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Basicinformation

Historicalevolution

Foundingoftheschool

SimonFraserUniversityisbasedontheNorthwestGroupofCanadaNamedbytraderandexplorerSimonFraser.In1962,JohnB.MacdonaldmadeareportonBritishColumbia'sEducationandFuturePlans,andheproposedtoestablishanewuniversityinthecontinentallowlandsofBritishColumbia.OnMarch1,1963,theLegislatureofBritishColumbiaofficiallyapprovedtheestablishmentofSimonFraserUniversityinBurnaby,Vancouver.InMayofthesameyear,atthesuggestionofthefirstprincipalGordonM.Shrum,theprovincialgovernmentdecidedtobuildthecampusonBurnabyMountain,whichis365metersabovesealevel.Inthespringof1964,thebuildingandcampusdesignedbyarchitectsArthurEricksonandGeoffreyMasseyofficiallystartedconstruction.OnSeptember9,1965,SimonFraserUniversitywelcomeditsfirstclassof2500students.

Earlyactivism

Sincethe1960s,asahotbedofpoliticalactivism,ideologicaldifferencesbetweentheDepartmentofPoliticalScience,theDepartmentofSociology,andtheDepartmentofAnthropologyhaveunfoldedThefiercedebatereacheditspeakinthe1970s.Theresolutionofthiscrisissplitthesedepartmentsintorelativelyindependentdepartmentstoday.

Developmentstatus

OnSeptember1,2010,thecurrentprincipalAndrewPetterofficiallytookoffice.

Logo(5photos)

In2009,SimonFraserUniversitybecamethefirstmemberoftheAmericanCollegeAthleticAssociation(NCAA)inCanada.Fromthebeginningofthe2011to2012season,SFUhas19sportsteamsthathavejoinedtheNCAAcompetition.Atthesametime,SimonFraserUniversityhasthehighestacademicinfluenceamongallcomprehensiveuniversitiesinCanada.Everyyear,inthecompetitionbetweentheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofCanadaandtheNationalSocialScienceFoundationofCanada,SFUteachersandstudentshavethehighestsuccessrate.Since2007,throughcooperationwithuniversitiesaroundtheworld,SFUhasbeguntoawarddualdegreediplomas.Forexample:CooperatingwithZhejiangUniversityinChinatograntadoubledegreeincomputerscience,andcooperatingwithMonashUniversityinAustraliatograntabachelorofartsdegree,etc.

September9,2015,SimonFraserUniversitycelebratedits50thanniversary.Inthepast50years,theschoolhastrainedatotalof130,000graduates.

Scientificresearch

Scientificresearchinstitutions

SimonFraserUniversityhaslong-termcollaborativeresearchwithotheruniversitiesandscientificresearchinstitutions,including:

NationalLaboratory(1):CanadianNationalLaboratoryforParticleandNuclearPhysics(co-builtwiththeUniversityofToronto,UniversityofBritishColumbia,UniversityofAlberta,etc.).

MarineResearchCenter(1):BanfieldMarineResearchCenter(co-builtwiththeUniversityofVictoria,UniversityofBritishColumbia,UniversityofAlberta,etc.),etc.

Schoolranking

Comprehensiveranking

AsthetopcomprehensiveresearchuniversityinNorthAmerica,SimonFraserUniversityhasbeenrankedinMacleanssince1991.Magazine(Maclean's)rankedNo.1inCanadiancomprehensiveuniversities(including:1993,1996-1998,2000,2008-2013,2015-2021).

