International college/university
International admission: college or university transfer
General requirements
You must have successfully completed 24 units of transferable post-secondary course work and may transfer up to a maximum of 60 units toward your degree program. If you have completed fewer than 24 units you will be required to meet the high school admission requirements.
If you are not in good standing or have a GPA of less than 2.00 ( 60%) , you will not be admitted.
In addition to the general and program-specific admission requirements (listed below), you must meet our English Language and Literacy and Quantitative and Analytical Skills requirements. If you do not meet these requirements on your college or university work, we may request your high school transcript.
We will assess possible transfer credit only after we have received your admission application. We may request that you provide detailed course outlines, which should include:
- a statement of course objective(s)
- the duration/number of weeks (excluding final exam period)
- hours per week of lecture (laboratory / tutorial / seminar / studio work) and the hours per week of required open laboratory work or open studio work
- the method of evaluation and grading
- the textbook(s) used
- the amount of credit/units earned
Polytechnic institutes and institutes of technology
You must have successfully completed a two- or three-year diploma at a recognized institute of technology. Transfer credit may be granted for approved diplomas. Please note that most diplomas do not receive transfer credit.
Visiting students
If you are currently a student at another university, you may apply for admission to complete specified courses for subsequent transfer back to your home university. You must also submit a letter of permission from your home institution.
As a transfer student, you must meet our general and program-specific requirements, as well as our English admission requirement and Quantitative and analytical skills requirements. Original, official documentation must be submitted for evaluation purposes. No transfer credit or enrollment priority is awarded.
Please apply as a transfer student, as you will be evaluated as a college or university transfer student.
Degree holders
If you have completed an undergraduate degree at a recognized university, you may wish to pursue a second or subsequent degree, or a post baccalaureate diploma or certificate. Your admission average is calculated on course work completed in your last two years as a student, with a required minimum grade point average of 2.0 (60%).
All applicants must meet our English language requirement. All applicants to a degree program must also meet our Quantitative and Analytical Skills requirement.
Faculty of Applied Sciences

Computing Science, Geographic Information Science
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum 24 units of transferable course work, including one mathematics course and two computing courses, or one computing course and two mathematics courses, that receive the following transfer credit: MACM 101-3, 201-3, MATH 151-3, 152-3 and 240-3; CMPT 125-3 (or 126-3),150-3, 225-3, 250-3 and 275-4 (or 276-3). Direct email queries to csadvise@cs.sfu.ca.
Engineering Science
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work.
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
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work.
Beedie School of Business

Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management Information Systems, Management Science, Marketing
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- College/University equivalents of the following SFU courses with a minimum grade of C- each: BUEC 232-4; BUS 237-3, 251-3, 272-3; ECON 103-4, 105-4; MATH 157-3 (or MATH 150-3 or 151-3 or 154-3); and two of: ENGL 101-3, 102-3, 103-3, 104-3, 105-3,199-3, PHIL 001-3, 100-3,120-3. For more detailed information, please see SFU Business.
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

Communication
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work.
Contemporary Arts
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work. Some programs may require a portfolio/audition. For details please see SFU Contemporary Arts.
Interactive Arts and Technology
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work including at least 18 units comprising 3 units from each of the following areas: Computing Science, Fine and Performing Arts, Communications and Interactive Arts and Technology.
Faculty of Education

Bachelor of Education
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 60 units of transferable course work.
Faculty of Environment

Archaeology, Geography, Geography – Environmental Specialty
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work.
Environmental Science, Geographic Information Science, Physical Geography
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable work, including one transferable math course and two transferable science courses.
Faculty of Health Sciences

Bachelor of Arts
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work.
Bachelor of Science
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable course work, including one transferable math course.
Faculty of Science

Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, General Science, Life Sciences Year Two, Management and Systems Science, Mathematics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Physics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
- English Language admission requirement
- Quantitative and Analytical skills requirement
- Minimum of 24 units of transferable work, including one transferable math course and two transferable science courses.