Undergraduate Scholars Entrance Scholarships (USES) Regulations
The terms of reference below apply to:
- Undergraduate Scholars Entrance Scholarship (International and Domestic)
- Undergraduate Scholars Entrance Scholarship with Distinction (International and Domestic)
- The Darcy and Karina Biagioni Family Scholarship
- The Shein and Amynmohamed Rajan Family Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship in Computing Science (awarded Fall 2023 onward)
- Surrey Close to Home Entrance Scholarship
- Stolte Family Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship in Sustainable Energy Engineering
Payment One:
To receive the first payment, you must:
- have final grades that meet the academic requirements to maintain admission to your primary program of study for the Fall term; and
- be enrolled in a minimum of 12 SFU standard graded units.
Entrance Scholarship recipients whose admission evaluation on final grades does not demonstrate a minimum score of 90% in courses required for their primary program or 31 IB points (excluding predicted bonus points) will be contacted by the Financial Aid and Awards office for additional requirements.
If you enrol in 3 to 11 SFU standard graded units in your first term, your scholarship will automatically be deferred to the next term. To be eligible for your first payment in the following term, you must meet the renewal cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.00 on your first term marks and enrol in at least 12 SFU standard graded units in the following term. You will become ineligible for entrance scholarship funding if you do not attain a minimum 2.00 CGPA in your first term.
Payment Two:
To receive the second payment, you must:
- achieve a minimum CGPA of 2.00 at the end of your first term; and
- be enrolled in a minimum of 12 SFU standard graded units.
Payment Three, Onwards:
To receive the third payment and all subsequent payments, you must:
- have a minimum CGPA of 3.00; and
- be enrolled in a minimum of 12 SFU standard graded units per term.
Term Tenure:
The number of terms each scholarship needs to be claimed within is listed below:
| Award/Scholarship | Term tenure |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Scholars Entrance Scholarship | 18 terms or 6 years |
The Darcy and Karina Biagioni Family Scholarship |
18 terms or 6 years |
| The Shein and Amynmohamed Rajan Family Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship in Computing Science | 18 terms or 6 years |
| Surrey Close to Home Entrance Scholarship | 18 terms or 6 years |
Stolte Family Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship in Sustainable Energy Engineering |
18 terms or 6 years |
Undergraduate Scholars Entrance Scholarship with Distinction |
21 terms or 7 years |
During the terms you meet the CGPA requirements and do not register in classes, or register in fewer than 12 SFU standard graded units, your entrance scholarship will be deferred to a future term in which you meet eligibility criteria again. Please note, your CGPA for all SFU units (even in the terms you did not receive a payment) will be reviewed when assessing your eligibility for your future entrance scholarship payments.
If your CGPA is less than 2.00, your scholarship will be permanently cancelled.
If your CGPA is 2.00-2.99, you will not be eligible for scholarship payments. Once your CGPA reaches 3.00 or higher while within the term tenure of your scholarship, your scholarship payments will resume.
Students eligible for an SFU Employee Tuition Waiver
If you are the recipient of a USES program scholarship, you cannot hold this scholarship and the SFU Employee Tuition Waiver concurrently in the same term. However, the SFU Employee Tuition Waiver can be used in academic terms in which you do NOT receive entrance scholarship payments.
If you are eligible for an SFU Employee Tuition Waiver and have received another type of entrance scholarship, award or bursary, please contact our office at fiassist@sfu.ca to review the terms of reference of your funding.
For more information about the tuition waiver, visit the Employee Tuition Waiver webpage.