2019ShanghairankingUniversityAcademicRanking301-400,2020TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRanking251-300,2020QSWorldUniversityRankings314,2020U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings290

2020AcademicRankingofWorldUniversityRankings301-400,2021TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings251-300,2021QSWorldUniversityRankings323,2021U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings3062022QSWorldUniversityRankings298th

SubjectRanking

2017QSWorldUniversitySubjectRanking:

Geography:51–100

CommunicationCommunicationandMediaStudies:51–100

ComputerScienceandInformationSystems:101-150

StatisticsandOperationsReearsh:101-150

Accounting:101-150

EconomicsandEconometrics:101-150

EducationandTraining:101-150

EnglishLanguageandLiterature:100-150

HistoryandArchaeology):44

Linguistics:101-150

Mathematics:101-150

Politics:101-150

Psychology:101-150

Sociology:151-200

Schoolscale

Collegesettings

SFUhaseightcollegesintotal,offeringmorethan100majors,andinterdisciplinarymajorscoveringmorethan40fields:

FacultyofHealthSciences

FacultyofScience

FacultyofScienceAppliedScience)

FacultyofCommunication,ArtandTechnology

BeedieSchoolofBusiness

SchoolofEnvironment(FacultyofEnvironment)

FacultyofArtsandSocialSciences

FacultyofEducation

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SchoolofInteractiveTechnologyandCommunication:InteractiveDesign,Communication,ContemporaryArt,InteractiveArtandTechnology,Publishing,DigitalMedia.

SchoolofLifeSciences:infectiousdiseases,environmentalhealthandtoxicology,healthandsocialsecurity,mentalhealthandaddictions.

SchoolofScience:ActuarialScience,Statistics,AppliedMathematics,AppliedPhysics,BehavioralScience,Biophysics,etc..

SchoolofAppliedSciences:ComputerScience,EngineeringScience,GeographicInformationScience.

BidiBusinessSchool:Accounting,EnterpriseandInnovationManagement,Finance,HumanResourceManagement,InternationalBusiness,ManagementInformationSystem,OperationManagement,Marketing.

CollegeofArtsandSocialSciences:Archaeology,CanadianStudies,CognitiveScience,ModernArt,Criminology,CriticalStudies,Dance,Economics,EnglishStudies,FilmStudies,SuperUniversityStudies,Geography,AgingStudies,History,LatinAmericanStudies,Linguistics,Humanities,InterdisciplinaryScience,Mathematics,Music,Philosophy,PoliticalScience,Psychology,Sociology,Anthropology,Drama,VisualArts,Women'sStudies,etc.

SchoolofEducation:EducationalScience,CareerDevelopmentCourseResearch

SchoolofEnvironment:Archaeology,Geography,ResourcesandEnvironmentalManagement,GlobalEnvironmentalSystems,PhysicalGeography,EnvironmentalScience,GeographicInformationScience.

Undergraduate

Asof2016,SimonFraserUniversityhas29,591undergraduates,amongthem14,911arefull-timestudents.Withtherapiddevelopmentoftheschool,morethan130,000graduateshavebeentrained.SFUcurrentlyhas946teachersand3403employees.Inthefallsemesterof2012,4269internationalstudentsregistered,whichincreasedthenumberofundergraduatesatSFUby17%andbecameoneoftheuniversitieswiththelargestnumberofundergraduatesinCanada.Amongtheseinternationalstudents,morethan60%arefromMainlandChina,6%arefromHongKong,China,and6%arefromSouthKorea.TheSimonFraserUniversityStudentSocietyiscalledtheSimonFraserStudentSociety(SFSS).

Graduatestudents

Asof2016,SimonFraserUniversityhasmorethan5,000graduatestudents.Internationalstudentsaccountfor20%ofthetotalnumberofgraduatestudents,and30%-40%oftheseinternationalstudentsareengagedinresearchinnaturalsciencesandengineeringtechnology.Atthesametime,SimonFraserUniversityalsohasagraduateschool.

SchoolConstruction

SimonFraserUniversityhasthreecampuseslocatedinthreedifferentcitiesintheGreaterVancouverarea.ThemaincampusislocatedinthehillsofBurnabyCampus,theVancouverCampusislocatedindowntownVancouver,whichislinedwithskyscrapers,andtheSurreyCampusislocatedinthecitycentershoppingmall.Inrecentyears,theVancouverCampushasbeenexpanded.Forexample,theSiegelGraduateSchoolofEconomicshasbeenexpanded.

