U of C has over 30,000 students and many are from overseas. The Brentwood/Charleswood neighbourhood, where this house is located, is an older, established neighbourhood, where many houses are rented out to students, The U of C and SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) have many foreign students. Since Calgary is the centre of the energy business in Canada, many Middle Eastern students attend here to ‘learn’ about the energy business.
A friend, a former instructor in Petroleum Engineering Technology at SAIT, shared with me, how many of the Saudis who attended SAIT fail, or barely pass. They spend almost no time studying, instead partying and shopping. Though not all, many exhibit an attitude of superiority over others. I pity the poor in Saudi, as most who attend these schools are children of the rich.
Of course, it is in the interest of these schools to have foreign students because fees are greater, though such fees, even for foreign students, are generally, much less than US post-secondary schools.
Because most of them know when they go back SA, their daddy the sheik will get them a secure job where they just have to show up to pick up a paycheck. How do I know this? I have an in-law who worked for a Mideast oil company. The only people who did any work were the Europeans and the (east) Indians. The locals just showed up to get their guaranteed paychecks. Why they had to go to school when their pay was guaranteed, I don't know.