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Housing Eligibility
Don’t wait until you're admitted to SFU before applying to housing: You don't have to be admitted to SFU or FIC to submit an application. Note that offers are made once you are admitted. Spaces are limited so apply early.
To move in or continue to the following term, you must be an SFU or FIC student:
- Be admitted or eligible to enroll for the term
- Maintain full-time enrollment or equivalent for Fall and Spring terms (see Summer Housing Exceptions in the Residence Handbook)
- Be registered in at least 9 credit hours (3 courses) for the academic term or
- Be enrolled in a full time graduate program or
- Be enrolled in a co-op work term or the Back on Track Program
- Have no overdue fees to SFU or FIC including tuition and residence fees
- Students with a documented or suspected accessibility need to register with SFU's Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL). CAL will make accommodation requests on behalf of a student with an accepted offer to residence to meet their needs. For more information please visit SFU's Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL)
Priority Housing Access
Some SFU students who apply to residence qualify for Priority Housing. You must be admitted to SFU and have a completed application for housing
- Indigenous students : students admitted to SFU who are First Nations, (Status or Non-Status), Metis or Inuit
- SFU Undergraduate Scholars Entrance Scholarship Recipients
- SFU WUSC Student Refugee Program
Check each building for more details
NOTE: If accepted to one of our Living Learning Communities, you will be assigned to that community's building.
Undergraduate and Graduate Students
| Building | Type | Eligibility and Assignment Policy |
|---|---|---|
| North Towers: Barbara Rae, Shadbolt, and Pauline Jewett |
Traditional single rooms with shared bathrooms and mandatory Meal Membership | Undergraduates: primary for first and second year students |
| East and West Towers (NEW 2021) | Traditional single rooms with shared single occupancy bathrooms and mandatory Meal Membership |
Undergraduates: primary for first and second year students |
| Shell House and McTaggart-Cowan Hall | Traditional single rooms with shared kitchen and bathrooms |
Undergraduates: primarily for returning students |
| Townhouses | Four single rooms with shared kitchen and living room, and two bathrooms |
Undergraduates: primarily for upper year students |
| Hamilton Hall |
Studio style suites | Graduates: new and returning students |
| Charles Chang Innovation Centre: Vancouver Residence |
Studio and 2 bedroom apartments |
Graduates: new and returning students who can commit to 11 month contract (Shorter contracts will be considered based on availability) |
Family Housing
Student Family Housing is reserved for couples, and for students with one or more dependent children. Please see chart provided below to identify age requirements for each unit type.
| Building | Type | Eligibility and Assignment Policy | Max # of Adults | Max # of Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Housing | Studio style suites | One adult resident must meet academic credit requirements. | 2 | 0 |
| Family Housing | 1 bedroom apartments | One adult resident must meet academic credit requirements. |
2 | 0 or 1 under the age of 12 months |
| Family Housing | 2 bedroom apartments | One adult resident must meet academic credit requirements. |
2 | up to 2 under the age of 19 years |