Senate Committee on International Activities (SCIA)

International Activities at SFU are governed by the University Policy on International Activities (GP 23). The policy applies to all international activities undertaken in the university's name except where explicitly excepted, such as research activities requiring the approval of the vice-president, research and international.

Examples of international activities to which the policy applies, include:

• Cooperation agreements between institutions;
• University arrangements governing graduate and undergraduate student exchanges, study abroad opportunities for domestic students (including field schools) and non-credit international study tours;
• Study abroad opportunities for international students coming to SFU;
• Education and training programs for international clients, including English language training provided outside of ongoing approved programs such as the English Language and Culture Program;
• Arrangements for the delivery, sale or licensing outside Canada of the university's credit and non-credit courses, and degree completion programs;
• International service contracts;
• International development assistance projects;
• International development projects funded by the International Development Research Centre; and
• Commercial, joint-venture partnerships that use the university's resources or that trade on the university's name and reputation.