Simon Fraser University
Located in Canada on British Columbia's west coast and named for an early explorer, Simon Fraser University opened on September 9, 1965 with 2,500 students.
Noted Canadian architects Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey designed the original Burnaby Mountain campus to foster interdisciplinary contact between students and researchers. That same openness and desire to innovate informs SFU’s current vision: to be Canada's most community-engaged research university.
Now boasting three distinctive campuses, over 35,000 students, 6,500 faculty and staff, and more than 160,000 alumni, SFU has matured into one of the world’s leading teaching and research universities.
Consistently ranked among Canada’s top comprehensive universities and named to the Times Higher Education list of 100 world universities under 50, SFU is also the first Canadian member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the world’s largest college sports association.
Facts and figures
| Web | https://www.sfu.ca/ |
|---|---|
| Year Established | 1965 |
| Total Number of Staff | 6672 |
| Number of Academic Staff | 1241 |
| Number of Students | 37000 |
| Web link for international students | http://www.sfu.ca/programs/for-international-students.html |
| Fields of Study Offered | Teacher training and education science (broad programmes) Arts (broad programmes) Humanities (broad programmes) Social and behavioural science (broad programmes) Business and administration (broad programmes) Life science (broad programmes) Physical science (broad programmes) Mathematics and statistics (broad programmes) Computing (broad programmes) Engineering and engineering trades (broad programmes) Agriculture, forestry and fishery (broad programmes) Health (broad programmes) Environmental protection (broad programmes) |