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A new building, International House houses 200 international students, instructors and conference attendees.

In addition, a new residence for first year undergraduate students is due to be completed in 2011.

Construction of the new residence at the University of Calgary broke ground Friday, May 15, 2009.

Scheduled to open in spring 2011, the 596-bed residence is part of the university ’ s ongoing commitment to students ’ academic success and personal growth.

Through innovative building design and construction, the residence will meet current expectations for student housing and will help support institutional recruitment and retention objectives.

This is part of the university's $ 1. 5 billion capital program.

With the completion of this new building the number of beds on campus will increase to 3000.