SFU fall enrolment tops 28,000
Mehran Kiai, enrolment services, 778.782.3995, 604.374.5806, mehran_kiai@sfu.ca
Bill Radford, SFU International, 778.782.7098; intldir@sfu.ca
Stuart Colcleugh, PAMR, 778.782.3219
Simon Fraser University laid out the welcome mat this week to the largest undergraduate class in the university’s history—24,114 as of Sept. 4.
The total number of registered students on all campuses also jumped to 28,275, an increase of seven per cent over last year’s record enrolment.
And the Surrey campus welcomed its largest first-year class since opening in 2002.
There may be more top scholars on campus this fall as well, according to Mehran Kiai, director of enrolment services, because SFU extended scholarship offers to nine-per-cent more students this year.
He adds students can expect more international diversity in their classrooms this semester, as SFU is welcoming more students from abroad than ever before—33-per-cent more than last year, for a total of 2,716 international students.
Bill Radford, director of internationalization, says the international student increase is a testament to SFU’s growing global reputation, an effective recruitment program and a mutually beneficial relationship with Fraser International College, which recruits and prepares foreign students for Canadian university studies.
The new Faculty of Environment, which opened in April this year, almost doubled its target of 52 registered students with 98 signed up by Sept. 4. And in the five-year-old Faculty of Health Sciences, registration jumped from 195 students last fall to 403 students this semester.
Kiai is pleased with the overall registration numbers and attributes the semester’s success to hard-working university recruiters, more coordinated efforts within the university recruitment community and a more streamlined early-admission process.
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Comments
Comment Guidelinesthats nice, now give us more places to study.
Another reason why SFU should put pressure on translink to increase frequency of bus service to the Burnaby campus-current service is unacceptable.
thats good
Don't worry, folks -- we're worth more to the university in tuition than what we actually demand in terms of services, per capita. We're provide a profit margin!
Hooray, capitalism!
Just means that our degrees are a dime a dozen. Great.
This is nothing to be excited about for 2 reasons. First the economic recession means more people decide to go back to school. Secondly, they lowered the entry requirements for applicants in BC. They don't have to write provincial exams now. Universities should be harder to get into not easier.
Cyril Thong
Larger numbers of students would be better served if the university teaching space and teaching budget was increased accordingly. There are more new students who cannot get into courses because most first year courses have hit their enrollment ceilings. Waiting lists are longer.