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Admission Requirements

check square 11  English Language requirement

All applicants must meet the university's English Language Requirement. See details

check square 11  Quantitative and Analytical Skills requirements

All applicants must meet the university's Quantitative and Analytical Skills requirements. See details

  • You need a minimum of 70% in Senior Year 2 or Senior Year 3 Mathematics for admission (based on a 60% pass scale).

check square 11  General admission requirements

Senior Middle School Graduation Diploma

  • Submit transcript which includes grades for all courses completed and final grades for the first semester of Senior Year 3. Admission is calculated on Senior Year 3 academic subjects.

GaoKao Exam

  • Offers of admission are conditional upon receipt of the GaoKao results in July. The required results will depend on the program. If you are following an IB curriculum, or completing GCE A-Levels, you do not need to submit GaoKao results.

check square 11  Faculty/Program-specific requirements

View the faculty you are interested in to see the faculty- or program-specific requirements.

Don't quite meet the minimum requirments for direct admission?

A pathway program through Fraser International College is available. Whether you’re missing a required course for direct entry, don’t quite meet the admission score requirements, or you’d just prefer to start your SFU experience in a small, close-knit international community, FIC is right for you.

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Faculty of Applied Sciences

Computing Science (including the Zhejiang Dual Degree Program*), Software Systems

  • Senior Year 3 Math
  • One of senior Year 3 Biology/Chemistry/Physics

*NOTE: Dual Degree Program applicants: The SFU-Zhejiang University Computing Science Dual Degree Program is open to domestic and international students. Prospective students from China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, who do not hold Canadian citizenship, need to gain admission via Zhejiang University.

Engineering Science, Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Sustainable Energy Engineering*

  • Senior level Math
  • Senior level Chemistry
  • Senior level Physics

*Applicants to the Sustainable Energy Engineering program are required to complete a Supplemental Application.

Beedie School of Business

Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management

  • Senior Year 3 Math

For secondary school applicants, admission to SFU Beedie will be based on a combination of a student’s academic performance and an assessment of their supplemental application. For details, please see the Beedie School of Business website.

Faculty of Education

Bachelor of General Studies

  • Must meet general requirements - no additional faculty/program course prerequisites

Faculty of Health Sciences

Bachelor of Arts

  • Must meet general requirements - no additional faculty/program course prerequisites

Bachelor of Science

  • Senior Year 3 Math

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Anthropology; Archaeology; Asia-Canada; Cognitive Science; Criminology; Economics; English; Explorations; First Nations; French; French Cohort; Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies; Gerontology; Hellenic Studies; History; Humanities; International Studies; Labour Studies; Languages; Latin American Studies; Linguistics; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology; World Literature

  • Must meet general requirements - no additional faculty/program course prerequisites

Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

Communication

  • Must meet general requirements - no additional faculty/program course prerequisites

Contemporary Arts

Interactive Arts and Technology (TechOne)

  • Senior Year 3 Math

Faculty of Environment

Archaeology, Geography

  • Must meet general requirements - no additional faculty/program course prerequisites

Environmental Science, Physical Geography

  • Senior Year 3 Math
  • Two of Senior Year 3 Biology/Chemistry/Physics

Bachelor of Environment - Resource and Environmental Management, Global Environmental Systems

  • Must meet general requirements - no additional faculty/program course prerequisites

Faculty of Science

Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Chemistry, Data Science, Earth Sciences, General Science, Mathematics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Physics, Statistics and Actuarial Science

  • Senior Year 3 Math
  • Two of Senior Year 3 Biology/Chemistry/Physics