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If your student receives an Offer of Admission from SFU, they can accept their offer and start preparing themselves for what's ahead! They'll be invited to events and activities to help them engage with the SFU community, where they can connect with members of their faculty, other SFU students, university representatives who will be supporting their transition to SFU, and more.
Getting ready for their first term at SFU
We host activities and events to ease students’ transition to university and help set them up for success in their first term and year, even before classes start.
- The HIVE (Home for Interactive and Virtual Engagement) is a way for incoming new students to start making connections with the SFU community. Students are assigned to HIVE groups with others from the same faculty and are led by a HIVE leader, who will guide their transition and share tips and insight.
- Online courses like University Prep introduce degree requirements and strategies to plan degrees and enrol in courses, services and resources that help support students, and more; while SFU 101 briefs new students about SFU culture and student life, welcome events and programs, and more.
- Welcome Day (pictured) is a day filled with in-person orientation activities to welcome all new students to their HIVE groups, faculties and the greater SFU community.
- Month of Welcome is a celebration to welcome new and returning students back to SFU filled with fun and immersive activities and events held across SFU's three campuses throughout the start of term.
Get to know our campuses
Explore together with your student how SFU can help them succeed in their educational journey through our learning environments, on-campus facilities and resources, and more at in-person and virtual campus tours. You'll get to learn about student life and campus culture and see for yourselves where members of the SFU community learn, live, innovate and thrive!
Next steps for international students
We've collected information and resources to help set your student up for success as an international university student in Canada, like obtaining their study permit to be eligible to study at SFU. Use this information to help them prepare, adapt, and thrive in our community and discover how SFU can support international students in pursuing their undergraduate degree, even before they begin their studies here.