Thethreecampusescanbereacheddirectlybypublictransportation.TheVancouvercampusisonlyoneblockawayfromtheWaterfrontSkytrainStation.TheSurreycampusisclosetotheSurreyCentralSkytrainStation.TheBurnabycampusisconnectedtotheProductionWay-UniversitySkytrainStationandtheSperling-BurnabyLakeSkytrainStationthroughashuttleservice.

BurnabyCampus

TheBurnabycampusislocatedonBurnabyMountain,365metersabovesealevel,overlookingtheentirenorthernareaof​​Burnaby.Mostoftheschool’sdepartmentsarelocatedintheBurnabycampus

area.ThemaincampuswasfoundedwhenW.A.C.Bennard,thechairmanoftheSocialCreditPartyofBritishColumbia,wasthegovernor,andthelibraryonthemaincampuswasnamedafterhim.TheBurnabycampushastwomainsportscomplexescalledtheLorne-DaviesComplexandtheChancellor'sStadium.TheswimmingpoolwithinternationalstandardsislocatedintheLorne-DaviesComplex.Sinceitsestablishment,themaincampushaswonalargenumberofarchitecturaldesignawards,includingthe2009LieutenantGovernor’sArchitecturalDesignGoldAwardandtheRoyalArchitecturalSocietyofCanada’s20thCenturyDesignAward.

ExceptforSimonFraserUniversityitselfanditsrelatedindustrialresearchparkDiscoveryPark,BurnabyMountainhasdevelopedveryfewprojects.Until2003,theuniversitybegantodevelopa200-acrecampusnearthehill.ThelandisusedtobuildamodelandsustainablecommunityandnamedUniverCity.Thereareasmanyas4,500residentialunitsinthiscommunity,dividedintoseveralsmallcommunities,aswellasnewtowncenters,schools,parksandotherfacilities.AsofJanuary2006,585residencesandthe"Cornerstonebuilding"(Cornerstonebuilding)withrestaurantsandshopshavebeencompleted.Another400housesareunderconstruction,andsomeofthecharacteristicsofthiscommunityarebeginningtoattractforeigners'attention.Thesefeaturesinclude:Canada'sfirstcommunitypublictransportpassprogram,legalsecondarysuitestoprovidehousingforallpeople,modelrainwatertreatmentsystems,anditspolicyprohibitsmultinationalcompaniesfromopeningbranches.

SurreyCampus

TheSurreycampusislocatedindowntownSurrey.Thecampusisalsopartofthecitycenter,whichisacomplexofbuildingsadjacenttoSurreyCentralSkytrainStation.Thecampuswasestablishedin2002toabsorbthestudentsandresearchprojectsoftheBritishColumbiaUniversityofTechnology.ThecampushasbeenexpandedintoacomprehensiveoperationscenterinSurreyandrunsotherSFUstudentprojects.TheentirebuildingwasdesignedbyChinesearchitectBingThom(BingThom)andopenedtothepublicin2006.Atthesametime,theFraserLibrary,whichisabranchoftheSimonFraserUniversityLibrary,islocatedhere.ThemaincollectionisrelatedtotheSchoolofInteractiveArtandTechnology.

VancouverCampus

TheVancouvercampuswasestablishedinthe1980sandbuiltBritishColumbia’sfirstuniversityclassroominthecitycenter.ThefourbuildingsontheVancouvercampusspanthecoreareaof​​downtownVancouver.Theyare:SimonFraserUniversityOceanCenter,MorrisJWoskExchangeCenter,SiegelGraduateSchoolofEconomicsandSimonFraserUniversityContemporaryArtCenter.Today,theentirecampusservesmorethan70,000peopleeveryyear,andnearly10,000undergraduatesandgraduatestudentsstudyhere.TheBelzbergLibraryislocatedhere.

