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Admission Requirements
English Language requirement
All applicants must meet the university's English Language Requirement. See details
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).
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.
Faculty/Program-specific requirements
View the faculty you are interested in to see the faculty- or program-specific requirements.
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
- May require portfolio/audition; please see School for the 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
Advanced placement
Information for students in an AP program, or with AP course credit.
International Baccalaureate
Information for students in an IB program, or with IB course credit.