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Simon Fraser University
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public research university in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Simon Fraser University, commonly referred to as SFU, is an educational and funding institution located in Burnaby, Canada. The university was established in 1965 and maintains an active status.
The institution serves a student body of 35,604 individuals. It employs 30,561 staff members.
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Key facts
- Motto
- Nous sommes prêts ( French )
- Motto in english
- We are ready
- Type
- Public
- Established
- 1965 ; 61 years ago ( 1965 )
- Academic affiliations
- ACU , CARL , CUSID , Universities Canada
- Endowment
- CA$ 605 million (2021)
- Budget
- CA$ 653 million (2022)
- Chancellor
- Tamara Vrooman
- President
- Joy Johnson
- Vice chancellor
- Joy Johnson
- Academic staff
- 1,095
- Students
- 22,543 (2024-25 FTE)
- Undergraduates
- 25,690 (Fall 2022)
- Postgraduates
- 4,690 (Fall 2022)
- Location
- Greater Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada
- Campus
- 3 ( Burnaby , Surrey , Vancouver )
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- Canada's Engaged University
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1965
- Location
- Burnaby, Canada
- Also known as
- SFU
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.61971.38 · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7494
Official website
Simon Fraser University
As Canada’s engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- charitable organization
- Named after
- Simon Fraser
- Official name
- Simon Fraser University
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Vancouver
- Employees
- 6345
- Revenue
- 1010383317
- Official website
- www.sfu.ca
- Image
- Academic quad at sfu.jpg
- Students count
- 35604
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- Commons category
- Simon Fraser University
- topic's main category
- Category:Simon Fraser University
- inception
- 1965-00-00
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Simon Fraser University alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Simon Fraser University
- API endpoint URL
- idp.sfu.ca/entity
- social media followers
- 19081
- P12749
- Gangchon Station
- language used
- English language
- endowment
- 516886992
- ranking
- 319
- funder
- Open Society Foundations
- total assets
- 2957126000
- donations
- 11504158
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It maintains three campuses in Greater Vancouver, respectively located in Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The 170-hectare (420-acre) main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and comprises more than 37,000 students and 200,000 alumni. The university was created in an effort to expand higher education across Canada. In 2025, it became the first university in Canada to adopt university-wide open scholarship principles.
Simon Fraser University is a member of multiple national and international higher education associations, including the Association of Commonwealth Universities, International Association of Universities, and Universities Canada. SFU has also partnered with other universities and agencies to operate joint research facilities such as the TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, which houses the world's largest cyclotron, and Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, a major centre for teaching and research in marine biology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simon Fraser University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.