PublicTransportation

ThemaincampusofSFUislocatedatthetopofBurnabyMountain,whichcausesinconveniencetostudentsintermsoftransportation.However,theextensionprojectoftheVancouveroverheadtrainandthepassageofthestudentbusconcessioncardU-Passhaveimprovedthetrafficproblem.Therearecurrentlyfourmainbuslines(No.95,No.143,No.144andNo.145)connectingthemaincampusandtheoverheadtrainsystem.Amongthem,Line145connectstheProductionWay-UniversitySkyStationandtheSFUmaincampus,andisoneofthemostimportantmeansoftransportationforSFUstudents;Line144connectstoSperling-BurnabyLakeTrainStationandMetrotownTrainStation;Line95goesdirectlytoBurrardTrainStation,locatedatDowntownVancouver,onlyonestopawayfromSFUVancouvercampus;Line143connectstoBurquitlamStation.

TheVancouvercitycentercampusislocatedoppositetheWaterfrontMRTstation,whiletheSurreycampusislocatedinCentralCity,adjacenttotheSurreyCentralMRTstation.MostSimonFraserUniversitystudentsliveinthevicinityofthecampusandtakepublictransportationtoschooleveryday.Universitydormitoriescanaccommodateabout2,200students,ofwhichthreedormitorybuildingswerecompletedin2005.

CampusCulture

StudentLife

Thestudentnewspaperswerepublishedandcirculatedwidelyintheschoolatthebeginningoftheschool.Theschoolhasitsownradiochannel.SimonFraserUniversitystudentssponsormorethan100clubs,includingsomefamousschoolactivitiessuchasTerryFoxRun,GungHaggisFatChoy,ClubsWeek,etc.

In1966,abranchofPhrateres,anon-independentandnon-profitsocialgroup,wasestablishedintheschool.From1924to1967,23PhrateresbrancheswereestablishedinNorthAmerica,includingtheUniversityofBritishColumbiabranch.

Sports

AllsportsteamsatSimonFraserUniversityarecollectivelyreferredtoastheSimonFraserteam,andtheScottishTerriermascotiscalled-McFoggtheDog.Insportsandothercompetitions,SimonFraserUniversityoftencompeteswiththeUniversityofBritishColumbia.

SimonFraserUniversityhaswonfiveU.S.AthleticsCommitteeDirectors’Cups.OnJuly10,2009,NCAAofficiallyacceptedSFUasaDavidsonIImember,whichmeansthatSFUcanparticipateintheNorthwesternGamesintheUnitedStates.SFUisthefirstmemberofalllevelsofNCAAinCanada.In2012,thesportsteambecamethefirstNCAAinternationalgroupmember.

ManysportsteammemberslaterrepresentedCanadaintheOlympicGames,includingOlympicgoldmedalistsCarolHuynhandDanielIgali,OlympicmedalistsSueHollowayandHughFisher.OtheroutstandingsportsteamalumniincludeJayTriano,JeffThue,BobMolle,ChrisRinke,CarolynMurray,GarryMacDonaldandBruceRobertson.

Famousalumni

TerryFox

TerryFoxoncestudiedintheSFUDepartmentofHumanSports,andisalsoamemberoftheschool'ssecondarybasketballteam.Hewasdiagnosedwithbonecancerattheageof18,whichresultedinhisrightlegbeingremoved.FoxthenlaunchedtheHopeMarathontoraisefundsandraiseawarenessofcancer.SimonFraserUniversityawardedanhonorarydegreein2001toBettyFox,thehonorarychairmanoftheTerryFoxFoundation,themotherofTerryFox.

PulitzerPrize

ErnestBecker

RhodesScholar

1981-JoelBakan

2000Year-NatashaDeSousa

2011-SarahSt.John

Others

GeYue:ManagingDirectorofApple'sGreaterChinaRegion

Pakariga,HisExcellencyMoSicily:PrimeMinisteroftheKingdomofLesotho

MinhLe:FounderofthefamousgameHalf-Life(CS)

DanielIgali:Olympian

MargaretTrudeau:Photographerandex-wifeofformerPrimeMinisterTrudeau

JaneCarnival:GovernorofBritishColumbia

DuXinzhi:BritishColumbiaLong

Jimbal:GovernorofBritishColumbia

GuDezhaolian,Davidner:Scientist

Usher:Singer

RobertTur,SamSullivan:FormerMayorofVancouver

LuiPassaglia:FormerBCLionsplayer

RachelMarsden:Politicalcommentator

MichelleLang:Reporter:HongKongfamousdirector

JayTriano:formerTorontoRaptorscoach

GuoXianni:HongKongfamousactress

FrancescoAquilini:OwneroftheVancouvericehockeyteamandRogersArena

XuHaoen:Singerandactor

ChenKailin:2013MissHongKongchampionandsoon.

