Simon Fraser University
Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia
Founded: 1965
Type: Public
Total Students: 34000+
ABOUT
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada with campuses in Burnaby(Main Campus), Surrey, and Vancouver.
Undergraduate and graduate programs at SFU operate on a year-round tri-semester schedule and it is the only Canadian university competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). SFU is the first Canadian research university with U.S. accreditation (earning it in 2016) and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
In the academic year 2010–11, SFU had 29,697 undergraduates, with 14,911 of them being full-time and 14,786 part-time.
There are eight faculties at Simon Fraser University:
- Faculty of Applied Science
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- The Beedie School of Business
- Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Environment
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Science