If you have completed your degree requirements (and submitted your thesis/project/extended essays to the library) during the first calendar month of the semester, you may be eligible for a 75% refund on the tuition portion of your student fees (note: there will be no refund on the ancillary fees).

If you are in an per-term program (the majority of SFU's graduate programs) and have completed your program requirements during the first calendar month of the term and you are paying the continuing fees, you are eligible for a 75% refund on the tuition portion of your student fees.

Please note that students granted a one term extension and students who are readmitted for one semester do not pay continuing fees, and are therefore not eligible for the early completion refund. 

Early completion refunds to students in per-unit programs are only made to students who are enrolled in a project course in a second or subsequent semester.

If you're not sure which type of program you're in, consult the list of graduate fees.

The following are not eligible for the 75% refund:

• Per-term Master's students who have been enrolled for fewer than seven semesters (excluding all on leave semesters)
• Per-credit Master's students who are enrolled in the first semester of their 'capstone'. (You must be enrolled in the 'completion' course for the refund.)
• Doctoral students who have  been enrolled for fewer than nine semesters (excluding all on leave semesters) at the full fee

Please note: If you do not pay your tuition fees per the "outstanding fees" schedule applicable to the semester you will be liable for interest even though you expect a refund later in the semester.

Your refund will be processed by the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies (DGS) and transferred to your SFU account, once the DGS receives confirmation from the Library of the submission date, and the Department sends the Recommendation of the Award of Degree to DGS. If you are eligible for a refund, you may expect your refund credit in your SFU account by the end of the second month of the term.

In order to claim the refund, you must ask for a refund cheque to be sent to you. Instructions for this are available at: http://students.sfu.ca/fees/refunds.html.