Internationalstudents

Applicationpreparation

[Entrancelanguagerequirements]:TOEFL(TOEFL)totalscoreof88(singleitemrequirementnotlessthan20),IELTS(IELTS)withatotalscoreof6.5(nosingleitemlessthan6.0).SFUdoesnothavealanguageclass,andyoumustmeettheminimumrequirementsforlanguagescoresbeforeenrolling.

[SemesterArrangement]:Thestarttimeofthethreesemesters.

[Enrollmenttime]:September,January,May.

[Accommodation]:On-campusaccommodationfee:aminimumof2527Canadiandollarspersemester.

Undergraduates

1.HavequalifiedEnglishscores.

2.Graduatedfromhighschool,qualifiedcollegeentranceexaminationandexaminationtranscripts.

Graduatestudents

1.QualifiedEnglishscores.

2.Full-timebachelor'sdegreeormaster'sdegree.

3.Theuniversity'soverallaveragegradeB+(top80%).

Scholarshipapplication

SimonFraserUniversityprovidesacertainnumberofEntranceScholarshipsforstudentswithoutstandingacademicperformance.Someneedtoapply,somedonotneedtoapply,butmostScholarshipsareonlyavailabletocitizensorpermanentresidentsofthecountry,andonlyaverysmallnumberofEntranceScholarshipsareavailableforoverseasstudentstoapplyfor,suchas:InternationalSummitScholarships,IndiaEntranceScholarship,UnitedWorldCollegescholarship,TadeuszSpechtMemorialScholarship,PhiThetaInternationalandStanleyMorisseMemorialscholarshipandotherprojects.

Ingeneral,theEntranceScholarshipofSimonFraserUniversityis:

ColumbiaCollegealumnus

Indiaentrancescholarship

KingGeorgeSecondarySchoolstudent

NewWestminsterSeniorSecondarySchoolstudentgoinginto

Kinesiology

PhiThetaKappamembers

SimilkameenSecondarySchoolstudent(MonaFEastMemorial

scholarship)

studentsenteringSFUSurrey

UnitedWorldCollegestudent

UniversityofCypressorCypriotsecondaryschoolstudent

andmorefromothersources

ForoverseasstudentswhoapplydirectlytoSimonFraserUniversityfromhighschool,theEntranceScholarshipProgramsthatdonotneedtoapplyare:

ScholarshipValueNumberApplicationProcedure

InternationalAcademicExcellenceScholarship$5,000overtwo

termsAllhighschoolstudentswithanaverageof95%or34IB

pointsorbetterNoapplicationrequired.Allapplicantsto

SFUconsideredautomatically.

ForoverseasstudentswhoapplydirectlytoSimonFraserUniversityfromhighschool,theEntrancescholarshipprogramsthatneedtoapplyare:

TadeuszSpechtMemorialScholarships,HYLouieorLohnFoundationEntranceAwards,W.RonaldHeathInternationalEntranceScholarship,ColumbiaCollegeAlumnusEntranceScholarship,IndiaEntranceScholarship,SFUAfricaEntranceScholarship,PhiThetaKappaInternational$3,500SummitScholarships,SFU-ZUDualDegreeProgramEntranceScholarshipsandAwards.

Inadditiontoprovidingacertainnumberofscholarships,SimonFraserUniversitywillalsoprovideaseriesofbursariesandfinancialassistancetoreducethefinancialburdenofstudentsandhelpstudentssuccessfullycompletetheirstudies.

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