Decisions + Conditions

Decisions for fall applications are announced starting in February and continue through summer. Each program has a different review period that follows its admission deadline, so please consult with your program of interest.

This page includes the following:

Most applications open a year before the next intake. For example, for a fall intake, applications usally open in October.

Confirm opening dates with your program of interest's website.

Admission Decisions

After admission decisions are made, applicants receive an email containing a link to their goGRAD portal. To access the decision letter, applicants log in to their goGRAD portal and:

Click the blue hyperlink next to the Program Name
Click 'Open Application' and 'View Update(s)'

For admission offers, there is a reply deadline posted in goGRAD. Applicants must accept online in their goGRAD portal using the Admission Offer Reply form and pay the enrollment deposit, following the steps in the form.

The program reserves the right to reconsider the admission offer if:

the applicant cannot start the program in the term stated in the letter
the admission offer reply deadline passes

If you are an international student and didn鈥檛 receive your work study permit information, contact gradap@sfu.ca.

Admission/Enrollment Deposit

To officially accept your offer of admission, you will need to accept online and pay the non-refundable deposit. The deposit will hold your place in the program and will be applied to your tuition for your first term.

If you accept admission using goGRAD, the Admission Offer Reply form will prompt you to pay the enrollment deposit. Alternately, there will be an option to pay the enrollment deposit in your Status Portal.

Are you unable to pay your admission deposit online?

Admission Conditions

If your admission letter contains a statement that reads Your admission is conditional on:

It is important that you read and understand the conditions, because meeting these conditions is mandatory for continuance in your graduate program.
Any required documents specified in your admission letter should be sent to Graduate Studies directly from the institution or testing agency.
Once your condition(s) are satisfied, your admission will be deemed a regular admission.

Getting started

Have you been offered admission and are wondering what are the next steps?

Visit our Getting Started page

Fulfilling Your Admission Conditions

Transcript Conditions

If you receive an offer of admission, you will be required to submit an official transcript for each post-secondary institution:

If you have a degree in progress, do not send your official transcript from that institution until your degree is awarded and appearing on your transcript.
Applicants who completed their former degrees at SFU are not required to submit an official SFU transcript to Graduate Studies.
Transcripts must be official documents, sealed by the institution of issue, and sent directly to 尤物视频. Do not open the envelope 鈥� if you open it, it is no longer official.
- Unsealed (open/loose) transcripts will not be accepted as official, even if they are on institutional paper. Transcripts received by email without secure delivery or sent by an applicant will not be accepted as official.
For transcripts not in English or French, an official translation must be supplied. An official translator must include, as part of their translation, a declaration that they received an official, sealed copy of the transcripts that they then proceeded to translate.
Submissions via a evaluation agency such as WES or ICES are not accepted in place of official transcripts.
Each transcript is subject to review prior to acceptance.

Official Transcripts

Physical transcripts should be sent to:
Graduate Studies

尤物视频
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6

Electronic Transcripts

Electronic transcripts must be sent via a secure delivery service (such as Parchment) directly from the official institution to: gradap@sfu.ca

Language Conditions

IELTS and TOEFL

IELTS and TOEFL can be submitted electronically directly from the test centre. Releasing your results electronically to 尤物视频 will update all current admission applications.

For TOEFL, SFU's Institution Code is 0999, a departmental code is not required.
For IELTS, log in to the website of the IELTS test centre and click 'Apply for additional TRFs' in the left-hand menu of your results page. Fill out the application form online.
In India, the British Council is able to transmit electronically to SFU. Please use the following information when submitting your test scores: Organization ID 2036 - 尤物视频, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby BC, V5A 1S6

At the time of application, only self-report test results are required. It can take a minimum of 3-4 weeks for your results to be verified by the test centre. If you have waited 4 weeks and still do not see your results updated, please that includes:

Your full name or student number
The date on which you released your results to SFU
Your unofficial test results with your name and test information clearly visible
Your application deadline for your program of application

Please note our inquiry response time is approximately 3 business days.

CAEL or Cambridge

Cambridge or CAEL testing results should be sent directly from the testing centre in a sealed envelope for processing to Graduate Studies.

Pearson PTE

Send a scan of your unofficial test results with your name and test number clearly visible along with your name and GA or student number. Allow a minimum of 1 week for verification of your results.

Duolingo

Log into your Duolingo dashboard and share your certified score with "尤物视频 Graduate Studies".

CGPA Conditions

Please follow the information regarding fulfilling CGPA or course conditions as outlined in your letter of admission. If you have questions or concerns about these, please contact the program for which you received your offer of admission.

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Faculty of Graduate Studies