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The Beedie School of Business accepts applications for our Fall (September), Spring (January), and Summer (May) terms for students applying through the College or University Transfer pathway. 

No. Applicants are able to apply for a Joint Major program or declare a Business Concentration(s) once they have been accepted to the program. More information on our nine concentrations, including Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Strategic Analysis and more, can be found here. 

The SFU Admissions Department requests, receives, and reviews all documents (e.g. transcripts, IELTS, SAT etc.) for admission. Required documents for admission can be reviewed in your Student Center once you have submitted your application through EducationPlannerBC. 

If your application is placed within the GPA with Supplemental Application category, your Supplemental Application will be evaluated by SFU Beedie’s Supplemental Evaluation Committee. Applicants will be competitively selected for admission based on a combination of their academic performance and Supplemental Application.

At the SFU Beedie School of Business, we believe marks matter, but so do your experiences, achievements, and communications skills. That’s why we’re asking you to submit your original work, without the assistance of ChatGPT, etc. Large language models such as ChatGPT and others reduce your voice and creativeness in your responses. We’re not looking for a perfect response. We’re looking to learn more about you, your experiences, and why you want to study at the SFU Beedie School of Business.

You may review your item statuses by reviewing the To Do List in your Student Center. Items that have been received by SFU Admissions will have a green check mark.

Applicants must present a minimum 2.80 Business Admission GPA on the 8 required courses to be eligible for admission consideration. Please also refer to the minimum GPA requirements for admission consideration to SFU.

To be eligible for admission consideration to the Beedie School of Business, applicants must have final grades for a minimum of 5 of the 8 required courses, with the remaining (up to 3) in progress by the document deadline.

Final transcripts with completed coursework will be required before offers of admission are finalized; all 8 required courses must be successfully completed prior to starting your studies at the Beedie School of Business. If you are missing 1 of the 8 required courses, you will not be eligible for admission consideration.

Fall applicants may complete up to 3 outstanding admission courses over the Summer term. Be sure to report August as your end date in the EducationPlannerBC application so that SFU Admissions can request for an updated transcript that shows your Summer course enrollment. 

If your previous institution is in British Columbia, you can use the BC Transfer Guide to review how your courses transfer to SFU. Be sure to put Simon Fraser University as the receiving institution in the course search (e.g. from Douglas College to SFU). 

Courses from institutions outside of British Columbia are evaluated by SFU Admissions for transfer credit after you’ve submitted your EducationPlannerBC application. More details can be found above under the Transfer Credits section.

You may complete any missing courses at another institution (review the BC Transfer Guide for eligible courses), or apply to another Faculty at SFU and if admitted, pursue our Internal Transfer admission pathway for current SFU students. 

You may only repeat 2 of the 8 required courses 1 time each for admission.

If more than 2 required courses are repeated, the best 2 will be used to calculate your Business Admission GPA. We evaluate subsequent repeated, required courses based on the letter grade achieved on the first attempt at the course.

If you have achieved a grade lower than a C- in your first attempt at 3 of the 8 required courses, you will not be eligible for admission consideration to the program as only 2 repeats are permitted.

We use a weighted average to calculate the letter grade for cluster transfer courses. 

Example 1: Courses With Equal Weight

DOUG ACCT 1110 (3) + DOUG ACCT 1210 (3) = SFU BUS 251 (3) & BUS 1XX (3)

(6 units at Douglas College = 3 units for BUS 251 and 3 units for BUS 1XX at SFU)

If a student received an A+ in ACCT 1110 and a B+ in ACCT 1210, the following calculation would be made: 

4.33 GPA points x (3 units/6 units) + 3.33 GPA points x (3 units/6 units) = 3.83 GPA points, which will be applied to BUS 251 (3 units)

Example 2: Courses With Different Weights

LANG STAT 1181 (3) + LANG STAT 1182 (1) = SFU BUS 232 (4)

(4 units at Langara College = 4 units for BUS 232 at SFU)

If a student received an A+ in STAT 1181 and a B+ in STAT 1182, the following calculation would be made:

4.33 GPA points x (3 units/4 units) + 3.33 GPA points x (1 unit/4 units) = 4.08 GPA points, which will be applied to BUS 232 (4 units)

We will use the course which is most advantageous, keeping in mind our repeated course policy above.

Please review our Pass/Fail grade FAQ.

You will not receive an invitation to complete the Supplemental Application until all required documents on your To Do List have been submitted and evaluated by the SFU Admissions Department in order to calculate your GPA. 

To ensure timely access to the Supplemental Application, you are encouraged to submit your documents well in advance of the document deadline. Be sure to frequently monitor the email address you provided to SFU for your Supplemental Application invitation. 

For questions about the Supplemental Application, please refer to our Supplemental Overview page.

Yes. SFU Beedie School of Business applicants in the GPA with Supplemental Application category with a complete and eligible Supplemental Aboriginal Undergraduate Admission form are not required to submit the Beedie Supplemental Application. Connect with SFU's Indigenous Student Recruitment team for details on the application process.

Tuition and fees vary depending on the subject area and number of units taken per term. Please see the SFU Typical Costs page to calculate your tuition estimate per term.

Students have access to a wide variety of funding options, and SFU Beedie students earned $2.8 million last year!

Learn more about your funding options.

Applications are evaluated on an ongoing, rolling basis. Please ensure you submit your documents, and any other To Do List items in a timely manner. Updates on your admission status will be visible in your Student Center.

Admission to the Beedie School of Business is based on multiple factors, including the number of spaces we have available in our program and the size and competitiveness of the applicant pool. College/University Transfer Applicants are able to view their specific cancellation reason in goSFU by clicking through the Admissions panel at the bottom of your Student Center. If you require further clarification as to why your application has been cancelled, please contact our office at bsb_admit@sfu.ca.

If you have been offered admission to your alternate choice program at SFU, you may submit an appeal to the Beedie School of Business Appeals Committee provided you meet eligible grounds for an appeal. Please review appeal eligibility and instructions on our website.

If you are not accepted to your alternate choice program, or did not indicate one, appeals may be submitted to the SFU Senate Appeals Board. Details on this process can be found on their website.