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- Lead the Way: Graduate Studies at SFU in Canada for Fall 2025 & Spring 2026
- Why Grad Studies at SFU?
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- Tuition + Fees
- Visiting + Incoming Exchange
- Awards + Funding
- Graduate Students
- Life + Community
- Faculty + Staff
- Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies in Graduate Studies
What's happening at Graduate Studies?
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to present their thesis and its significance in just three minutes and one slide.
The President's Dream Colloquium brings leading thinkers to SFU and provides an annual forum for intensive interdisciplinary exchange amongst faculty and students.
The Your Career Compass workshop series helps graduate students navigate their career options inside or outside of academia.
Book a 1:1 career coaching session to support your career exploration, job search, portfolio development, or future education plans. Coach: Amrit Mundy, Career Education Specialist, Career and Volunteer Services, SFU.
Schedule your session today on myExperience*, SFU’s platform for career appointments, events, jobs, and volunteer opportunities.
*After logging in, you can find 1:1 Grad student career appointments under the Career/Appointment Calendar in the left-hand menu. Be sure to add your appointment to your calendar!
Date/Time
By appointment only
Location
In-person & online
More Events for Grad Students
On Campus
- | Halpern Centre 114 | June 24, 2025, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
- | West Mall Centre 1384 | June 25, 2025, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- | Burnaby Campus | August 26-29, 2025, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Apply by June 25
- | Burnaby Campus | September 5, 2025 | Apply by June 20
Off Campus
- Research Meets Policy (RMP @ SFU) Summer Institute | SFU Knowledge Mobilization Hub | July 14-18, 2025, 9am–12:30pm | by May 1 | Online
This exciting week-long virtual institute invites participants to explore beyond traditional scholarly outputs, build research communications skills, and enhance their potential for policy impact.
- | | July 22, 2025, 4pm - 6pm | Online | Questions can be directed to scislamca@gmail.com.
This fun, all-ages virtual event invites participants to share science creatively and build communication skills in a relaxed, engaging setting.
- | Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) | September 30 - October 2, 2025 | by June 20 | Bangkok, Thailand
This international, team-based hackathon invites undergraduate and graduate students to design policy and tech solutions that leverage AI and data for inclusive growth in Southeast Asia. Participants gain mentorship, hands-on experience, and a chance to win prizes. Travel and accommodations are funded for selected teams.
- Mitacs Professional Development Workshops from mastering the elevator pitch, to leadership, project management, and more! Check out their workshop dates from November 2024 through January 2025 by downloading the Excel sheet. .
Ongoing
- Indigenous Student Support; Jennifer Reandy is available for counselling support for Indigenous students from Tuesday to Friday.
- Thriving in your role as a TA/TM Online Course: gain resilience skills, identify boundaries in your role as a TA/TM helping students, and overview conditions for well-being in learning environments
- Instructional Skills Workshops (Various dates and deadlines for spring and summer)
- SFU Research Ethics Board runs weekly remote help sessions
- The , available to entrepreneurs in the SFU Community, allows you to connect with mentors at all three SFU Campuses.
- Health & Counselling has a recorded/asynchronous version of their seminar about anxiety and depression. Download and print out the presentation slides and resources.