University Diploma - Aviation

Aviation is a career like no other. Mount Royal’s two-year Aviation diploma is one of Canada’s elite Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) accredited programs, integrating academic preparation with flight simulator training for a Commercial Pilot License (CPL) with multi-engine and instrument ratings.

Students will learn aviation and business theory, while building connections with MRU’s airline partners: Jazz, WestJet, Porter, AirSprint, and Sunwing. Understand how to fly in single and two-pilot operations using crew resource management skills. Students will graduate as a highly-trained pilot, with a minimum of 200 hours of flying time, ready for a career in their field. Enter an industry where the qualifications of Mount Royal Aviation graduates are well-known.

The academic and aviation classes are held at the MRU campus located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, close to downtown Calgary. The Alsim and Mentor flight simulators are also located at the main campus. Flight training is performed at the Springbank Airport campus (CYBW) which is west of Calgary city limits, about a 25 minute drive from the MRU main campus. As there is no public transportation to the Springbank Airport, students will need a car to commute to their flight training sessions.