSTITUTION, ESPECIALLY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS! NAIT WILL RIPP YOU OFF AND MAKE YOU GO HOME LIKE THEY DID WITH ME! HORRIBLE STAFF WORKS IN NAIT! read more

Look elsewhere for schooling; only apply here as a backup to your backup. My interaction with this school had me treated as "just a number." Very unreasonable and definitely felt like a bureaucracy. Actually stole money from me as I paid fees for services they didn't deliver. I've completed degrees at 2 other schools and every school can make you feel this way (just the nature of academic institutions) but this school has definitely been the worst. read more