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Your active involvement can make a lasting impact on your student's journey to SFU. They may look to you for guidance and encouragement when making big decisions about their educational and professional paths. Help your student manage their academic, social, and personal expectations at university by exploring these resources together.
University life can ebb and flow with personal pressures and life circumstances, but that doesn’t mean students have to feel like they’re on their own. SFU makes resources and services easily accessible to support them throughout their undergraduate studies, not just at the start of it. Explore with your student the network of supports in place for them, should they ever need it.
Academic planning
Students can bookmark this resource and information page to help them plan their course loads mindfully each term and find advising aid, to stay on track towards successful degree completion.
Centre for Accessible Learning
Students with documented or suspected disabilities can work with the Centre for Accessible Learning to arrange disability-related services and accommodations to meet their accessibility needs, as well as information and educational opportunities.
Financial planning
Students can refer to the strategies found on this page, to help them offset the costs of their education. Financial aid and supports, income opportunities, and advising resources are available, as well as a cost calculator.
Health & counselling
Students can seek support by accessing a wide range of resources that promote physical and mental health and well-being. On-campus medical and counselling services are also available to members of the SFU community.
Indigenous Student Centre
A safe and supportive community space for students who identify as Indigenous, where they can access academic support, cultural connections, peer cousins mentorship, wellness programs, counselling, and seek guidance from Elders.
International Services for Students
Students can join social activities throughout the term, sign up for peer-support programs, and make use of dedicated advising services and other resources that will help them adjust to life in Canada while studying in university.
Safety on campus
We try to ensure safe and secure campuses for all members of the SFU community, especially students. They'll be able to seek public safety services and programs like Safe Walk, which will give them access to a Campus Security escort 24/7.
Student Services
The collective network of services and supports for all undergraduate students, which includes enrolment services, student finances and financial aid, career and volunteer services, advising, and more.
SFU's interdisciplinary approach to education helps set students up for success after they obtain their degree. Students cultivate relevant skills and knowledge in an experiential learning environment. Resources like Career and Volunteer Services help prepare students to enter the workforce while they're still completing their studies.
Co-operative education (Co-op)
Co-op programs alternates students' academic study with work experience in degree-relevant fields. Your student will have the opportunity to develop industry-relevant skills and expand their professional network through paid co-op placements. It allows them to earn income as they work towards completing your degree, while opening up doors for their career after graduation.
Students enrolled in co-op
8,800
New, seeking, placed, and returning co-op students in 2023
Study abroad
Studying abroad will give your student intercultural experiences and an immersive international education, through exchanges with partner institutions and field schools. Students will have opportunities to boost their resumes by developing relevant skills and gaining global perspectives that are often valued by employers, while being able to expand their network abroad.