Our Campus
LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE
The SFU School of Medicine is rooted in connection — to people, place, and purpose.
Based at the SFU Surrey campus, in the heart of B.C.’s Fraser Salish region, our home reflects our commitment to advancing primary care that strengthens health care for all British Columbians. As the launchpad for answering the urgent call to educate the next generation of primary care physicians, our campus is where future medical students will begin their journey and where community-centred medical education is being built from the ground up.
We acknowledge with deep respect that our campus is situated on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the Halkomelem-speaking peoples, including the Kwantlen, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Qayqayt, and Tsawwassen Nations, as well as the Semiahmoo Nation. These Nations are part of the Fraser Salish health region, and we are committed to building relationships grounded in reciprocity, respect, and shared responsibility.
Our Interim Home
Our first class of 48 medical students will begin their studies in August 2026 at the SFU Surrey campus, at the SFU Surrey Central building —the interim home of the School of Medicine. Situated alongside the Surrey Central shopping centre, the Surrey Central building allows students to learn in a space that naturally connects them with the surrounding community — an environment aligned with our focus on primary care, accessibility, and community engagement. Here, in a vibrant and collaborative environment, innovation and community engagement come together to reimagine medical education.
From the second month of the MD program, students will begin longitudinal clinical learning experiences that continue throughout their three-year degree. Working alongside physicians and care teams in community-based offices, clinics and hospitals across B.C., our students will gain hands-on experience in diverse care settings — learning to deliver health care that reflects the realities, strengths and cultures of the communities they serve.
This community-first approach will extend to an outpatient clinic at our future permanent school, where students will help provide care to residents of Surrey B.C., ensuring that learning and service are deeply interconnected.
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Our Future Home
Our permanent campus, opening in fall 2030, will form a part of the Centre Block project — a landmark mixed-use development in Surrey City Centre, directly adjacent to SFU Surrey and the Surrey Central SkyTrain station.
Occupying eight floors of a 12-storey building, the new facility will bring education, research, and community care together under one roof. It will feature:
- Purpose-built, high-tech classrooms, clinical skills spaces, research spaces, gathering spaces, and administrative offices
- An outpatient clinic providing direct, community-based care and practical learning opportunities for students
- A 49-space childcare centre supporting the families and community members who make up the SFU Surrey community
Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2026, marking an exciting next step in building our permanent home — a space designed for collaboration, innovation, and care
A Campus with Purpose
Located in the heart of one of Canada’s fastest-growing cities, our vibrant Surrey campus is more than a place of learning — it’s a place of connection. Here, future physicians will learn to see health through a holistic lens: shaped by relationships, culture, land, and community.
Within our bustling Surrey campus , learners will have access to a wide variety of facilities including a library, games lounge, student and wellness services, study spaces, multifaith centre, maker spaces , and more. In addition, dedicated Indigenous student spaces offer places for gathering, reflection and cultural connection — grounding students in community and honouring the Host Nations on whose lands we learn.
Just beyond the doors of our campus, students will find lively local businesses, welcoming gathering spaces and the rhythms of a neighbourhood growing alongside them. Whether arriving by car, bus or stepping off the SkyTrain at Surrey Central Station, getting to or from our Surrey campus is simple and accessible. Food courts filled with global flavours, family-run cafés, famous coffee shops and eateries, parks, a shopping centre, gyms and entertainment spaces create moments to pause, connect and recharge. It’s a community that supports learning not only in the classroom, but in the everyday experiences that shape who we become.
As we grow into our permanent home, our vision remains the same: to create a learning environment where knowledge and compassion meet, and where health care begins in the heart of the communities we serve.
