What is Simon Fraser University?
[[File:Burnaby campus2.jpg|thumb|The Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University]] '''Simon Fraser University''' (SFU) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[university]]. It has [[campus]]es in [[Burnaby Mountain]] in [[Burnaby]], [[Vancouver]] and [[Surrey]], all in [[British Columbia]]. SFU is rated as one of Canada’s top universities. It was started in [[1965]]. SFU currently has 24,000 [[student]]s. The university is named after [[Simon Fraser]]. He was an [[explorer]] of the Vancouver area. ==Overview== ''[[Maclean's]]'' [[magazine]] rated SFU as Canada's best [[comprehensive]] university in 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2000. It is usually always at or near the top of the magazine's list. [[Research Infosource]] named SFU the top comprehensive university in Canada for “[[publication]] [[wikt:effective|effectiveness]]” in 2006. == Type of university == Like most Canadian universities, SFU is a [[public school|public university]]. Fifty-six percent of the [[money]] used to run the school comes from [[tax]]payers. Thirty-nine percent comes from [[tuition]] [[fee]]s. == Studies == The university teaches students in six main groups of topics. [[Applied Science]]s, [[Arts]] and [[Social Science]]s, [[Business]] [[Administration]], [[Education]], [[Health]] Sciences, and [[Science]]. In May 2004, the SFU [[Senate]] approved the [[policy]] on [[degree (school)|degree]] [[requirement]]s that all its [[undergraduate]] students must have. SFU was the first Canadian university to do this. The policy was created to make certain students got a more complete education. ==Websites== {{commonscat}} *[https://www.sfu.ca/ SFU's Official website] {{Canada-stub}} [[Category:1965 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Colleges and universities in Canada]] [[Category:Organizations based in Vancouver]]