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Simon Fraser University: Admissions 2024, Rankings

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Simon Fraser University
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For Simon Fraser University Admissions, students must apply to the university within the application deadlines listed below:

  • Summer 2025 term application deadline: Jan 15, 2025.

About Simon Fraser University

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Year of establishment
1965
Also known as
SFU
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Total foreign students
4030
No. of campus
1
Scholarships available
163
Endowment value
CAD 538 million
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Q:   What is Simon Fraser University best known for?

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Simon Fraser University is a part of Canada's top 15 research universities and is known worldwide for its scholarships and research programs. SFU is also known for offering great study skills and learning opportunities to students.

Q:   Do grade 11 marks required to get into SFU?

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Individual programs focus on courses that are relevant to their discipline. This includes specific grade 11 and grade 12 courses that are needed to succeed in the first year at SFU.

Q:   Is it difficult to get into Simon Fraser University?

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Securing admission to Simon Fraser University is a little difficult and competitive. One needs to have a good academic record to secure admission. Previously, the average for admission has ranged from 2.50 GPA to 3.50 GPA. It varies from course to course.

Q:   Is Simon Fraser University accredited?

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SFU has been granted formal accreditation, effective September 1, 2015, by the prestigious Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), an independent, non-profit agency. As Canada doesn't have a comparable institutional accreditation body SFU is accredited by the U.S.

Q:   Is Simon Fraser University hard to get into?

A: 

Simon Fraser University does not publish any data on acceptance rate on its official website. However, according to EduRank, Simon Fraser University also known as sfu has a 59% acceptance rate. Each year thousands of students from Canada and all over the world apply to SFU. However, Simon Fraser University is very selective in admissions.  With an acceptance rate of 59%,  it is slightly selective to get into Simon Fraser University. To get into Simon Fraser University students require to score anywhere between a 2.40 to 3.20 GPA. 

Simon Fraser University Admission Dates 2024

  • Application fees :CAD 78 - 174.3
  • Type of deadline :Depends on course
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Fall15ᵗʰ Jan - 1ˢᵗ Jun 2025
Spring15ᵗʰ Sep 2023 - 1ˢᵗ Oct 2024
Summer1ˢᵗ Feb 2025
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University CityBurnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Size of cityMedium
Population of City2,32,755

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8888 University Drive Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 1S6

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8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C.
Canada. V5A 1S6

Burnaby ( British Columbia)

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