Our graduate programs boast small class sizes and faculty-to-student ratio giving MA and PhD students many opportunities to interact and work with various faculty members over the course of their studies. There are regular Teaching Assistantship and Research Assistantship opportunities for our students combined with the close links to various research centres and the opportunities that arise from living in a global city. Our MA students benefit from a variety of options for how they complete their degree including paid co-op opportunities.
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These courses are intended as guidelines. Speak to your guidance counsellor to see what courses are offered at your school.
The Department strongly prefers that applicants to the MA program have a BA in Political Science. The minimum SFU requirement for admission to an M.A. program is a Bachelor's degree with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 3.0 (or B average) from a recognized university. In practice, however, our successful applicants have much higher CGPAs. We suggest that students coming into the program have at least two years of background in political science. Some students with insufficient political science training may be required to take up to a year of qualifying work in the upper-division undergraduate courses in our department. |
| Test Scores: | - International English Language Testing System (academic or immigration) [min. 7] or Test of English as a Foreign Language (Internet Based) [min. 93] or Test of English as a Foreign Language (Paper Based) [min. 580]
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| Application Notes : | English is the language of instruction and communication at SFU. Accordingly, an applicant whose primary language is not English must demonstrate command of English sufficient to pursue graduate studies in the chosen field.
International applicants whose primary language is not English will not be required to complete an English-language test if they have completed a degree at an institution where the language of instruction and examination was in English in a country where English is the primary language.
Simon Fraser University Graduate Program accepts the following tests:
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
IELTS (International English Language Testing Systems)
The minimum graduate program admission requirements for test scores:
Internet-based TOEFL: 93 with minimum of 20 in each section
Paper-based TOEFL: 580 and TWE 5.0
IELTS (academic): overall band score of 7.0 of the academic (NOT general) test with a minimum of 6.5 in each section. |
| Additional Admission Requirements: | - Letter(s) of Reference
- Statement of Research Interests
- Portfolio
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* We make every attempt to provide accurate information on prerequisites, programs, and tuition. However, this information is subject to change without notice and we highly recommend that you contact the school to confirm important information before applying.