| (Graduate students: see Important dates for graduate students and Scholarship deadlines.) |
Deadlines for undergraduates
- Admission: application deadlines, entrance scholarship deadlines
- Finance: Financial aid and awards / Tuition and fees and refunds
- Enrollment deadlines (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010)
- Library ID / Access cards / U-Pass cards
- Academic Calendar dates (classes, exams, holidays)
- Grades available on the web at sis.sfu.ca
- Distance Education Materials deadlines
- Graduation applications deadlines
- Convocation Ceremony dates
ADMISSION
Application for admission deadlines
| February 28, 2010 | for high school students for admission to Fall term, beginning in September 2010 |
| April 30, 2010 | general application for admission to Fall term, beginning in September 2010 |
Entrance scholarship deadlines
| January 31 | BC College scholarship applications for the Summer term |
| February 28 | Entrance scholarship applications for high school students for the Fall term |
| April 30 | BC College scholarship applications for the Fall term |
| September 30 | BC College scholarship applications for the Spring term |
FINANCES
Financial aid and awards
| Priority Bursary/Work-study application period | for Spring 2010 | November 9-20, 2009 |
| Bursary only application period | for Spring 2010 | January 4 - 15, 2010 |
| Private Scholarship application deadline | for Spring 2010 | January 15, 2010 |
| Priority Bursary/Work-study application period | for Summer 2010 | March 15 - 26, 2010 |
| Bursary only application period | for Summer 2010 | May 12 -31, 2010 |
| Private Scholarship application deadline | for Summer 2010 | May 31, 2010 |
| Service awards application deadline | for Summer 2010 | April 15, 2010 |
| Early Bursary application period: High School students applying for 2010 admission only | for Fall 2010 | November 2, 2009 - April 30, 2010 |
| Priority Bursary/Work-study application period | for Fall 2010 | July 5 - 16, 2010 |
| Bursary only application period | for Fall 2010 | September 7 - 20, 2010 |
| Private Scholarship application deadline | for Fall 2010 | September 20, 2010 |
SPRING TERM (JANUARY - APRIL 2010)
Tuition and fees: payments and refunds
| December 4 (Friday), 2009 | Last day for 100% refund of tuition |
| December 5 (Saturday), 2009 to January 8 (Friday) , 2010 |
Penalty of $50 for each class DROPPED (maximum total penalty $100) during this period, if your net class load has decreased |
| January 9 (Saturday) to January 15 (Friday), 2010 |
Penalty of $100 for each class DROPPED during this period, if your net class load has decreased |
| January 15 (Friday), 2010 | Deadline to pay tuition and student fees |
| January 16 (Saturday), 2010 | No refund for classes dropped (class drop penalty will be calculated and posted to your student account in week three of classes) |
| February 12 (Friday) | Refund cheques for overpayment are issued |
| February 19 (Friday) | Deadline to pay Co-op Practicum fees |
ENROLLMENT
Fall term, 2009
| Last day to add classes, swap classes, and change tutorials using the Student Information System. Last day to completely withdraw from all classes using the Student Information System with no withdrawal notation on your academic record. | September 14 (Monday), 2009 |
| Last day to enroll for class challenge. Last day to switch your challenge from one class to another, or to regular enrollment in the class, with permission of the department. (You can't withdraw from class challenge without substituting a regular class.) | September 21 (Monday), 2009 |
| Last day to add classes through the department, with permission of the chair and instructor. No classes may be added after this date. Last day to change tutorials through the department. Last day to change a class to audit status. | September 28 (Monday), 2009 |
| Last day to withdraw from some of your classes using the Student Information System with no withdrawal notation on your academic record. If all classes are dropped there will be a withdrawal notation on your record. | September 28 (Monday), 2009 |
| Last day to drop a class using the Student Information System, with a WD notation on your academic record. | October 13 (Tuesday), 2009 |
| Last day to apply to drop classes in the current term under extenuating circumstances. (Applications received after this date will be considered retroactive and may take longer to process.) | December 2 (Wednesday), 2009 |
Spring term, 2010
