ENTRANCE FAQ    

Your final grades must meet the academic requirements to maintain admission to your program of study for the Fall term.

ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Entrance Scholarship recipients whose final grades are not in the 90% range in courses required for their primary program or 31 IB points will be contacted by the Financial Aid and Awards office for additional requirements. 

For information on eligibility requirements for your 2nd term onwards, please review your Terms of Reference or the Regulations page.

ENTRANCE AWARDS/BURSARIES

The minimum requirement for awards and most bursaries is final grades in the 80% range or the IB diploma score required for admission into your primary program. Predicted bonus points are not considered in the calculation.

Entrance Scholarships

You must be enrolled in 12 units throughout the SFU term in order to receive your funding. If you enrol in fewer than 12 units, your scholarship payment will automatically be deferred; however, your academic performance on any SFU work attempted will be considered for future scholarship eligibility.

If you are completing your final academic term and do not require 12 units to meet graduation requirements, please contact our office at fiassist@sfu.ca.

Entrance Awards/Bursaries

You must be enrolled in 9 units throughout the SFU term in order to receive your funding. If you enrol in fewer than 9 units, your scholarship payment will automatically be deferred; however, your academic performance on any SFU work attempted will be considered for future scholarship eligibility.

Residence

Students who applied to residence will receive priority for the Fall term and in subsequent terms if they wish to live in residence.

Students registered with SFU’s Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) are eligible for a reduced course load. A reduced course load is enrollment in a minimum of 6 units of standard graded courses. You must meet all other eligibility requirements of your scholarship/award/bursary.

To register with SFU's Centre for Accessible Learning, please visit their website for their contact information.

When you enrol in classes in July, your tuition and all SFU fees will show up on your student account, which you will be able to see using goSFU (go.sfu.ca).

Your scholarship eligibility will be reviewed right before the start of your first term, and you will receive an email from our office at that point informing you that your scholarship status has been reviewed and updated on your Student Centre.

Your SFU funding will be placed on your SFU student account during the 2nd week of classes - prior to the deadline to pay tuition and student fees - as long as you continue to meet the scholarship eligibility requirements.

If you are the recipient of the USES with Distinction scholarship that covers tuition and fees, your funding will be calculated and applied to your SFU student account based on your enrollment at the time. You will be responsible for ensuring any remaining balance owing on your student account is paid prior to the payment deadline. Late fees are only charged on the balance remaining after the scholarship payment has been placed on your account.

Your funding is applied towards any outstanding balance on your SFU student account such as tuition, student fees, U-Pass, residence, and meal plan. The funding doesn't cover textbooks or other supplies as these require traditional methods of tender: cash, debit, and credit. However, if your funding exceeds the outstanding balance on your SFU student account, you will be issued a refund after the 6th week of classes. It is then up to you to use the money as you wish.

If your funding covers all of the fees on your account and you have extra funds remaining, these will be available to you in the form of a refund after the 6th week of classes. We strongly encourage all students to set up Direct Deposit, administered through the Student Accounts office, in order to receive their refunds as soon as possible. There are no stipulations on how you use your refund.

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.

As per the Regulations, transfer scholarships must be claimed in the first term. If you do not enroll in a minimum of 12 SFU standard graded units in your first term, you will not be eligible for the scholarship in a later term.