| Last day to add classes, swap classes, and change tutorials using the Student Information System. Last day to completely withdraw from all classes using the Student Information System with no withdrawal notation on your academic record. | January 8 (Friday), 2010 |
| Last day to enroll for class challenge. Last day to switch your challenge from one class to another, or to regular enrollment in the class, with permission of the department. (You can't withdraw from class challenge without substituting a regular class.) | January 15 (Friday), 2010 |
| Last day to add classes through the department, with permission of the chair and instructor. No classes may be added after this date. Last day to change tutorials through the department. Last day to change a class to audit status. | January 22 (Friday), 2010 |
| Last day to withdraw from some of your classes using the Student Information System with no withdrawal notation on your academic record. If all classes are dropped there will be a withdrawal notation on your record. | January 22 (Friday), 2010 |
| Last day to drop a class using the Student Information System, with a WD notation on your academic record. | February 5 (Friday), 2010 |
| Last day to apply to drop classes in the current term under extenuating circumstances. (Applications received after this date will be considered retroactive and may take longer to process.) | April 13 (Tuesday), 2010 |
LIBRARY ID AND U-PASS CARD
U-Pass mail date for continuing eligible students |
If you are enrolled in an eligible course by December 4, 2009, your card will be mailed to you on Friday, December 11, 2009. |
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MBC 1304 |
Monday, January 4 to Thursday, January 7, 2010 Friday, January 8 10:00 to 16:00 |
MBC 3000 |
Monday, January 11 to end of term during regular Registrar and Information Services office hours (9:00 to 18:00 Monday to Thursday, 10:00 to 16:00 Friday) |
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Monday, January 4 and thereafter until the end of the term during regular Registrar and Information Services office hours: 9:00 to 16:30, Monday to Friday |
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Monday, January 4 and thereafter for the term. Returning students with a Library/ID card can get a separate access card for Surrey campus at the SFU Surrey Security office. |
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Monday, January 4 and thereafter until the end of term during regular Registrar and Information Services office hours (10:00 to 19:00, Monday to Thursday and 10:00 to 17:00, Friday). |
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Application for exemption from U-Pass |
Friday, January 15, 2010 |
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Application for subsidy for U-Pass |
Friday, January 22, 2010 |
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New and continuing students at the Burnaby campus
Students at the Surrey Campus
Students at the Vancouver CampusCALENDAR OF ACADEMIC DATES
See students.sfu.ca/importantdates for the 2009-2012 academic calendar: when classes begin, when exams end, and when reading breaks and holidays occur.
GRADES ON THE Student Information System
| Beginning December 10 (Thursday) | Fall grades |
| Beginning April 19 (Monday) | Spring grades |
DISTANCE EDUCATION MATERIALS
| December 9 (Wednesday), 2009 | Class material pickup begins |
| February 5 (Friday), 2010 | Deadline to return class materials for partial materials refund |
GRADUATION (www.sfu.ca/convocation)
| January 4 (Monday), 2010 | Deadline to cancel application to graduate in June 2010 convocation if you are completing degree requirements in the Fall 2009 term. |
| February 5 (Friday) | Deadline to apply for graduation on the Student Information System for June 2010 convocation, if you are completing degree requirements in the Spring 2010 term. (A non-refundable late fee of $20 for each degree, certificate and diploma will be assessed after this date.) |
| April 16 (Friday) | Deadline to apply for graduation on the Student Information System for June 2010 convocation, if you are completing degree requirements in the Spring 2010 term, with a non-refundable late fee of $20 for each degree, certificate and diploma. |
| May 12 (Wednesday) | Deadline to cancel application to graduate in June 2010 convocation if you are completing degree requirements in the Spring 2010 term. |
CONVOCATION (www.sfu.ca/convocation)
| June 15 to 18 (Tuesday to Friday), 2010 | Spring Convocation ceremonies. |